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Losing weight takes persistence and creativity. You have to be willing to learn new skills, and one of them is how to cook lower calorie meals.
Ann from Cooking Healthy for Me has those skills in her pocket, and proves it with her adaptation of The British Pub Cookbook’s Sausage and Mash with Onion Gravy recipe.
Chicken Sausage and Onion Gravy with Sweet Potato Mash
Ann used her healthy cooking skills to reduce the fat and calories in the original version by using turkey sausage and reducing the fat.
Chicken Sausage and Onion Gravy
The chicken sausage I had on hand went into my skillet, along with a handful of healthy greens. Then I ladled that savory sausage and onion gravy over a pile of mashed sweet potatoes.
I love that splash of color!
Chicken Sausage and Onion Gravy
Whichever adaptation you choose to make of this recipe, you’ll be using your healthy cooking skills too, and your taste buds won’t be disappointed.
Happy, healthy cooking!
Ingredients
- 16 ounces extra lean chicken breakfast sausage
- 3 teaspoons olive oil
- 2 large onion
- 4 cups kale, chopped
- 4 tablespoons butter
- ½ cup Marsala wine
- ½ cup low sodium vegetable broth
- 1 tablespoon thyme
- 2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 3 tablespoons low fat milk
- 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
Instructions
- This recipe requires a bit of multitasking. Read the instructions first, and gather ingredients before you get started.
- Heat a large non-stick skillet over low heat and add 2 tablespoons butter and one teaspoon olive oil. Add onions and sauté slowly until well browned, only stirring occasionally to keep from burning - about 30 minutes. Increase the heat to medium - high and add kale, marsala wine and broth bringing to a boil to reduce the sauce until thickens. Add cooked chicken sausage (see step 2) to the sauce after it's cooked as instructed below.
- While onions cook, heat another large non-stick skillet over medium heat. Add 2 teaspoons olive oil and chicken sausage. Cook the sausage for 15 - 20 minutes until sausage is no longer pink and cooked through. Break the chicken down into pieces with a large spoon as it cooks.
- While chicken cooks, steam potatoes in a steamer basket in a covered saucepan with a few inches of water for 15 - 20 minutes until tender. Drain water and add potatoes back to pan and keep covered to keep them warm until you mash them. Mash potatoes with remaining butter and milk.
- Serve potatoes topped with sauce and sprinkled with parsley.
Notes
Calories: 523 Weight Watchers PointsPlus 13 Total Fat: 23.38g Cholesterol: 133mg Sodium: 1114mg Total Carbs: 53.02g Dietary Fiber: 4.72g Sugars: 5.62g Protein: 19.22g
If you’re looking for healthy and low calorie Weight Watchers recipes, check out my Recipe page. You’ll find hundreds of recipes that include nutrition information and Weight Watchers points.
Please see disclaimer for further details. Nutrition information is compiled with MacGourmet. If you find discrepancies, please let me know. It’s important to me that I provide you with accurate information.
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Mmm…this sounds pretty delicious and I love sweet potato mash!
Anita at Hungry Couple recently posted…Blue Margarita
I don’t often make russet mashed potatoes anymore, the sweet potatoes have so much more flavor.
Mmm, sweet potato mash… YUM!
Yummy! Rich and filling dish. You always have something I can really call comfort food
Medeja recently posted…KaralienÄ—s Keksiukai/ Queen Cupcakes
It really is comfort food. I’m going to make it the next time with my favorite mashed cauliflower. Yum!
Great recipe! I love finding new healthy recipes in the blog world.
I’m not on the weight watchers diet or anything like that, but I will be checking out your recipe page! 
I’m so glad you stopped by to visit! Have a good week.
Totally. Persistence and creativity. Feel like a bag of m&m? have rice crackers instead. Love the recipe too
It really is a terrific recipe, a bit more complicated than I thought it would be, but worth the effort.
It’s all about calories, isn’t it? No getting around it. Anyway, nice recipe – looks like it has tons of flavor. Nothing skinny about that flavor! Good stuff – thanks.
Ann did a terrific job on this recipe.
This looks so warm and delicious–perfect for the rainy Sunday night we had here!
Cucina49 recently posted…When Life Gives You Lemons
Oooh, I LOVE what you did with it! The sweet potatoes are brilliant! YUMMY!
Ann recently posted…Sometimes you just know…..
I’m so glad you liked that idea. You had suggested mashed cauliflower – one of my favorite recipes. That would be fantastic too!
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