Easy meal to pack in the veggies that is full of Fall flavor, savory sausage and slightly sweet thanks to the sweet potato and apple. Super nutritious!
I'm kinda ready to start cooking soups and casseroles and other comfort foods, but the weather insists on taking a little bit longer to be in fall season temperatures than I'd sometimes like.
I like to think that the weather helps my patience because I can be terribly impatient sometimes. So while I'd like to make soups and casseroles and the like, I'm still making lettuce wraps and salads.
I'm totally ok with that though because I've found a way to mix the slightly warmer than desired temperatures outside with fall seasonal ingredients like sweet potatoes and apples.
Sweet potato, Sausage, and Apple Lettuce Wraps to be exact, and they are flippin' fantastic.
I used a regular pork sausage. Feel free to use turkey sausage or chicken sausage if desired.
Not a fan of sausage? You can use cut up chicken or sliced mushrooms to make it vegetarian.
These are full of fall flavor but slightly sweet thanks to the sweet potato and apple. I am obsessed with these!
I love how easy it is to pack in veggies with lettuce wraps and since I'm always trying to get people to eat more veggies, this is a great way to do it.
Happy Fall {even if it doesn't feel like it outside}!
Sweet Potato, Sausage, and Apple Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
- 8 oz sausage casings removed
- 2 medium onions sliced
- 1 medium green bell pepper sliced
- 2 medium sweet potatoes cubed
- 1 apple cubed
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning no-salt added
- 1 cup water or chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice or apple cider vinegar
- lettuce leaves for serving
Instructions
- Heat a Dutch oven or large skillet over medium high heat. Add the sausage to the hot Dutch oven and crumble sausage with a spatula or wooden spoon.
- Add in onions, bell peppers, and sweetpotatoes. Sauté for 10 minutes until veggies are softened and sausage is cooked.
- Add the apple, garlic, salt, and Italian seasoning. Stir well and add in water & lemon juice or vinegar. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 10-15 minutes until sweetpotatoes are softened and almost all of the water has absorbed.
- Remove from heat and serve mixture in lettuce leaves. Enjoy!
Serena
Girl, you are a sweetpotato genius! I'm lovin' all your creations! And if these are "flippin fantastic" I gotta try them too!
Meme
Thanks Serena! I have had so much fun developing recipes using sweetpotatoes 🙂