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I make the occasional effort to cut back on carbs like bread and white rice, but Sam is much better at it than me. He’s usually the one to be much more proactive in encouraging healthy eating in our home. I spiralised these sweet potatoes with my trusty kit from Lakeland and then blitzed them a few times in the food processor until they were the same size and texture as rice. Then voila! A superfood substitute! 

Sausage and Sweet Potato Dirty Rice

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Ingredients: 

1 tablespoon rapeseed oil
4 sausages cut up into 1/2” chunks
1 yellow bell pepper, spiralised
1 red bell pepper, spiralised
2 medium sweet potatoes
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 sticks of celery, diced
1/2 a red onion, diced
1/2 cup of chicken stock
2 tablespoons of tomato paste
1 teaspoon of dried oregano
1 teaspoon of paprika
salt and pepper to taste
parsley to top, if desired

Instructions: 

Add your oil to a large pan. Once the oil is hot, add your sausages and peppers in. Cook them for about 7 minutes, until the sausage is browned.

While your meat is browning, spiralise your sweet potato into noodle strands. Then blitz those strands in a food processor until they are rice sized. Set them aside.

Remove the peppers and sausage from the pan and place them on a plate. Add your garlic, celery, onions and a teaspoon of chicken stock into the pan that you had been cooking your sausage in. Let the veggies cook for 2 minutes (or until the onions are translucent) and then add in your tomato paste. Stir until the paste coats all your veg.

Next add in your sweet potato rice, oregano, paprika, salt and pepper and cook for one minute. Then add in the rest of your chicken broth and stir. Cover and cook for 15 minutes. Uncover occasionally to stir.

If the sweet potato starts to stick to the bottom of the pan, add in more chicken stock.

Lastly, add in your sausage and peppers and cook for an additional 5 minutes or until the sweet potato is cooked through.

Top with parsley if desired.

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A  slightly healthier take on a Southern classic! 

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