Super Low Carb Sausage and Peppers

Super Low Carb Sausage and Peppers

Though this picture is deceiving, this recipe does not call for any wheat/flour products. In this recipe I have substituted spaghetti squash for your standard pasta. While 1 cup cooked pasta contains about 200+ calories and 43g of carbohydrates, 1 cup of spaghetti squash contains only 42 calories and 10g of carbs (www.myfitnesspal.com). This is a delicious vegetable substitute for a common carbohydrate!

Servings per recipe = 6

Ingredients:

1                              Spaghetti Squash
2                              Bell Peppers, 1 green and 1 red
2 packages          Cooked Chicken Sausage, sliced (I used 1 package Sweet Italian and 1 Sun-Dried Tomato)
2 cans                    Diced Tomatoes, 1 no salt added and 1 roasted with peppers from Trader Joe's
3 Tbs                      Diced Onion
1 Tbs                      Dried Basil
1 Tbs                      Fennel Seed
Ground Pepper

Add sausage, tomatoes, onion, basil, fennel, and ground pepper to slow cooker.
Stir and cook on low for 8 hours.
Slice the peppers, sauté in olive oil for a few minutes, then add to the slow cooker.

Cut squash in half, lengthwise, and grind fresh pepper and salt over the top of each.
Place one half in a microwave safe dish, add ½ inch of water to the bowl, cover and cook in the microwave for 10 min.
Repeat for other half.

Take a fork and scrape the inside of the squash to form strings.

Serve ½ cup of sausage/sauce over 1 cup squash and enjoy!