Italian Style Sausage Skewers

By Belinda

Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Yield: 6 servings (1 serving is 4 pieces)

Ingredients

• 8 ounces Italian style poultry sausage*
• 8 large basil leaves
• 12 pitted calamata olives, halved
• 24 grape tomatoes
• 24 (6-inch) wooden skewers

Preparation

Step 1

Cook the sausage according to the directions on the package and cut it into 1-inch rounds. Cut the basil leaves lengthwise into thirds.
Put an olive half about 1/3 of the way down onto a skewer. Then add 1 strip of basil, folding so it fits nicely on the skewer. Follow with 1 grape tomato and a round of sausage. Position everything on the end of the skewer so the skewer can stand up on its sausage end.

Cook's Note: I used a pre-cooked roasted garlic sausage that just needed to be heated in a skillet for 5 minutes until browned.
I tried to do a version with the baby mozzarella but it would turn out way too caloric.