Stasha has given me the honor this week of choosing the Monday Listicle topic. Since this is the season of giving, family, and most importantly food – the list is ten things food. Easy, right?

10 Things Food

10. Worst Food - Orange circus peanuts. Blech. Gross, they make me gag just thinking about them.

9. Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip? - Mayo, always. Miracle Whip is disgusting. The worst food violation is making potato salad with Miracle Whip. Don’t be gross.

8. Sandwich - A properly made Reuben (with corned beef not turkey) is easily the best sandwich.

7. Fast Fries - Wendy’s fries with a frosty for dipping. Not that I eat like that anymore…well, hardly ever.

6. Best Pizza - In my hometown, Port Charlotte, Florida there used to be a place called Chicago Pizza. They made a sauerkraut and tomato pizza that still wins as my all-time favorite.

5. Best Leftovers - Pot roast with lots of salt and butter on the vegetables. It’s the only comfort food I crave.

4. Wine - Wild Horse Pinot Noir. (It doesn’t come in a box though, so I hardly ever drink it!)

3. Homemade Meal - This tortellini soup is my favorite thing to make and eat. Lots of vegetables and a little bit of heat. It’s the perfect thing to warm my frozen Alaska heart.

2. Turkey - Fried. Preferably by Dallas.

1. Cocktail - My new favorite cocktail is the Mai Tai. By the time you read this I’ll be sitting on the beach in Hawaii, probably on my second or tenth.

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This is one of my favorite meals. My family doesn’t love it, but it’s growing on them. My Dad made it when I was a kid. I’m sure I was more enthusiastic about it than my ungrateful herd. (Dad, if you’re reading this just agree. Ok?)

Squash & Sausage

Ingredients

Acorn Squash

Jimmy Dean Sausage

Olive Oil

Brown Sugar

Butter

Salt & Paper

There are no measurements. It depends on how much you’re making. I used three squash and two tubes of sausage. The first and hardest step is to cut the squash in half. They’re really hard to cut, if you have a machete, use it. Scoop out the seeds. Season them with salt and pepper. Place them, flesh-side down on a cookie sheet lined with foil and sprayed with cooking oil. Cook in a 400 degree oven for 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes take them out of the oven and flip them over.

Put a tablespoon or so of butter and brown sugar in each squash half. Form the sausage into balls. The size is up to you, it really depends on how big you like your balls.

Balls.

Put them back in the oven for another 30-40 minutes or until the sausage is cooked through.

That finger is as close as Jackson got to the squash.

Balls.