Dinner. It's what's delicious.

I was all set to bake a casserole on Monday night, until smoke started pouring out of the pre-heating oven. Bacon grease and brown sugar, left over from Josh's bacon sticks. Whoops. Time for Plan B: Put my brand-new cast-iron skillet to the test.

The results were surprisingly delicious!

Ingredients/Method:

I started with half a Gimme Lean "sausage", chopped up into small bits (note for next time: smaller chunks work better than big ones ... and the browner the better). Then I added four artichoke hearts, chopped, and sauteed those with the sausage. Next I added half a bag of frozen spinach and let it heat a little (it might work better to add this later - the spinach basically "melted". Not bad, but I am curious what it would taste like if it wasn't cooked as much).

Once the spinach started to turn bright green, I added a can of vegetable stock and about a 1/2 cup of water, and brought this to a boil. Next came a box of Near East wild mushroom rice mix and a splash of olive oil. I covered the mix and let that simmer about a half an hour.

The mix seemed soupy so I whisked two eggs and stirred those in. Meanwhile I decided to risk using the oven; this needed to bake a little. I cranked it to 400 degrees. I arranged some sundried tomatoes (oil-packed) on top and crumbled feta cheese over the whole thing. Then I popped it in the oven for about 10 minutes, and voila - dinner is served.