This week I’m sharing my recipe for an easy midweek meal, which goes down well with the whole family. My healthy sausage and potato bake is low in fat too as I used Heck chicken sausages in place of normal sausages.
It is easy to make and perfect for chilly evenings as well, when you want a hearty meal. Shove it in the oven and it won’t take long.
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When I’m not baking along with the Great British Bake Off I do actually try to follow a healthy eating plan. My colleagues have had a lot of cake and bakes to sample recently in my latest attempt not to polish the lot off myself!!
I created this recipe when I wanted a meal low in calories but which would be a good winter warmer and full of flavour.
It will feature regularly on my meal plan now as we really enjoyed it!
I served it with green vegetables on the side, but you can also add in other vegetables to bulk it out further as well.
It’s easy to make and is great on a cold evening when you want something filling for supper but which won’t be too heavy.
I also like to add different vegetables like butternut squash, red peppers, carrots and so on depending on what I have in the fridge.
Ingredients
Here’s what you will need for this recipe, get the quantities in the recipe card below:
- onion
- red pepper
- garlic
- olive oil
- tinned chopped tomatoes
- tomato puree
- baby or new potatoes
- Heck chicken sausages – I use Chicken Italia
- dried oregano
- fresh rosemary – or used dried
Method
- Fry the onion in the oil until translucent. Add the garlic and cook for one minute. Add the pepper, tin of tomatoes, tomato purée and half a tin of water. Simmer until thickened.
- Pour the sauce into an oven dish. Put the baby potatoes on top of the sauce, then the sausages on top of that. Mix around. Use a few sprays of olive oil to oil the potatoes and sausages lightly. Sprinkle over the oregano.
- Bake for 45 minutes at 200 degrees (fan).
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Recipe
Healthy Sausage and Potato Bake
Ingredients
- 1 large onion diced
- 1 red pepper chopped (I used a Romano pepper)
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 400 g chopped tomatoes (1 tin)
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 400 g baby potatoes halved
- 10 Heck chicken Italia sausages
- Olive oil spray a few sprays
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- Few sprigs of fresh Rosemary
Instructions
- Fry the onion in the oil until translucent. Add the garlic and cook for one minute. Add the pepper, tin of tomatoes, tomato purée and half a tin of water. Simmer until thickened.1 large onion, 1 red pepper, 1 clove garlic, 2 tsp olive oil, 400 g chopped tomatoes (1 tin), 1 tbsp tomato purée
- Pour the sauce into an oven dish. Put the baby potatoes on top of the sauce, then the sausages on top of that. Mix round. Use a few sprays of olive oil to oil the potatoes and sausages lightly. Sprinkle over the oregano.400 g baby potatoes, 10 Heck chicken Italia sausages, Olive oil spray, 1 tsp dried oregano
- Bake for 45 minutes at 200℃ (fan) / 390℉. Garnish with fresh rosemary and serve.Few sprigs of fresh Rosemary
Emily Lowe says
Is this really only for two people? 🙂
bakingqueen74 says
As it uses the thin chicken sausages it serves two hungry adults in my house, it may serve more for you 🙂
choclette says
Shove it in the oven Lucy? I’m in shock. Don’t say the slow cooker has been put into retirement 😉 This sounds really flavoursome – I do like my cold weather comfort food 🙂
bakingqueen74 says
teehee Choclette I wondered if anyone would notice the irony! It was a great midweek meal for us when I didn’t have food in for the slow cooker earlier on for once 😉
efwalt says
Fab recipe Lucy! I’m a huge fan of heck sausages and this is a great way of doing something other than just sausage and mash 🙂 I bet the herbs in the sausages go really well with the rest of the dish!
bakingqueen74 says
Thanks Emma, the sausages are so tasty done this way
Jo Brigdale says
This looks delicious and I love that it is healthy too. Lovely comfort food
bakingqueen74 says
Thanks Jo, you don’t need to feel deprived when you can have hearty meals like this
Cat says
This looks delicious! Perfect for a cold winter’s evening.
bakingqueen74 says
Thanks Cat, it was tasty and so good to be able to make it after work!