Recipe of the Week

It has been awhile since I have shared a great new recipe for you to try.  So I think it is about to give you another one.  I’m just sitting here enjoying some football on this hot (in the 90’s today) Sunday afternoon.  And my lovely wife asked me if I would like a “Berardi meal” from Dr. John Berardi’s Gourmet Nutrition cookbook.  Um, yeah – I’d have to be a fool to turn down this offer.  So we flipped open this great book, and decided to to give “Turkey Sausage and Yam Hash Browns” a try.  And it did not disappoint!   We both LOVED it. 

Note from the book  – If you’re looking for a great breakfast alternative to eggs, look no further.  Complete with lean turkey sausage, carotene-rich yams, and just the right combination of herbs and spices, this meal can serve as a delicious breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Ingredients

Turkey Sausage (170 g) 6 oz

Water 1 cup

Turnip (medium diced) 1/2 cup

Yams medium diced 1 cup

Butter 1 tbsp ***

Fresh garlic (minced) 1 tsp

Cinnamon 1/8 tsp

Salt 1/8 tsp

Pepper 1 pinch

Paprika 1 pinch

*** Per Brian St. Pierre’s recommendation, we go with Pasture Butter by Organic Valley, which we get from Whole Foods.

Instuctions

Cook turkey sausage in large pot of simmering water for 10-20 minutes depending on thickness.  Remove from water and then preheat a non-stick pan on medium heat.  Lightly coat with spray and then add the turkey sausage.  Saute the sausage until lightly browned all around.  While the sausage is cooking, preheat a large non-stick frying pan on medium heat.  Add water, turnip, and yams.  Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.  Drain water and return to heat.  Add butter and saute until nicely browned.  Add garlic, cinnamon, salt, pepper and paprika and cook for 1 minute more.  Serve turkey sausage and hash browns together on a plate.  Serves 1 large or 2 small.

Very tasty, and very healthy.

A few suggestions:

#1) this meal (any meal) tastes especially good if you can get your significant other to make it for you, so choose your partner wisely.

Noooo!  C’mon people, Shondra’s cooking skills are not the only reason I married her.

#2) Go out and buy the ingredients for this meal and prepare it before the Bears/Packers game tomorrow night.    You won’t be disappointed!  Well, hopefully Packer fans will be disappointed, but not because of the taste of this healthy meal.