'Sausage' And Pepper Heroes

By á-170456

Ingredients

• 3/4 pound soy Italian-style "sausage" links cut into thirds
• 1 large onion quartered, and thinly sliced
• 6 medium bell peppers cut long strips (3 each green and red, or 2 each green, red and yellow)
• 2 medium garlic cloves minced
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 6 small hero rolls split
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 cans diced tomatoes - (14 1/2 oz ea)

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

Drain tomatoes, reserving 1/2 cup liquid. Set aside.

In large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add "sausage" and cook, turning often, until golden, about 5 minutes. Add onion and cook until tender, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Stir in bell peppers and garlic. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes.

Stir in tomatoes, reserved tomato liquid, parsley, oregano, salt, pepper and sugar until well combined. Cover and cook until flavors are blended, about 5 minutes. Spoon into hero rolls and serve open-faced.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Per Serving: 485 Cal; 27g Prot; 10g Total Fat (2 Sat. Fat); 73g Carb.; 0mg Chol; 256mg Sod.; 9g Fiber.

Spoon the sausage-bell pepper mixture into small hero rolls and serve open-faced, garnished with some black olives and baby carrots. End the meal with sliced fresh pears topped with a dollop of low-fat vanilla yogurt or soy yogurt.