Easy Sheet Pan Dinner with Sausage and Veggies
This easy sheet pan dinner is great when you don't feel like cooking. Just chop up the veggies & meat and let the oven do the rest.
Servings 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 pound brussel sprouts
- 1 pound sweet potato
- ½ red onion
- 2 pre-cooked chicken sausages
- 2.5 tablespoons avocado oil divided
- ½ teaspoon salt divided
- ¼ teaspoon pepper divided
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
Items Needed:
- A sheet pan
- Aluminum foil or parchment paper
- A vegetable peeler
- A cutting board
- A large knife
- A large bowl
- Measuring spoons
- A pair of cooking tongs
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F
- Line a sheet pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
- Peel the skin off the sweet potato with a vegetable peeler. Using a cutting board and large knife, dice the potato into roughly half-inch cubes. Place the cubes in a large bowl.
- Take half a red onion and cut it into large chunks with the cutting board and knife. Toss in the same bowl as the sweet potato.
- Add in 1.5 tablespoons of the avocado oil, ½ tsp salt, ¼ tsp pepper, stirrring to coat the vegetables evenly.
- Pour the sweet potato cubes and cut onion into the lined sheet pan, spreading out to cover about half the pan.
- Place in the oven and set the timer for 10 minutes.
- While the sweet potatoes and onions are cooking, wash the brussel sprouts then dry them off, peeling away any brown layers.
- Using the cutting board and large knife, cut the stems off the bottom of the sprouts and chop them in half, again peeling away any layers that are brown or falling off.
- Place the brussel sprouts in the large bowl and add in 1 tablespoon of the avocado oil, ½ tsp salt, ¼ tsp pepper, and ¼ tsp garlic powder. Stir to combine until brussel sprouts are evenly coated.
- Once the timer goes off, remove the sheet pan from the oven. Place the brussel sprouts on the empty half of the sheet pan, spreading them out.
- Place the pan back in the oven and set the timer for 20 minutes.
- Using the knife and cutting board, cut the pre-cooked sausages into small coins, about ¼ inch thick.
- Once the timer goes off, stir the vegetables a bit with a pair of tongs, then make some room for the sausages on the pan.
- Place the sausage coins in a single layer on the pan, then put everything in the oven to cook for another 10 minutes.
- After the timer goes off, remove the pan and serve.
Notes
Notes:
* I used Aidell’s chicken apple sausage with this recipe, which is Whole30 compliant. Any pre-cooked sausage will do, though make sure it’s compliant if you’re on a Whole30.
* Don’t worry if the pan is kind of crowded after placing the brussel sprouts on there. The veggies will cook down a bit, leaving room for the sausage.
* I always use to just wing the amount of veggies in sheet pan dinners, figuring more is better. Then I’d end up with too much and it’d take forever to cook or I’d waste the veggies I didn’t use. Don’t be me! I recommend weighing both the sweet potato and the brussel sprouts at the grocery store so you are sure you have the right amount.
* If you think you’ll want more protein, you can use three sausage links instead of two in this recipe, though the pan will be slightly more crowded and may take an extra minute or two to fully cook.
* I used Aidell’s chicken apple sausage with this recipe, which is Whole30 compliant. Any pre-cooked sausage will do, though make sure it’s compliant if you’re on a Whole30.
* Don’t worry if the pan is kind of crowded after placing the brussel sprouts on there. The veggies will cook down a bit, leaving room for the sausage.
* I always use to just wing the amount of veggies in sheet pan dinners, figuring more is better. Then I’d end up with too much and it’d take forever to cook or I’d waste the veggies I didn’t use. Don’t be me! I recommend weighing both the sweet potato and the brussel sprouts at the grocery store so you are sure you have the right amount.
* If you think you’ll want more protein, you can use three sausage links instead of two in this recipe, though the pan will be slightly more crowded and may take an extra minute or two to fully cook.