If you are looking for a quick and easy weeknight dinner idea (who isn’t, right?), sheet pan dinners seriously deliver. Throw a protein, starch, and some veggies on a single pan and let it go in the oven for around 30 minutes. Genius. These meals are generally also healthy, seeing as they aren’t smothered in cheese or cream sauce.
This Sheet Pan Smoked Sausage Dinner is one I’m currently digging, especially with the Mustard Vinaigrette inspired by Budget Bytes. It somehow strikes a great balance of light and hearty, with two kinds of veggies to set your mind at ease and enough protein and starch to satisfy your heart and soul.
Can I just take a minute to sing the praises of smoked sausage? Not only is it profoundly delicious, but it can be stored in the fridge for weeks on end, only to be brought out at just the right moment to really impress dinner guests (or in my case, just my husband and toddler) after only a few minutes of cook time. If there were ever a refrigerator staple worthy of praise, humble, tasty smoked sausage is it.
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A simple sheet pan dinner brimming with smoked sausage, potatoes, cabbage, and broccoli. Mustard vinaigrette adds an additional element of flavor.
Ingredients
Sheet Pan Dinner
- 1 pound baby potatoes (i used red, yukon gold, and purple)
- 1 small head broccoli
- 1/4 head cabbage
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- fresh ground pepper
- 12 ounces smoked sausage (kielbasa)
Vinaigrette
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon course mustard
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- fresh ground pepper
- drizzle of honey
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- Cut baby potatoes into 1/4″ thick rounds. Scatter on sheet pan. Cut off broccoli florets and place in pan. Drizzle most of olive oil onto potatoes and broccoli and toss to coat.
- Cut cabbage into 1″ wedges and place on pan. Drizzle with remaining olive oil. Sprinkle the potatoes and veggies with salt and a few cracks of freshly ground pepper.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until potatoes are just about done.
- While the veggies are baking, cut smoked sausage into 1/4″ rounds and set aside.
- Meanwhile, prepare the vinaigrette by whisking together the olive oil, red wine vinegar, mustard, minced garlic, salt, freshly cracked pepper and honey. Set aside.
- When the 20 minutes are up on the veggies (potatoes should be tender but not scorched) add the smoked sausage rounds and cook for another 5-10 minutes, flipping halfway though if desired.
- Serve immediately with prepared mustard vinaigrette.
Keywords: easy sausage cabbage veggie sheet pan dinner
