Chicken and Apple Sausage Vegetable Skillet
Chicken and Apple Sausage Vegetable Skillet – an easy, one-pot meal full of juicy sausage and fresh veggies. It’s healthy and delicious, and makes a great Paleo or Whole30 dinner solution!
I know I mentioned to y’all a couple of weeks ago when I posted the Nutella S’mores Bars that my hubby and I had embarked on this crazy journey called the Whole30. We were very successful for about 2 and a half weeks before we kind of gave it a rest. We didn’t give up completely, but we did start to add some things back in; namely sugar and cheese!
Those were the most challenging to give up for me, which was surprising because I truly thought I would struggle more with giving up bread. Honestly, I’ve probably only eaten bread or something similar a handful of times since we stopped the Whole30. I’ve also been making Paleo dinners nearly every night, so we are trying to stick with it as best we can. But chocolate? I just CAN. NOT. give that up! I missed it so much I’m pretty sure I had dreams about it.
The other thing I found that I just can’t live without is butter. Whole30 limits the types of fats that you can use for cooking, and since butter contains dairy, it’s not compliant. I gave Ghee (clarified butter) a good college-try, I really did. But man, I just couldn’t get on board with the taste. I would rather cook with coconut oil or olive oil than with Ghee. It’s probably one of those things that you just have to acquire a taste for, but for me? I think I’ll just stick with good ole butter. 😉
When I was doing my research for Whole30 and Paleo ideas, I decided to check out some of the yummy recipes over at Peace, Love, and Low Carb. I’ve been a fan of her recipes for a long time, well before I even started my blog. I found this one over on her site and just tweaked it a tad to fit with what I had on hand and what I could use with Whole30. I have to say, it was a big winner at our dinner table!
To make this Whole30 compliant I used a package of Aidells Chicken & Apple Smoked Chicken Sausage. I LOOOOOOOVE this stuff, y’all. It’s so tasty and delicious, and only contains good ingredients. I bought mine at Costco, but I also noticed it at Target the other day, and also at our military commissary! By the way, in no way shape or form am I being paid to tell y’all about this sausage. I just love it so much and wanted to spread that love around. It’s honestly a lifesaver if you’re doing the Whole30, and it’s an awesome better-for-you sausage even if you’re not!
By the way, I’m still on the hunt for a good Paleo pizza dough recipe. If you’ve got one, send it my way! Have a great weekend, y’all!
Recipe: Chicken and Apple Sausage Vegetable Skillet
Ingredients
- 4 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 (12 oz.) package Chicken Apple Sausage, sliced
- 1 medium onion,, chopped into large pieces
- 1 zucchini,, sliced
- 1 yellow squash,, sliced
- 1 cup mixed bell peppers,, chopped into large pieces
- 4 oz. sliced mushrooms
- 3 garlic cloves,, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat 2 TB olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the sausage and onions together until sausage is browned and onions are soft. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
- Reduce heat to medium and add remaining 2 TB olive oil to the pan. Add zucchini, yellow squash, bell peppers, mushrooms, and garlic and sauté until softened, about 5-10 minutes. Season with basil, oregano, salt, and pepper. Add sausage and onions back to the pan and stir to combine. Enjoy!
Notes
Looks very healthy. Needed some healthy options.
This looks so delicious and full of flavor!! I definitely will be trying this soon!
This sounds like the perfect meal for dinner! I bet my family would love it.
I’m a college student. This was pretty easy to make, very good, and a lot of servings, and pretty healthy. Highly recommend!
What a delicious healthy meal. I will add this to my plan for next week!
Chicken apple sausage is yummy. I am excited to give this recipe a try, especially since it’s paleo. Yum!
This looks absolutely delicious! I can’t live without butter in my recipes either – there is no substitute for its taste. Will try this later!
I’m embracing healthy eating again and this recipe sounds like one I could try
I made this for dinner tonight for my husband and I. I didn’t have. yellow squash, so I used extra zucchini. I also added a couple of crushed red pepper flakes. I served it with long grain rice. It was so good. Thanks for sharing!
Just wanted to say, I’m a 17 year old & pretty much love cooking. My parents are gone for the weekend & my siblings went & bought some food for themselves… what I didn’t know was they bought all frozen or junk food. So I found some of this sausage & I was like hmmmm maybe I can throw something together & THIS RECIPE WAS AMAZING. Thank you so much because it is such a quick easy recipe & doesn’t take long at all but has so much delicious flavor!
Good stirfry. Didn’t have zucinni or squash but had the remaining. Added a tablespoon of chk broth towards the end, plus a couple dashes of Chipotle sauce.
Tried a store bought Ghee and it was terrible. Ordered Ancient Organic Ghee off Amazon. Abit more expensive, but taste like clarified butter.
Such a wonderful one pot meal! That chicken and apple sausage sounds amazing. I haven’t been to the commissary since moving to LA, so will have to check ours!
We are in full-grill-mode around here! My husband just walked in and saw this recipe up on my computer & said “Let’s make that next!” 🙂 Thanks so much for the great recipe idea…. I’ll letcha know how it tastes on the grill!
Quick, easy and delicious! What more can you ask for?
It would be cheese for me that would be the hardest, but this looks like a tasty meal that ticks the boxes for lots of diets too.
I just found your website and I’am so happy because I made the Chicken Dijon Thighs. They were so tasty and I plan to give this recipe to my daughter. I’am making the sausage sheet pan dinner next. Thank you, thank you!
Glad to have you here, Barbara!