Savory Sausage Stew

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This hearty stew is perfect on a chilly, rainy day. If you like, serve it steaming hot in big mugs with thick slices of multigrain bread for a casual, satisfying meal.

Ingredients

• 1 tsp vegetable oil
• 3/4 poudn Italian-style turkey sausage, casing
• removed
• 2 onins, chopped
• 1 turnip, peeled and chopped
• 1/2 carrot, sliced
• 1 celery stak, sliced
• 4 new red potatoes, scrubbed and quartered
• 1 c. chicken broth
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme
• 1/4 tsp dried sage
• 1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
• 1/2 small head green cabbage, cut into 4 wedges
• 1 tsp all-purpose four, dissolved in 1 tbsp cold water
• 1/4 c. minced parsley
• 2 tsp cider vinegar

Preparation

Step 1

Heat the oil in a nonstick saucepan, then add the sausage, onion, turnip, carrot, and celery. Cook, breaking apart the sausage with a spoon, until the sausage is browned. Stir in the potatoes, broth, bay leaf, thyme, sage and pepper; bring to a boil. Place the caggabe over the stew, then reduce the heat, cover, and simmer until the potatoes and cabbage are teder, about 15 mnintues. With a slotted spoon, transfer the cabbage to a serving bowl.

Stir the dissolved flour itnot he stew; simmer, stirring frequently, until the liquid thickens slightly. Witha slotted spoon, transfer the sausage and vegetables to the serving bowl; discard the bay lear. Stir the parsely and vinegar into the liquid; pour over the sausage and vegetables.

260 cal; 11 g fat; 3 g sat fat; 50 mg chol; 968 mg sod; 25 g carb; 4 g fib; 19 g prot; 87 mg calc POINTS: 5