Sausage and Root Vegetable Sheet Pan Dinner

Sausage is one of the few foods that everyone in my household will eat. Vegetables, of course, are another story.

I decided to mix the two in a sheet pan dinner to try to entice my kids (and my husband) to eat a few more veggies. The result was a super flavorful, easy-to-prepare dinner!

Ingredients

(Significantly adapted from this recipe.)

• 12-15 oz. smoked sausage, cut into ½ in. slices
• 8 oz. baby carrots
• 2 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 in. cubes
• 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1 in. cubes
• 1 small yellow onion, peeled and cut into wedges
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon pepper

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 425°F. Set a large baking pan on the counter. To make cleanup easy, line the baking pan with foil.

Place all of the ingredients in a large bowl. Stir together so the sausage and veggies are evenly coated in the oil and seasonings. Arrange the mixture in a single layer on the baking pan. Place in the oven and bake until just tender, about 22-25 minutes. Allow to cool slightly before serving. Yield: 6 servings.

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Notes

Cooks will tell you that roasting vegetables really brings out their flavor. That was certainly the case with this dish! The vegetables tasted absolutely amazing and really complemented the flavor of the sausage. This could be a meal on its own, but I served it with rice that I cooked in chicken broth and flavored with a little bit of Parmesan cheese. This was a winning combo!

I wanted to use additional root vegetables in this dish (including parsnips and rutabaga), but neither was available when I picked up my grocery order. Feel free to include these and others (beets, turnips, etc.) if you try the recipe. When seasoning the veggies, I kept it simple and only used salt, pepper, and garlic powder. If you’d like, you could jazz it up with additional seasonings such as rosemary or sage.

What recipes have you tried this fall? I’d love to hear what you’ve been cooking.

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Encouraging Hearts and Home, Busy Monday, and Weekend Potluck.