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Cheat sheet sausage, peppers, and onions with polenta by Katie Lee Biegel

12

Points®

Total time: 42 min • Prep: 10 min • Cook: 32 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy

Sheet pan dinners are a fabulous way to cook a complete meal at once, with minimal cleanup and fuss. Look for tubes of prepared polenta in the refrigerated section of your supermarket's produce department. |t's a simple, tasty way to add a carbohydrate to your meal. Italian sausage comes in a variety of flavors and meat-types. Use whatever you like best.

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Ingredients

Sweet Italian sausage

1 pound(s)

Uncooked red onion(s)

1 medium

Red bell pepper(s)

1 medium

Yellow bell pepper(s)

1 medium

Extra virgin olive oil

4 Tbsp

Garlic salt

1 tsp

Fat free ready-to-eat polenta (in tube)

8 oz

Kosher salt

1 pinch(es)

Black pepper

1 pinch(es)

Grated Parmesan cheese

3 Tbsp

Instructions

1

Preheat oven to 450°F.

2

Put sausage, onion, and peppers on a rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with 2 tbsp oil and sprinkle with garlic salt, tossing lightly with tongs to coat. Bake for 15 minutes.

3

Meanwhile, toss polenta slices with remaining 2 tbsp oil and a pinch of salt and pepper. Remove baking sheet from oven and flip sausage and vegetables. Add polenta and return to oven for another 15 minutes. Flip again. Turn oven to broil. Sprinkle everything with cheese and broil for 2 to 3 minutes, until everything is brown and lightly charred.

4

Serving size: about 3 1/2 oz sausage, 2 polenta rounds, and 1/4 of vegetables

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