Monday, February 27, 2012

Roasted Peppers, Sausage and Potatoes

I am LOVING Pinterest and all the yummy recipe ideas I've gotten there.  A few have been flops but for the most part, I've added some really tasty recipes to my collection in the everlasting search to keep food healthy, interesting and affordable for our family.

I came across this recipe last week and want to give this blogger full credit for the recipe.  I made a few changes to the recipe and I think it made it even better and easier.

Roasted Peppers, Sausage and Potatoes


Roasted potatoes, onions, sausage and peppers roast in the oven with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and rosemary. Don't you love a meal that only dirties one pan? This is an easy one-dish meal that makes clean-up a breeze, and the smell in your kitchen will make everyone hungry!

This recipe uses a very low fat chicken sausage, with 75% less fat that pork sausage, and it's gluten-free, too.  I bought a garlic flavored chicken sausage but there are lots of different flavors you could try.

This dish was so easy to make.  Instead of mixing it all up in a bowl as she suggests, I just cut up all the ingredients and dropped them right into a Ziplock bag.  Add the olive oil and spices, pepper, onion and potato, seal the bag and shake until everything is coated.   I used red potatoes, and I only used one red pepper (which was plenty)...because they can be so expensive.

Preheat oven to 375.

4 - 5 medium potatoes (I like red)
1 medium onion
1 red bell pepper

Chop up these three ingredients and toss into ziplock.  Be sure to cut them the same size so they all cook evenly.  

fresh Rosemary - 1 tsp (you can use dried if you have to)
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp fresh ground pepper
3 TBSP olive oil

Now add those three ingredients to the same ziplock.   Seal and shake to coat well.  

Line a large baking sheet with heavy foil, spray with nonstick spray.  Dump the contents of Ziplock onto cookie sheet.   Roast for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, slice up chicken sausage and set aside.  After 15 minute timer goes off, add the chicken onto baking sheet, and roast another 35 - 40 minutes.  Your house will smell wonderful!

We loved this meal.  And clean up is so easy, you've dirtied no bowls, and the foil can simply be thrown away. Easy peasy, healthy, tasty and inexpensive.  I can see trying variations of this with different flavored chicken sausages, adding mushrooms, artichokes, asparagus or other veggies, and maybe even squash, with the same method -- chop, coat and roast.   Yummy!



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