Sometimes I Really Gotta Thank My Momma... One-dish meal!!

When I was growing up I, like most kids I think, thought my mothers cooking was the absolute best thing in the ENTIRE WORLD. As I've gotten older I still appreciate my Mom's cooking but I also am more aware than ever of the things that I thought were so great back then, I now realize are SOO BAD. The recipe today is one from my childhood that I did an overhaul on. You can't beat the one dish, throw it together in 10 minutes and bake an hour recipe that has zero clean-up.

Before I get into the recipe though I have to give some education. The original recipe for this one-dish bake calls for beef smoked sausage. Here is the label:

Do you see the fat content on that stuff?? That's just ONE serving. There are 7 in a package. Add that up..I'm too lazy. I'm not even going to mention the calories, use your eyes-I know you can see it. That is in every 2 oz.

SO... I did a little switching, like I love to do in many recipes and went with this:

Ahh.. that's better. 90 calories, 5g total fat with only 1.5g saturated per serving. I can handle that.

So let's get to the recipe!

Here is what you'll need:

• One package Turkey smoked sausage (like above)
• 5 red baking potatoes, cut into 1 inch cubes
• 1 red (or yellow or green) pepper sliced
• 1/2 cup sliced onion
• 1-2 cloves garlic, or omit if your lazy
• desired seasonings, to taste (I bake it without anything and then use a pizza seasoning, just lightly, that I found at Aldi)

1. Preheat oven to 375
2. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil
3. wash and cut up the potatoes into 1 inch cubes
4. slice the red pepper
5. slice up the entire turkey sausage
6. slice up the onion and garlic
7. mix all the ingredients in a bowl very well
8. place on the foil and then seal the foil tightly around the mix.
9. Bake at 350 for 1 hour
10. Dig In!!

Here is what your mix should look like before baking (my family inhaled the final product before I could get a photo... boys..)

Here are the stats for 6 servings:

Calories: 207 Carbs: 27g Fiber: 2g, Fat: 6g (2g saturated), Protein: 12g

VS.

Calories: 312 Carbs: 27g Fiber: 2g, Fat: 19g (6g Saturated), Protein: 11g

If you were to cook it with the beef smoked sausage

Make it and watch your family inhale it!!