This hearty Italian Sausage and Beans Skillet is a tasty, healthy, one-pot meal!
Yield: 6(1 1/4 cups) servings
Ingredients
1tablespoonolive oil
1 ½lbsuncooked Italian turkey sausage, casing removed if present, cut into 1” chunks
2 ½cupsfresh green beans, cut in half to be shorter
1mediumonion, chopped
4garlic cloves, minced
28ozcan San Marzano whole peeled tomatoes, undrained and roughly chopped
15ozcan cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
¼teaspoonsalt
8pitted kalamata olives, cut in half
½cupchopped fresh basil
Instructions
Drizzle the oil into a large sauté pan or walled skillet. Bring the oil over med-high heat. Add the sausage pieces in a single layer and cook, stirring/flipping occasionally, for 5-6 minutes until the chunks are browned on the outside. Add the green beans, onions, and garlic and stir. Reduce the heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, for another 5-6 minutes until the onions are softened.
Add the undrained can of tomatoes, the cannellini beans, and the salt and stir to combine. Use your cooking spoon/spatula to further break apart/chop the tomatoes if desired. Bring the mixture to a boil and then cover the pan and reduce the heat to low. Simmer covered for 10 minutes, stirring once in the middle. After the ten minutes, add the olives, stir, and re-cover the pan. Simmer for another 3-4 minutes. Stir in the basil and serve.
Notes
WW Points: 6 per (1 ¼ cup) serving (Points calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)To view your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!Nutrition Information per (1 ¼ cup) serving:291 calories, 22 g carbs, 6 g sugars, 12 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 23 g protein, 5 g fiber, 847 mg sodium (from myfitnesspal.com)Weight Watchers PointsPlus: 7 per (1 ¼ cup) serving (PP calculated using the nutrition info above)Adapted from Better Homes and Gardens