Week 2- Meal #4 (Sausages with Caramelized Onions and Apples)

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Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 polish sausage, kielbasa, etc, sliced (you can use Tofurky sausage here instead)
• 1 cup onion and red pepper blend 
• 2-3 medium-size tart apples, such as Granny Smith, peeled, cored, sliced thin
• 1 cup apple cider or apple juice (if you don't have this just use chicken stock)
• 1 tbsp sage
• 1 tsp brown sugar (optional but tastier)
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• Cous cous

Preparation

1.  Melt 1 tablespoon butter in large skillet over medium heat. Add sausages and cook until beginning to brown, turning occasionally, about 5 minutes.

2.  Add onion and apple to sausages in pan; cook until onion and apple are tender and brown, stirring often, about 5 minutes.

3.  Go ahead and make your cous cous.  You can either use a seasoned box or make your own.  I would cook it with 1/2 water apple juice to start and then add 1 tsp sage, raisins and almonds at the end.  

3.  Add apple juice, brown sugar and sage; increase heat to high and stir until liquid is slightly reduced, about 2 minutes.

4.  Stir in lemon juice. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Using slotted spoon, transfer sausages, onion and apple to plates. 

5.  Whisk remaining 2 tablespoons butter into cider mixture. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper. Drizzle over sausages and serve.

Pictures of sausage and apples cooked together look horrible so no, just no.  I always feel like we need some kind of vegetable with a meal and for this one I would probably add some peas on the side especially if you have a kid that probably is going to turn down the meat and only eat the apples...