Saturday Vittles

 

My Daughter and I are trying to eat healthier so I thought I would share some pictures on Saturdays of what we've made.

Stuffed Onions

You will need:

5 Sweet Italian sausage links

1 cup rice, rinsed

1 tablespoon tomato paste

1 tomato, diced

1 tsp. garlic powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon oregano

¼ teaspoon pepper

¼ cup chopped parsley-as garnish

5 large yellow onions

1 tsp. Tomato and chicken bouillon powder

1 diced bell pepper

The Sauce

2 tablespoons tomato paste

1 cup beef broth

1 can of Rotel diced tomatoes and green chilis

1/2 cup Hunts Garlic and Herb marinara sauce

3 large tomatoes

1 tsp. Tomato and chicken bouillon powder

salt and pepper to taste

Use a blender and blend all of this together for the sauce.

Instructions 

Cook the rice as you normally would, set aside.

To a bowl, add the Italian sausage, rice, spices, garlic powder, tomato paste, bell pepper and butter. Mix well and set aside.

Next, cut each end off of the onion, place it flat side down and cut it down the middle starting from the center making sure not to cut it in half.

Repeat this step for each onion. Now, fill a pot with water, place the onions inside and cook for 15 minutes or until tender. The layers should start to pull apart. Make sure you don't boil them too much as they can break apart and not work for this dish. Drain the water carefully and let the onions cool. 

Take each onion layer, add a tablespoon of filling to it and roll. Repeat this step until you either run out of the filling or onions.

Por the sauce into a large round dish with a lid. Arrange the stuffed onions seam-side down tightly into the round dish with the sauce.

 

Place in a preheated 350F oven and bake covered for 45 minutes and uncovered for another 30 minutes. Garnish with diced parsley once out of the oven.

A serving size is 5 of these and they are 500 calories and 15 carbs. 

My daughter saw a recipe for this and changed it to suit us a little better. But this came out so good. We used yellow onions because they tend to be sweeter than white onions when they are done cooking. This came out so good.