Low Fat Sausage Stew

One package vegan sausage of choice (we used Beyond Meat)

One can sauerkraut (I like Bavarian style)

2-3 Granny Smith apples, cored, peeled, and sliced

One onion, sliced into rings

2-3# red potatoes, quartered

3 c. vegetable broth

Caraway seeds

In a crockpot, layer the potatoes, sauerkraut, apples, and onion. Pour in vegetable broth, and sprinkle with caraway seeds. Cook on High for 4 hours.

While cooking, cook your sausage in your preferred method. We bake ours, because it gives the outer part a nice crispness. When done and cool enough to touch, cut into coins and set aside.

When the vegetables are done, scoop a serving into a bowl and top with sausage, stir to mix.

Enjoy!

I served it with chewy ciabatta bread. This could be made in a Dutch oven and simmered until potatoes are tender.

National Cranberry...

National Cranberry Day is November 21. National Cranberry Relish Day is November 22. National Eat a Cranberry Day is November 23. I'm sensing a theme here...

My daughter has begun to insist on cranberries every Thanksgiving. They make my daughter-in-law gag. I can take them or leave them. Until this.

Cranberry Orange Salsa

I found the recipe here. I decided to make it because it was just a different take on the usual cranberry sauce. Rather than eat it like a salsa, with crackers, however, I found I much more enjoyed it like a fruit salad. Slightly tangy but nice.

Funnily enough I read that another name for cranberries is bounceberries, because they bounce when they are ripe. Maybe we should start a new tradition...