Sausage and Peppers

Jessica's Sausage and Peppers (as emailed to me)

(this is a picture of leftovers, solely in here so i can pin it.)

1 med onion, diced
2 bell peppers, diced
1.5 tbsp garlic (or 3 minced garlic cloves)
1 tbsp butter
1 can mushrooms, undrained
1 can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 can tomato paste
Kielbasa Sausage, sliced in half circles
1 tsp salt
1/4-1/2 tsp pepper
1 tb Italian seasoning
8 oz pasta cooked

Boil water for pasta. Then start on sausage part.

Saute onions and garlic with butter
Add peppers
Add cans (with all juices)
Add seasonings (salt pepper Italian seasoning)
Sometimes I add 1/2 cup or more water if it looks to thick
Cover and simmer 10-15 minutes till whenever your veggies are as soft or hard as you want.

Enjoy.
Jessica's notes: sometimes we add corn, sometimes I use fresh tomatoes if we have them from the garden or our CSA
Sometimes I put a little chili powder if we want more of a kick. And sometimes I add a little sugar to off set the acidity


Serves 5, 368 cal/serving

Salmon Cilantro Burgers

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/fresh-salmon-cilantro-burgers-10000001891952/
Salmon Cilantro Burgers

This is also in my Cooking Light 1500 calorie cookbook. I liked it quite a bit. David liked it too.

341 calories per sandwich.

Parisian Lentils

Adapted from http://thestonesoup.com/blog/2012/12/a-lesson-from-my-new-favourite-cookbook/#

I love love this recipe. It is so fast and healthy too, with tons of fiber and protein and very minimal effort. I used part-skim ricotta, regular brown lentils, and halved the olive oil. Everything else the same, and it was so tasty.  The lentils cooked in 20-30 minutes. I wasn't watching because people came to visit during cooking.

Serves 2. 370 calories/serving (with like 30 g protein, 33 g fiber, crazy! I need to do lentils more.)

note: I think the calories are low. THe lentils I used said they were 80 cal per 35 g. But it also had 20 carb+10 protein per serving, which is 120 calories. So assuming 120 is correct and 80 is not, the cals would be 480 per serving.

30 Minute Chili

1 lb ground beef, browned with
1 C. chopped onion. Drain fat.
2 14oz. cans diced tomatoes with juice (or 3.5 cups diced from a giant Costco can)
1 15 1/2 oz can kidney beans
1 8 oz. can tomato sauce
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 tbs chili powder


Combine all ingredients and heat to boiling; reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes.

I really loved this. I used S&W chopped tomatoes and they were really acidic, which made it even better. Also used 91/9 beef.

Calories: 360 per serving / 4 servings. Makes 1.75 quarts. 1.75 cup per serving.