We were going to get carry ins tonight but decided to throw some lasagna together and do it on the smoker. I needed to mow grass but it was too wet; at least that was my excuse! I had two pieces of Texas garlic toast frozen to use and we would have a side salad.
I went to the grocery and got a pound of Bob Evans Italian sausage and other ingredients I needed.
6 no boil lasagna sheets
1 lb. Italian sausage
1 quart Classico four cheese sauce
½ large green pepper, chopped
1 med. zucchini, sliced length wise
1 med. yellow squash sliced length wise
4 slices Vidalia onion, chopped
2 cups shredded Fiesta or Italian blend cheese
1 Tbs. dried garlic flakes
Italian seasoning
Salt and freshly ground pepper
A few shakes of red pepper flakes
Extra mozzarella cheese for on top and some thinly sliced fresh basil
I browned the sausage and threw in the chopped green pepper and onions, salt, pepper, a few shakes of red pepper flakes and some dried garlic flakes. I let it cool awhile.
I used a foil pan, a little sauce on the bottom, a layer of lasagna sheets, a layer of yellow squash, sausage mix over ¾ of it, half the sauce that was left and 1 cup of the shredded cheese.
I then repeated a layer using the zucchini. Over the last sauce layer I added salt, ground pepper and some Italian seasoning blend. I covered it with foil and in the fridge. I had an hour of relaxing beer time before cooking!
I had left the meat off of ¼ of it for our veggie daughter in law for leftovers.
I did it in my Traeger at 325 deg. grill level with the foil on for 45 minutes. I had some more beer time! I took the foil off after the 45 minutes, and added some extra mozzarella cheese. I added the sliced fresh basil the last 10 minutes. Total cook time was one hour 15 minutes.
My wife had the salads made and I covered it with foil while I toasted the Texas garlic bread in a hot skillet about 1 min. per side. We both loved it and I had seconds! For me it’s a keeper recipe.
Sausage, peppers and onions
Making the first layer
Ready for the smoker
About done
My Plate and salad
There are not many blogs out there dedicated to cooking on a pellet smoker. I have been cooking, grilling & smoking over 35 yrs now. I recently bought a Traeger Lil Tex Elite pellet smoker & have cooked on it over six yrs. now. I would like to share recipes & info I have gained from cooking on it. Update 2014: I have plenty of recipes here for the pellet smoker so I am now including other outdoor cooking and some of my indoor cooking too.
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