Fusilli Chicken Sausage Salad and Giveaway!
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Several weeks back, I had agreed to review a new line of natural spice extract from Italy. The box came neatly packed with eight colorful canisters of different flavors – curry, oregano, lemon, truffle, garlic, basil, chili, and sea salt. One must say that the artwork on the individual spray is eye catching and it is easy to differentiate one from the other.
The flavors are surprisingly strong and effective for a meal size serving. My favorites are the lemon and chili. My teenage boys found the sprays very easy to use and I can see this doing well in a high school or college get-together. For more information, please check out the Spice Spray website.
These sprays are very handy when you need to get a meal on the table quickly. I was able to prepare this pasta salad in 20 minutes by simply flavoring it with the sprays.
Ingredients
- 4 oz (120g) fusilli
- 2 chicken sausages
- 8 cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 2 oz (60g) baby greens salad mix
- Basil spray
- Lemon spray
- Salt and pepper
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Shaved parmesan cheese
Instructions
Cook pasta according to packaging instructions in lightly salted water. While pasta is boiling, fry sausages in a small fry pan until lightly brown. Remove and slice into coins. Drain and transfer pasta to a large salad bowl. Sprinkle a little salt over pasta. Spray pasta with 5 to 6 pumps of basil spray. Do the same with the lemon spray.
Add sausages, tomatoes, salad, freshly ground pepper, and olive oil. Toss to coat evenly. Serve immediately. Top with parmesan cheese.
http://www.rotinrice.com/2011/08/fusilli-chicken-sausage-salad-and-giveaway/Yesterday evening, we prepared a complete meal using the collection of sprays. I made a quick and simple potato salad by boiling 6 potatoes until fork tender. After draining and peeling them, I flavored the potatoes with a little salt, pepper, and several pumps of lemon, basil, and chili spray. I added a little chopped parsley for color.
I also steamed some eggplants as a sidedish. Please refer to my Steamed Eggplant recipe on how to prepare the eggplants. I replaced the canola oil and sesame oil with 5 to 6 pumps of garlic spray. This worked out surprisingly well without me having to chop the garlic and prepare the garlic oil.
For the protein, Ro-Ri San grilled some steaks seasoned with a dry rub. We usually do not salt our steaks before grilling. 2 to 3 pumps of the salt spray at the table was all that was needed. This was very convenient and the saltiness was just right. Dinner was ready in under an hour. 
And now for the giveaway…
Peter of Spice Spray has very generously offered one of my readers the 8 piece collection of sprays. To enter this giveaway, simply leave a comment here on this post. For additional entries, please
1. Join me as follower of this blog via Google Connect and leave me a comment here stating you are now a new follower.
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4. Post about this giveaway on Facebook and/or tweet about it and leave me a separate comment here stating you have posted or tweeted about this giveaway.
This giveaway will be opened till 9:00pm Central time Wednesday, September 7th, 2011. I will randomly select and announce the winner on Thursday, September 8th, 2011. All the best!
Disclaimer: Although these products were sent to me for free, I did not receive any monetary compensation for this write up. What was written are my personal thoughts and view. For full disclaimer, please click here.
Enjoy…..and have a wonderful day! 8)
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Ah, this is simple and tasty. Have already printed the recipe. Thanks!
Wow, do we call this spray-cooking? ;p
Wow this is a very interesting idea – right, like tigerfish says, “spray cooking” sounds like a cool name for it. =) I like the shape of this bottle too!
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WOW! A very convenient way to use the spice spray. I don’t I can find these in S’pore.
I would love to try these!
Cool… I would love to try some… but I guess its too far to reach downunder
This is so COOL ! Very convenient and would love to try them = )
I don’t think I have seen these…
Thank you for the giveaway
Blessings
Christine
What a great collection of spice spray! Beautiful bottling too! Very handy to have around the kitchen indeed!
i have never seen a spices spray, sound so convenient and handy. Wish i to win this lovely gifts.
Great recipe and great photos! Congratulations and Thank you Biren!
I bet the truffle truffle one would be really good on potatoes.
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Quick and delicious recipes. Love the spices sprays. Very practical.
You get a lot of cool stuff over there. Not fair
Cool packaging. Wish I had some.
Cool! My favorite is the spray flavoring.
Those look like interesting sprays Biren. I can imagine they must taste delicious!
Wow, these spray flavorings look amazing!
All of the different flavorings sound great.I recently purchased an organic roasted garlic spray when I tool a trip. Love the convenience and full bodied flavor, I bet these are just as wonderful
Biren, this is such a great giveaway! All the best to all! Love this appetizing dish
What a collection! Will certainly add grandeur to your kitchen. Looks like magic to me, just spray, spray and dinner is served!
Such a delicious meal, love the flavors!
Oh these sprays are so cool! I am your FB friend. (Lindselicious)
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Great recipe! And i love the idea of the sprays, very interesting.
Wow! These spice sprays are indeed so fantastic! Hopefully they’d consider exporting their products here in SG!
The most eye-catching is the lemon spray.
All dishes here look and sound very delish! I’d love to try ‘em and I’m sure my gals would choose to have those potatoes!
Have a great week!
Spice Spray sounds so cool, Biren!
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Yippee! Awesomeness. Loved how you used all of the sprays for these dishes.
I’ve never seen these sprays before but they seem like a great thing to have on hand! Fabulous pasta salad!
This is what I call a time-saving device! I like the way your potato salad is made with the spray. Fast and still tasty. I doubt that I can find them here but will dfinitely keep an eye for them.
Wow Biren
I love the idea of a lemon and Chilli spray!! I must check out if these are available here in the UK!! I must have one of these!!
Yes I want to join in
the packing looks great
Wow what a giveaway. Would love it. Following you on FB.
These sprays seems awesome! The pasta with the chicken sausage sounds wonderful!
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