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Slow Cooker Sausage And Butternut Squash Stew
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This hearty and flavorful stew has lots of veggies like squash, potatoes, carrots, and green beans. Using a lighter sausage helps keep the calories down without sacrificing taste.
serves/makes:
ready in:
over 5 hrs
over 5 hrs
3 reviews
ingredients
1 1/2 pound butternut squash, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 medium potato, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
2 slender carrots, sliced diagonally 1/2-inch thick
OR
12 baby carrots
1 cup frozen cut green beans
1 can (14 ounce size) fat-free beef broth
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
1/4 pound low-fat turkey sausage or light kielbasa, cut in half lengthwise and thickly
4 small onions, halved
1/4 cup cold water
2 tablespoons cornstarch
snipped fresh parsley, for garnish
directions
Combine the squash, potatoes, carrots, beans, broth, vinegar, pepper, and rosemary in the crock pot.
Brown the sausage in a skillet over medium-high heat; add the onions and cook until the onions are lightly browned, about 4 minutes. Transfer the sausage and onions to the crock pot.
Cover and cook on LOW until the vegetables are tender and the flavors have blended, 6 to 8 hours.
In a measuring cup, mix the water and cornstarch, and pour the mixture into the stew. Mix well and heat until the liquid has thickened. Garnish with the parsley.
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crock pot notes
Crock pots/slow cookers all heat differently. There is no standard among manufacturers. Cooking times are suggested guidelines based on our testing. Please adjust cooking times and temps to work with your brand and model of slow cooker.nutrition data
225 calories, 3 grams fat, 43 grams carbohydrates, 14 grams protein per serving. This recipe is low in fat.
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reviews & comments
November 14, 2013
I agree that this only needed about 4-5 hours and it was done. I was amazed at how much flavor it had.
November 4, 2011
Delicious fall flavors! You can use any sausage you like if you don't want the lighter variety. Everything was perfectly done, the veggies were tender. I didn't add the cornstarch slurry as the liquid thickened up a bit as the squash and potatoes cooked down. It wasn't a thick stew that way but I preferred cutting a few carbs from the final recipe.
December 1, 2007
This was very good. It was done much quicker than the recipe indicates. If I had left it in for 6-8 hrs I would be concerned the butternut squash would be mush. Texture great. Good eye appeal. Will make this again.