Simple dinner with minimal clean up. This sage roasted sausage & sweet potato uses a single plan and is delicious for a minimal amount of work. Roasting the sweet potatoes with sage and combining with balsamic brings forward a savory-sweet combination that pairs well with the sausage and broccoli.
For even cooking, it’s worth the time to flip over each of the sausage pieces so that they crisp up on both sides. Swap full fat sausage for low-fat chicken sausage – there are plenty of options at the grocery store and each 85 g link is typically going to have 7-8 g of fat and 12-13 g of protein. I’ve used Sabatinos (Costco) as well as Open Nature (Vons). You could also substitute extra firm tofu in this recipe for a plant-based protein source. Remove excess water from the tofu before baking by pressing.
It’s relatively straightforward to adjust the macros for this sage roasted sausage & sweet potato; if you are looking for lower carbs reduce to one potato and instead add an extra crown of broccoli. To reduce the fat, reduce the oil to 1 tbsp. total or instead make some home made ground turkey with sausage seasoning like the one I made for this recipe and combine with the sweet potato and broccoli at the end.
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