Baked Sausage and Beans

This is a play on hot dogs and beans, but we dressed it up with yummy sausage. It comes together very quickly and makes excellent leftovers.

You will need:

• 16 oz cherry tomatoes
• 1 large onion, cut in half and thinly sliced
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 T olive oil
• 4 T sherry vinegar
• 2 t dried basil
• 2 t dried parsley
• ½ t ground pepper
• ¼ t salt
• 1 lb hot Italian sausage (or your favorite sausage), each sausage cut into two pieces
• 2 cans (15 oz each) low sodium great northern beans, drained and rinsed

Then you will…

1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
2. In a large ovenproof Dutch oven, mix together the cherry tomatoes, onion, garlic, olive oil, vinegar, basil, parsley, pepper and salt. (You can also use a 9×13 baking dish).
3. Mix in the sausage.
4. Bake 35 minutes, until the sausages are roasted and cooked through. Stir once in the middle of the baking time.
5. Stir in the beans.
6. Return to oven and bake for another 5-10 minutes, until the beans are warmed through.
7. Serve with crusty bread and a fresh salad!