Risotto With Lowfat Chicken Sausage

Who doesn't love a one pot dinner.  1 dish, all your veggies, protein, and side.  A nice option for making a healthier risotto.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 c chopped onion
• 1 c arborio rice (risotto rice)
• 1 c white wine
• about 3 cups of broth or water
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 banana peppers or 1 green pepper if you want it mild
• 1 c fresh greens
• 1 c carrot, chopped
• 1 c of fresh basil
• 1 pound of chicken sausage

Instructions:

1. Cook sausage on grill or stove top, set aside.  Cut into small rounds.
2. Saute onion until caramelized/softened
3. Add rice and saute with onion for 1-2 minutes
4. Add in wine, and stir until absorbed
5. Add in peppers
   
6. Continue to add broth (warm) about 1 cup at a time, stirring until absorbed
7. Add additional cups of broth (1 at a time) until rice is soft
8. Stir in carrots, greens, basil, and garlic at end to maximize nutrients,cook until greens and basil wilt.  Stir in sausage.
   
9. Serve

Nutritional Benefits:

• Low in fat
• High in calcium (greens and basil) for bone and teeth strength
• High in fiber
• Vitamim C (peppers): great for immune function and healing
• Vitamin A (carrots): great for healing and bone/teeth health

*note: if you are diabetic, you can reduce the amount of rice/sub brown rice, to make the veggie and protein a larger component of this dish.  You can also omit the wine to decrease sugar amounts.