I keep things nice ‘n’ easy around here! After a long day at the office, the last thing I want to do is spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking dinner.
I have a bunch of go-to dinners in the back of my mind that I can always fall back on when I want a fast and simple dinner.
A favorite of both Ryan and mine is sausage with peppers and onions.
I simply cut up some Italian sausages (I typically use four large sausages), an onion and one green and one red pepper. I then stick the meat and veggies in a casserole dish sprayed with cooking spray and let it cook in a 350-degree oven for 30 – 40 minutes. Easy peasy!
Tonight I didn’t have a large green or red pepper on hand, so I omitted the peppers and Ryan and I simply enjoyed a meal of Italian sausage with onions and a toasted English muffin on the side for some carb-lovin’.
Though the English muffin was tasty, I wish we would’ve had hoagie rolls to load up with the peppers and onions.
As I’ve said before, this dinner is great because it’s very much of a “set it and forget it” meal. Once I pop the sausage and onions into the oven, I’m free to pack my lunch and straighten up around the kitchen (or, you know, watch the latest episode of Bethenny that I DVRed) until dinner is ready for eatin’.
I polished off my meal in no time flat. Ryan and I are both seriously speedy eaters… almost to a fault.
Whenever we go out to dinner our waiters almost always comment on our speed-eating. Sometimes we plan ahead and really try to make it a point to sloooow down and enjoy our meals a bit more.
We’ve also found that ordering dessert helps elongate our date nights. 
Speaking of dessert, I believe it’s time to dig into some of my Easter candy.
Swedish Fish are callin’ my name!
I hope this candy fuels some serious apartment cleaning. Our place is a mess!
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YES I love that you call them hoagie rolls, not sub rolls!! Hoagies are where it’s at 🙂
Ahaha I eat WAY too fast too!! If I go out to eat with friends I’m always left sitting there with a clean plate while they all have loads left! Oh well, just goes to show I love my food 😛
It looks strange to see candy on your blog now!
Bet you’re lovin it! 🙂
When we dine out, my husband and I literally do not talk once our food arrives!
I am actually very thankful if it takes our food a long time to be brought out because that means we have more time to talk! 🙂
I can totally relate. I eat uber fast and the rest of my family eats reallllllyyyyy slow. I always get comments on my speed eating. I’m really trying to slow it down though. I want to savor my food more!
Ha we always get those comments from waiters too. Eating so fast is kind of an annoying habit because when I make a dinner that was very time-intensive and we scarf it down in 10 minutes I sort of want to cry..haha.
The hubby and I are speedy eaters too. I think about eating slower, but I never do. When it is dinner time we are silent while shoving food in our mouths. I have always wanted to be that person that goes out to eat for hours. Drinking wine, eating food slowly, actually hungry when its dessert time…..however it never happens.
Aaaaaaand now I’m craving sausages and swedish fish…
I love swedish fish!
Fun blog I just found it this weekend! I was wondering it seems like you go to the gym early in the morning before breakfast. Do you eat anything before you go~ I also go early and am trying to find something to eat that won’t blog me down.
Heather
Sweedish fish are good fuel for anything. They are especially good at motivating. And this reminds me I’m all out. Sad.
I missed Bethenny last night!! I love that show!
Swedish fish.. um….the one thing that I could eat non-stop. I legit have banned them from my site because I will eat them until they are coming back up my throat!
I am such a speed eater too! I always remind myself to slow it down!
We had sausage, peppers & onions tonight too! Did you ever try the fully cooked chicken sausage made by Al Fresco?? They are delish and come in several flavors – love the roasted garlic!
Haha; I used to eat SOOO slow, it was annoying. Now that I have kids, if I don’t eat fast, I don’t eat! Okay, not so dramatic, but same concept. 😉
Swedish fish always power me through anything 😉
I am a really slow eater, but my husband is mister speed demon with a plat of food….I keep him in check! ha. Sometimes I find myself speeding up if there is a lot of food I want to try (like a buffet or potluck), but I eventually slow down once I get the food on my plate-knowing it is mine. haha. I am a nerd. enjoy the cleaning night!
