Pomodoro Sauce with Hot Italian Chicken Sausage & Ground Turkey

High in Vit-C, fiber and potassium. An absolute stable in my house I usually double the recipe to make a gallon batch and freeze it.
Ingredients:
½ lb Hot Italian Chicken Sausage
1-lb sliced mushrooms
2-carrots peeled and diced
1/2-red onion diced
4-celery stalks diced
4-Roma tomatoes diced

4 cans-14oz Low sodium diced tomatoes
2 cans-14oz low sodium tomato sauce

1-8oz tomato paste
1/2-cup dry parmesan cheese

1T dry oregano
2T dry basil
1T crushed red chili flakes
½ tsp Himalayan salt
Pepper

1-cup roasted vegi's

½-lb extra lean ground turkey (97% fat free)

3T Pesto
½ cup Chia Seeds


Method: Remove sausage casing and brown meat. Remove cooked sausage from pan and blot with paper towel to remove excess fat. Set aside. Sauté mushrooms and set aside. Saute next 4 ingredients. In blender add sautéed vegetables and gently blend with tomato sauce and diced canned tomatoes (may need to do this in batches). In sauce pan, combine blended ingredients, sausage, mushrooms, paste and parmesan, seasoning and roasted vegi’s. Simmer for approx. 20 minutes. While sauce is simmering add chucks of ground turkey to sauce and cook till turkey is white and opaque. Let cool slightly. Add pesto and chia seeds. Stir well. Store in containers and refrigerate or freeze.


Macro/Micro Nutrient Value: 2 cups
Kcal-350                                            Vit A-6,200 IU
Protein-26gr                                        Vit C-90mg
Carb:50gr                                            Calcium-240mg
Complex-10gr                                     Potassium-1,300mg
Fibrous-40gr                                       Magnesium-73mg
Fat-8gr                                                Sugar-16mg
Omega 3-3gr                                       Sodium-300mg

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