Simple Sausage Gravy

SOLD!!!  If you follow on facebook, you already know that we sold our house in just 5 days! 

It all started when we found some beautiful land nearby for sale---almost 9 acres with a large creek.  When we saw that this creek could be in our backyard, that was it!  We made an offer and it was accepted.   

As soon as our offer on the land was accepted, we listed our house.  Our realtor was having a difficult time putting pictures online for our listing.  He ended up just getting one picture of the front of the house to work.  The next morning we had a call that someone was interested!  We've never sold a house before, so we didn't want to get our hopes up that the first person to come to our home would want to buy it.  But, that's exactly what happened!

As you can imagine, the last couple of weeks have been quite busy for us with selling our home, finding a rental and starting the process to build a new home.  And it will only get busier as we start to pack and get ready to move-out.  I'm going to need some quick and easy dinner ideas like this Simple Sausage Gravy.

Ingredients (printable recipe)
1 (16 oz) package of ground pork sausage
3 Tablespoons butter
4 Tablespoons flour
3 cups whole milk
salt and pepper to taste
Directions
1. Cook sausage in large skillet. Breaking it up into pieces as it cooks. After cooked through, remove sausage with slotted spoon, set aside.
2. Reserve drippings. I had very little drippings (maybe 1 Tablespoon), so I added 3 Tablespoons of butter. Reduce the amount of butter if you have more reserved drippings in your pan.
3. Add flour to melted butter and whisk. Keep whisking until it turns a golden brown (you're making a roux).
4. Keep whisking and pour in the milk. Whisk away any lumps. Return sausage to skillet. Simmer gravy until thickened.
5. Serve over biscuits or toast or potatoes.

Inspired by these two recipes: Taste and Tell and Cook Like a Champion

 

The Results...

Simple Sausage Gravy really is simple to make and tasty, too.  I had planned on making some biscuits, but there wasn't time.  I needed to pull something together quickly, so instead we ate this gravy over toast for dinner with a veggie.  I heard mostly 3 (out of 5) stars, which means it was good, but not outstanding.  "Good" still gets the job done.  Everyone was full and happy.  Mission accomplished!

What do you make when you need a quick and easy dinner? 

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