Description
Easy and low carb pork sausage meatballs with yams and cauliflower roasted in the oven.
Ingredients
- 1 head of cauliflower - cut into 1-inch florets
- 2 pork sausage patties - using 1 tbsp scoop out and roll into a ball.
- 1 red pepper - cut into strips 2 inches long
- 2 yams - peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
- 2 yellow squash (optional) - cut into quarters than 2 inches or 3 inches long
- .5 large red onion - cut into quarters about 2 - 3 inch long
- 6 Tbsp of Olive Oil (Affiliate Link)
- 1 tsp granulated garlic
- 2 Tbsp Italian Seasoning
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Extra Olive Oil (Affiliate Link) to taste (after cooking)
Instructions
- Preheat oven the 425 degrees.
- Open the two sausage patties from its packaging. Using a tablespoon, scoop out 1 tablespoon and roll into a ball. You should end up making 12 1-inch sausage meatballs.
- Cut out the core of the cauliflower and cut the florets into 1-inch size pieces. If they are larger, you can cut the florets in half.
- Cut the red pepper into 2-inch strips. Set aside.
- Peel two yams and cut into 1-inch cubes. Set aside.
- Cut the red pepper into 2-inch strips. They should be about 2-3 inches long. Set aside.
- Cut yellow squash into quarter strips than cut into 2 inch or 3-inch pieces. If you don’t care for yellow squash, you can omit this step.
- Add the red pepper, yams, red onion, cauliflower, and yellow squash, in a large bowl.
- Add olive oil (Affiliate Link), granulated garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper to the bowl and mix well. if it seems a little dry, add more olive oil (Affiliate Link).
- Toss the dressed veggies in two parchment covered cookie sheets (Affiliate Link). Arrange the pork sausage meatballs throughout the baking sheets (Affiliate Link).
- Place the two baking sheets (Affiliate Link) in the oven. Bake for 15 minutes and turn the veggies over. Bake for another 15 - 20 minutes or until pork sausage is cooked and the veggies are brown.
- Drizzle with extra olive oil (Affiliate Link) before eating.
Notes
Yellow squash can get soggy. If you do not like them soggy, you can remove them altogether or add them at the end of the first 15 minutes of cooking time.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: pork
- Method: oven roasted
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 273.87 kcal
- Sugar: 2.75 g
- Sodium: 607.95 mg
- Fat: 14.72 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.13 g
- Trans Fat: 0.0 g
- Carbohydrates: 34.12 g
- Fiber: 5.57 g
- Protein: 4.52 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg