Skinless Turkey Sausages & Rutabaga Fries

This recipe is excellent for people with a busy lifestyle, since the fries will be baked in the oven and the sausages can be made quickly or even beforehand to save time.

Ingredients: (serves 4 people)

1 lb of ground turkey

1 tbsp of dried parsley

1,5 tbsp of sausage seasoning

1 rutabaga

salt & pepper

coconut oil for cooking/baking

First, make your own sausage seasoning. 

It's really easy to make, you know what ingredients go in and the fennel seeds will add amazing flavor to meats!

For a start-up batch:

2 tbsp Italian herbs (mix equal parts rosemary, thyme, oregano, basil & marjoram or use a store bought variety)

3 tbsp dried parsley

1,5 tbsp fennel seeds

1 tbsp garlic powder

6 tsp salt

4 tsp paprika powder

4 tsp chili flakes

2 tsp dried sage

Mix this all together in a food processor and pulse a few times make sure the fennel seeds are crushed. Keep in an air-tight jar.

Instructions

For the sausages: Mix the turkey, parsley & sausage seasoning thoroughly, then divide into about 8 balls. Roll them out on a cutting board until they form a sausage shape. You could also make less sausages, but bigger ones.

Heat some coconut oil in a pan, and cook the sausages for about 20 minutes until they are browned & cooked.

For the rutabaga fries:

Wash the rutabaga, then cut into thick slices. Cut off the peel, and then cut into fries-like strips.

Heat the oven to 180C (350F) Put some coconut oil in a baking dish and sprinkle in some salt & pepper. 

Let the coconut oil melt and then add in the rutabaga fries. 

Stir them around a bit so they get covered in oil, then bake in the oven for 30 minutes, stirring them every now and then until they get brown and crisp on the outside.

Optional:

Serve with some stir-fried broccoli and oven-roasted tomatoes (pictured) or a salad.