I am a major speed eater. I try and remember to slow down but I usually don’t remember until the end of my meal.
I NEED to try swedish fish! I am seeing them everywhere and still have never had one!
ohh I love me some sausage! 🙂
I miss Bethany’s show we cut out cable in favor of netflix 🙂
I’m a super speedy eater too…I’m working on it!!! Have a great night!
HA I am not a speedy eater! Everyone always has to wait on me to finish 😀 I hope my dinner fuels apartment cleaning too! Mine’s a mess as well!
I’d never heard anyone say “set it and forget it” until 5 days ago at my boyfriends parents house. They had one of those grills from the 80s and everyone was shouting “set it and forget it” every few minutes. so naturally, your post made me laugh very hard
My hubby eats SUPER FAST too! It’s ridiculous. I make a point of slowing down and enjoying my food and I swear, I stay fuller longer as a result!
i’m such a speedy eater too! i am making a point to try to sloooow down though 🙂
Yes good call on getting hoagie rolls next time. Sausage/peppers/onions on a roll sound super good right now.
I love sausage, peppers and onions! Probably one of my favorite pizza toppings. 🙂
My husband eats too fast. He’s usually on his second helping when I’m still working on my first.
killer dinner girl…i love sausage, peppers, and onions! and swedish fish for dessert? please and thank you 😉
Love speedy meals. It’s the story of my life 🙂 I’m also a speed eater. My apartment is a mess too. It makes me feel better to know I’m not alone hehe.
I definitely know what you mean about the speed eating – I need to slow down! They say that you consume a lot less if you take the time to enjoy your food.
I had to comment on this because swedish fish is my number one favorite candy!! Enjoy 🙂
Sausage and peppers sounds yummy! My hubby doesn’t like onions so I’d have to omit those… have you ever made it without the onions?
I love Swedish fish!!
Happy Birthday Julie!!!!!! It’s the 27th already here in Australia. I remembered because it is my husband’s birthday as well.
I hope you have a fantastic birthday and I hope Ryan and Sadie look after you and spoil you rotten.
Since you like Swedish Fish you should definitely try out that flavor water ice at Rita’s….it tastes exactly the same. I work at Rita’s and everyone likes it. Plus the new flavor this month is chocolate peanut butter which I’m pretty sure you would like. 🙂
my bf and i eat super fast too…need to SLOW down! but sometimes food tastes better when it’s eaten quickly…i dunno, that’s my theory! 🙂
Gotta love quick, easy, tasty dinners!!!! 😀
My dad is seriously a speed eater…..even if he’s the last one to fill his plate, he is always the first finished!
Swedish Fish are one of my favorite candies! I gave away most of my Easter candy, but I kept the fish for me 🙂
I’m one of those annoying slow eaters- my cousin/mom get so frustrated because I still have half a plate left of deliciousness when they’re just about done 🙂
I am most definitely a speed eater! I get that from my mom. My fiance on the other hand eats really slow. I always end up finishing my food way before him. He hates that. 🙂
I can’t thank you enough for this dinner suggestion. I probably make it once every 2 weeks. My boyfriend and just loooove it, so thank you! and Happy 26 to you Julie!
We enjoy a similar favorite at my house – turkey smoked sausage with onions & potatoes, or just with onions, or like the other night, I had some mushrooms to use up so I added them in. I did mine in a pan, but the onions were pre-cooked (I do that on Sunday so I can easily add them to any meal), so my meal was ready in about 10-15 minutes!!
I need to develop a list of easy meals. But to me that means the meal takes less then 15 minutes. If I want to eat, I want to eat now! Plus I never know when my husband will be home and I want to eat with him.
I usualyl get the exact opposite comment because I’m the world’s slowest eater. I just like taking every possible pleasure from eating that I can. I savor and break down everything into smaller pieces. Yum!