Chicken Sausage Vegetable Medley crockpot or not

Oh the weather outside is delightful..........

But the bikini is so frightful

And since we've places to go.

Let It Go! Let It Go! Let It Go!

Oh, it doesn't show signs of stopping.........

And I've brought some veggies for munching.
The carbs are turned way down low,
Let It Go! Let It Go! Let It Go!

Time to get back to eating healthy

Chicken Sausage Medley is easy on the hips

It is so flexible it should be on your weekly rotation

chop 4-6 cups of what ever vegetables you have in the fridge

2" chunks of vegetables

baby carrots work great no mess no fuss

I like 6 cups of veggies

today I added 1/2 bag of frozen green beans

I just didn't have much for fresh veggies 

today we are avoiding carbs I didn't add white potatoes

 I bulked it up with a can of diced tomatoes

tomorrow, well who knows what tomorrow will bring

for the crockpot method you can assemble it in the morning with the sausage still frozen

 come home to a wonderful healthy meal or

bake it an hour before dinner is served with only 15 minutes prep

You just can't cut raw sausage at least not easily

I do poke a few holes so the flavors blend into the broth while cooking

then cut them after they've cooked 

kittens' red spinach very pretty

would make a nice spinach salad

next time



oh yea sprinkle with cheese if you want to add calories and flavor boost

Naturally Gluten Free - I just love saying that

there are already so many yummy foods that have always been gluten free

we just didn't label them

adapted from A year of slowcooking- I love Stephanie's blog!:

Sausage Vegetable Medley

1 ½ lb  raw chicken sausage links

6 cups random vegetables (carrots, mushrooms, celery, green beans, peas, broccoli, bell pepper all work well)
2 cups or so of cubed potatoes (skip if your avoiding carbs add more veggies)
2 cups chicken broth
1/3 to 1/2 cup white wine if you have it on hand --- (I’m not giving up wine )
1 small container about 3-4 ozl of baby spinach (to add at the very end)

 Directions:

cut all veggies into 2-inch chunks, put in crockpot add whole sausage, broth and wine cover and cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4.10 minutes  before serving, cut sausages into 1” chunks add a handful of fresh spinach and cover for 10 minutes to wilt leaves

 Variations:
Hot Italian Sausage, beef broth, 1 can of tomatoes
Sweet Apple Chicken Sausage, sweet potato, onion
 Buffalo Chicken Sausage, Celery, Carrots, blue cheese to sprinkle when serving
pre cooked chicken sausage also works I would just cut the veggies smaller cook for less time the precooked sausage gets a little shriveled dry
Add a can of red beans, rinsed and drained

You can mix fresh and frozen veggies

 You can pop this whole dish in a Dutch oven and cook it on 375 for 1 hourAlso I have given it a jump start by microwaving the full crockpot for 10 minutes, then into the crockpot for 2 hrs on High.