Cheesy Potato Bake

Hi everyone!

Today is another recipe from the Skinny Bitch Cookbook.  For this round Michelle from Healthy Bites picked out the recipe for Breakfast Bake.  I was getting ready to make this for breakfast, but after re-reading the recipe I realized that this would be better as a dinner side dish then for breakfast.

The original recipe called for mushrooms, soy sausage or tempeh and vegan cheese.  I had to swap them out because I don’t like mushrooms at all and I know I could not serve my family vegan cheese and soy.  That would not go over to well with them.  I could only imagine the faces they would make.  Instead of those ingredients I decided to use sweet bell pepper, chicken sausage and lite shredded cheese.  I must omit it turned out pretty tasty.  I was pretty impressed with this recipe!

The recipe in its self was pretty easy to make which is a big plus.  Out of all the Skinny Bitch recipes I have made so far, I like this one and the Wild Rice one’s the best.  This potato bake has a ton of flavor and it’s so cheesy.  Oh and when it was baking, it smelled absolutely amazing!  I think the rosemary and thyme really added some great flavor.  Would I make this recipe again?  You bet I would!!  How can you go wrong with cheese and potatoes?

The stats for this dish isn’t to bad considering the ingredients.  After all I used sausage, cheese and potatoes.  Honestly I could probably have eaten the whole thing, it’s just that good, however I must control myself.  I haven’t had regular potatoes and cheese in so long, this was a wonderful treat!  To be honest my Husband didn’t care for it.  He said he didn’t like the peppers I added.  I don’t know how?  A lot of recipes use peppers and onions with baked potatoes.  Matter in fact I have made roasted potatoes with peppers before and he liked it.  My Husband was pretty crabby and nothing I would have made would have tasted good to him.  Maybe I’m bias but I really liked this dish and I think you would too!

Cheesy Potato Bake

Nutrition Information

• Serves: 4 Heaping Cups

• Serving size: 1 Cup

Prep time:  10 mins

Cook time:  30 mins

Total time:  40 mins

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A cheesy potato bake made with fresh sweet peppers, sausage and spices.

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• ½ cup onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 3 cups (1lbs) potatoes, peeled and diced into small cubes
• 1 chicken sausage, sweet apple flavored, diced small (Trader Joe's)
• ½ cup sweet bell pepper, diced small
• ½ tsp. dried thyme
• 1 sprig rosemary
• ½ tsp. salt
• ⅛ tsp. pepper
• ½ cup lite cheddar cheese, shredded

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. Spray a saute pan with cooking spray and add olive oil, onion, pepper and cook over medium heat until soft. About 3 minutes
3. Add garlic and cook for one minute.
4. Add sausage and potatoes and saute for 5 minutes.
5. Add thyme, rosemary, salt & pepper and saute for 2 minutes.
6. Pour mixture into a 13 x 9 inch baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes, or until the potatoes are soft. During the last few minutes of baking, sprinkle with cheese and bake until cheese melts.
7. serves 4 - 6 people

Notes

Calorie per serving: 198.7, Fat: 7.3, Cholesterol: 20, Sodium: 323, Potassium: 533, Carbs: 24.7, Fiber: 3.1, Sugar: 2.1, Protein: 9.9

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I think today was a great pick from the Skinny Book Ultimate Everyday Cookbook.  Stop by the other ladies links below to see how they changed up this recipe.  I can’t wait to find out!

Claire from the Realistic Nutritionist

Michelle from The Healthy Bites

Stephanie from Eat.Drink.Love

Time for me to make dinner tonight!  Stay tuned for a fun recipe tomorrow.  This was the one I told you about on Monday that I couldn’t wait to share with you.  Going to remake it tonight to make sure it’s perfect for you.

Enjoy your day!

Toodles,

Jen

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