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French Cassoulet with White Beans and Sausage

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French Cassoulet with White Beans and Sausage
 
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Cassoulet is a French bean stew that is usually made with meat, tomatoes and spices. This version is amazing because it’s so quick, yet tastes like it’s been stewing for hours! This recipe could also be a great vegetarian main dish for Thanksgiving or any family meal.
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Recipe type: Main Dish
Cuisine: Thanksgiving
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 3 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
  • 14 oz. Gimme Lean (meatless) sausage or 1 lb. uncooked pork or turkey sausage (use wheat/gluten-free if needed)
  • 1 yellow onion, diced
  • 1 tsp. minced garlic, (about 2 cloves)
  • ½ tsp. dried oregano
  • ½ tsp. dried basil
  • ¼ cup bread crumbs or panko (Japanese bread crumbs)
  • 15 oz. diced tomatoes, with their liquid
  • 15 – 19 oz. canned cannellini or white kidney beans, drained and rinsed
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a large Dutch oven or oven-safe deep skillet, heat 2 Tbsp. oil over medium heat.
  2. Add the sausage (if you are using meat sausage, remove it from its casing), breaking it up with the edge of a spatula, and the onions, garlic, oregano and basil.
  3. Cook the sausage and onions for 6-8 minutes, until the sausage is browned, stirring frequently.
  4. In a small bowl, combine the bread crumbs and 1 Tbsp. oil with your fingers or a fork and set it aside.
  5. Add the tomatoes and beans to the sausage mixture, and bring it to a low boil.
  6. Simmer it for 3 – 5 minutes, then top it evenly with the bread crumb mixture and transfer it to the oven.
  7. Bake the stew for 10 minutes, uncovered. (Meanwhile, make the salad, if you are serving it.)
  8. Remove it from the oven and serve it immediately, or refrigerate it for up to 3 days.
Notes
Slow Cooker Directions: Brown the sausage, onions, garlic, oregano and basil in the oil (you won’t need the oil if using meat sausage) and transfer to a slow cooker. Add the tomatoes and beans. Cook it on high for 6 hours or on low for 10 hours. Omit the bread crumbs.


Do Ahead or Delegate: Dice the onion, peel the garlic, make the bread crumb/olive oil mixture, or fully prepare and refrigerate the dish.


Scramble Flavor Booster: Add ¼ tsp. crushed red pepper flakes to the pan with the sausage.


Tip: Watching your waistline and your wallet? Legumes and peas are a great option. Research done at Penn State University determined that people who consumed a half-cup or more of these affordable little gems on any given day, ate more fiber and protein and less fat than those who didn’t eat foods from this category.


Serve with Green Salad with Avocado, Carrots and Mozzarella Cheese
Toss the lettuce with the avocado, carrots, cheese and dressing, to taste.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 2 each Calories: 300 Fat: 14g Saturated fat: 5.5g Trans fat: 3g Carbohydrates: 27g Sugar: 3g Sodium: 740mg Fiber: 5g Protein: 18g Cholesterol: 40mg
 

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Aviva Goldfarb is a family dinner expert and founder of The Six O’Clock Scramble, an online dinner planning solution for busy parents, a Today Show contributor, author of the acclaimed Six O’Clock Scramble cookbooks, and frequently appears in media such as The Katie Show, The Washington Post, O Magazine, Real Simple, Working Mother, Prevention and more.

 

Aviva is currently working on a meal planning cookbook for people with diabetes and pre-diabetes to be published by the American Diabetes Association.

 

Aviva treasures dinner time with her family but was fed up with the stress of having so little time to decide what to make and cook healthy meals that everyone would like. So she created an online family dinner planner for busy parents like her that takes the Scramble out of 6:00 with a weekly dinner plan and grocery list delivered right to their email inbox or phone.

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