Apple sausage casserole with chunky mash and gravy

Hello, hello , helurrrrrrrrrrr. It has been a while since I blogged. This is because I have been rather busy as a mother and a young professional. But there have been a lot of recipesin between which I will share over the next few weeks. So you might be wondering where inspiration for this here post came from. Well STEAK! A lady posted in a facebook group wanting help on how prepare t bone steak, being the foodie that I am I responded. How I hope my adcive helps her with positive results. My cooking is usually fool proof but the technique is where some fail. Oh well c'est la vie! On Sunday my friend Olly came over for the day. We spent it laughing, watching telly and being mothers to our children. When it was lunch time I decided to whip up some bangers and mash.( sausage and mash.) I peeled white potatoes and chopped them into medium sized squares. I then topped the sauce pan with cold water for even cooking. Added a bit of salt and oil. I wasnt quite sure what I was cooking but I knew the night before my meal on Sunday would have that half apple in the fridge. At 80 MK an apple there is no room for throwing food away in my house, no sir!! Anyway I chopped half an onion, one small green pepper and one courgette( bought from Limbe market) looks like cucumber but is not. Amwricans call it zuccini. I defrosted some leftover sausages and chopped them up too. Once the oil was hot I sweated out the onion, added the green pepper and courgette. When these cooked for about 5 miutes I added the sausages and chopped apple which I had peeled. For the aromatics I used a one teaspoon garlic powder and quater teaspoon sweet paprika. I then added some soy sauce( a staple in my spice cabinet or fridge). I let this cook on medium low heat for another 5 minutes while cover aomthat the steam created helps it cook while at the same tims de glazing the pan and lockingin all the juicy goodness. I added one dessert spoon of tomato paste for that rich tomato colour because no tomatoes went into this dish. I let this cook without adding any water to get rid of thw sourness of the tomato paste. I then added one teaspoon of brown sugat to bringout the sweetnessof the paste, and some salt to bring out and balance the flavours. Finally I mixed two teaspoonsof royco with cool water and added to my casserole fpr some sauce and thickness, nobody likes thin sauce! I mashed the potatoes with some white pepper, stork and milk and set aside. I was feeling rather lazy so I opted to use Robertsons brown onion gravy powder for gravy, prepared according to packet instructions. We dished mash first topped with sausage casserole and then the gravy. I hate to beep me own horn but it was delish! Delish! Deliiiiish! Try it, I wish you peace,love and good eats!