Chicken Sausage with Mushrooms, Escarole and Cannellini Beans

Ingredients:

3 Cloves Garlic

1 8oz Baby Bella Mushrooms

1 Head of Escarole 

Fresh Parsley

1 14oz can of Fire Roasted Tomatoes

1 14 oz can of Cannellini Beans

1 cup dry White Wine 

Avocado oil, salt & pepper 

GF Brown Rice Pasta - I used

Prepwork:

Mince Garlic, Chop onion and Slice mushrooms 

Remove chicken sausage from casing

Chop escarole into smaller pieces

Chop parsley

Measure 1 cup white wine 

Open 1 can of fire  roasted tomatoes 

Actionwork: 

1. Heat 1.5 tbsp Avocado oil over med-high heat in large sauté pan or stock pot.

2. Brown the Sausage while breaking it up into smaller bits.  Move the meat to the edges of the pan.  

3. Add garlic, onion and mushrooms and cook until mushrooms release their liquid. 

4. Add 1 cup of white wine, parsley, tomatoes and escarole. Cook until escarole is wilted stirring frequently ~ 8 minutes.

5. (optional) to add a can of northern beans or cannellini beans  I did but you don’t need to.

Serve over GF pasta. 

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Now for some fun facts about the ingredients:

Escarole

This green, while also being low on the glycemic index is also high in Vitamin A and Vitamin C.

(Vitamin A is great for vision, healthy bone growth, reproduction, strong immunity, and skin health.)

Vitamin C is good for supporting a healthy immune system, good skin and wound healing.

Escarole has broad, slightly cured, green leaves with a nutty, bitter taste. More prominently used in Italian cuisine from its Sicilian heritage

As a green it is also rich in Fiber. And we all need fiber to feed our good gut bacterial and keep everything moving along in the GI System. Rich

Bella Mushrooms

Mushrooms are full of fiber and micronutrients. They are rich in B vitamins and plentiful of minerals too! B1, B3, B5, B6, Iron, Magnesium and Zinc. In addition to copper, potassium, phosphorus, and selenium.

B vitamins assist in the release of energy from carbohydrate, protein, and fat. Copper assists in energy production and iron utilization. It also maintains the integrity of connective tissues and assists antioxidant enzymes. Potassium is important for maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance. It is also required for proper nerve and muscle conduction and may help to lower blood pressure. Iron is a mineral that is needed for the synthesis of hemoglobin, DNA, amino acids, neurotransmitters, and certain hormones. Without adequate Selenium our body cannot produce selenoproteins, enzymes that are responsible for supporting the immune system, promoting the function of the thyroid gland and inhibiting free radicals from damaging DNA.