Roasted Autumn Vegetables and Chicken Sausage

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Retrieved From:  Eating Well

This aesthetically pleasing fall dish provides a variety of beautifully colored vegetables that make your mouth water. When the chicken sausage is added, this recipe creates a combination meal that your family is sure to love.

Ingredients:

  • 1 20-ounce package cubed peeled butternut squash (see Tip)
  • 1 pound Brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved (or quartered if large)
  • 1 large red onion, halved and thickly sliced (1/2-inch)
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary or 1 teaspoon dried
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage or 1 teaspoon dried
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
  • 4 links cooked chicken sausage (12 ounces)

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 425 °F.
  2. Combine squash, Brussels sprouts, onion, garlic, oil, rosemary, sage, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Spread on a large rimmed baking sheet. Roast for 10 minutes.
  3. Stir the vegetables and place sausages on the pan. Continue roasting, stirring once or twice, until the vegetables are tender, 20 to 25 minutes more.
  4. Precut butternut squash is usually sold in a 20-ounce package of large cubes (5 cups of 1- to 2-inch pieces) or in a 16-ounce package of smaller diced squash (3 cups of 1/2-inch pieces). If you can only find the smaller cubes for this recipe, you’ll need to buy two 16-ounce packages to have 5 total cups of squash and reduce the roasting time by 5 to 10 minutes. Or, you can prep your own cubes of squash from a whole, peeled and seeded butternut squash.

Nutritional Information

Serving size: 1 ½ cups vegetables and 1 sausage; 334 calories; 16 g fat(2 g sat); 8 g fiber; 34 g carbohydrates; 18 g protein; 108 mcg folate; 60 mg cholesterol; 8 g sugars; 0 g added sugars; 15866 IU vitamin A; 120 mg vitamin C; 131 mg calcium; 3 mg iron; 599 mg sodium; 972 mg potassium