Summertime Turkey Sausage Salad Recipe

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Cottage cheese is lower in fat and calories, while ricotta is often less expensive.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil is healthier with a higher smoke point, while canola is generally cheaper.

Heat a pan on medium to high heat and add a little olive oil.

Add 3 sweet Italian sausages to the pan and cook for about 7 to 10 minutes until the pink is gone.

Remove sausages from the pan and let them cool before chopping them into circular pieces.

In the same pan, add 1/2 sliced yellow bell pepper with a little olive oil and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, ensuring they remain crunchy.

Chop 1/2 pear into small pieces, being careful to keep fingers safe while cutting.

Chop fresh spinach into halves, keeping the pieces large enough to maintain their texture.

Cut 8 grape tomatoes in half.

In a large bowl, add the chopped spinach, then drizzle with about 1.5 tablespoons of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of vinegar, mixing to combine.

Add a portion of the chopped sausage, some of the halved tomatoes, and a portion of the chopped pear to the bowl, mixing well.

Sprinkle in some of the salt and black pepper, mixing again to combine all flavors.

Add in the cooked bell peppers and a portion of the parmesan cheese, mixing everything together.

Plate the salad and garnish with remaining sausage, pear, tomatoes, nuts, and additional parmesan cheese.

Equipment Needed

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