Oven Roasted Sausage and Squash
This is a great all-in-one recipe for those cold winter nights. You can use chorizo, Italian, Andouille or other spicy sausage. Butternut squash works quite well though other winter squashes could substitute if needed.
Ingredients
- 1 butternut squash peeled, seeded and chopped into bite sized pieces
- 1 lb spicy sausage cut into bite sized pieces
- ¼ c olive oil
- 1 Tbs lemon juice
- 1 15 oz can garbanzo beans rinsed
- 8 oz feta cheese crumbled
Instructions
- Heat oven and sheet pan to 425 degrees (insert sheet pan into oven while it heats).
- Peel, seed and cut squash into bite-sized pieces. Transfer to a large bowl.
- Cut sausage into bite-sized pieces. Add to squash bowl.
- Add olive oil to bowl and mix, coating the squash and sausage.
- When the oven is up to temperature, carefully pour squash and sausage unto heated pan.
- Roast, stirring occasionally until sausage is cooked and squash is soft. Approximately 25 minutes.
- For the final five minutes, add rinsed garbanzo beans to heat through.
- When done, remove from the oven and transfer to a serving bowl. Add lemon juice and crumbled feta cheese. Mix. Serve warm.
Notes
This recipe would work with other vegetables that roast well, such as potatoes, carrots , onions and sweet potatoes.