Veggie and Sausage One Pot Meal!

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     In the Summer Time, when people around our house are coming and going from work and various activities and the heat is really on, it is great to have a few one pot meals up my sleeve that I can direct people to when they are on their way in or out.  Not only that, one pot meals require less clean up and fewer burners turned on to heat up the house.  I love this recipe for all of those reasons, besides the fact that it is healthy, full of veggies, colorful and tasty!  At this time of year, when people's gardens are producing lots of zucchini, tomatoes and peppers, this recipe uses up a lot of that as well. It is a winner all the way around!

     To make it, you start with your vegetables.  I like to start by cutting up the zucchini with my wavy slicer.  I just like how fancy it makes the slices look.  It is particularly nice for slicing veggies for a tray to serve at parties.  Mine is from Pampered Chef, here is a similar one at a really good price.

Cut up all of the rest of your veggies as well. Don't you feel healthier just looking at these? You can use any color peppers. I just happened to have lots of colors so I used them.

     The recipe calls for a couple of cloves of garlic.  You can dice them or smash them.  I like to put them through my garlic press so that the flavor goes throughout the recipe easier. Mine is also from Pampered Chef, but here is another nice one that costs less.

        The vegetables and garlic all get sauteed in olive oil and you add the sausage and seasonings.  Tomatoes, both fresh and canned dices go in next.  Finally, you throw the rice and water right into the pot and let everything simmer for 20 min.

It starts out looking like this. (I sprinkled a little more Italian seasoning over the top.)

It ends up looking like this! Yum!

Just serve it up with some garlic bread and you've got a meal. I like a little Parmesan on top as well.

     Just click the button for the recipe! 

Italian Style Veggie & Sausage One Pot Meal

I hope you enjoy it!