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Sautéed Kale Buddha Bowl

This is a fantastic recipe to have on hand as it is a quick, easy dinner (as usual), and van be varied to use up what you have on hand.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course, Salad
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 butternut squash  peeled and cubed
  • 8 turkey sausage**
  • 1 large yellow onion  diced
  • 3 cloves garlic  minced
  • 1 red pepper diced
  • 1 yellow pepper diced
  • 1 jalapeño pepper optional
  • 1 1/2 tbsp chili powder
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1/4 tsp cayenne
  • 28 fl oz can diced tomatoes  or equivalent freshly chopped
  • 1 410mL can black beans  drained and rinsed
  • 8 cups kale (about 1 bunch)  washed, trimmed and thinly chopped
  • coconut oil, sea salt and pepper to taste
  • optional toppings such as: green onion or avocado

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Toss butternut squash in a little coconut oil, sea salt and black pepper and place it on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake in oven 30 minutes or until soft.
  2. Meanwhile, take out 2 pans and place on stove. In one, cook the turkey sausage.
  3. In the other, place a little coconut oil with onion, garlic, peppers and spices. Once soft, add the diced tomatoes and cook until thickened.
  4. Open canned beans. Rinse, drain and set aside.
  5. Finally, when sausage is done, transfer to plate and sauté kale in the used pan with the leftover juices.
  6. Place kale, black beans, tomato mixture, sausage and squash out on counter and have everyone build their own buddha bowl. You can add optional toppings as desired.
Suggested substitutions
  1. In place of the kale you can use: Swiss chard
  2. In place of the turkey sausage you can use: chicken thighs - either cooked stovetop or placed in oven at the same time as the squash (with a little salt and pepper)
  3. In place of the butternut squash you can use: sweet potato or a different variety of winter squash, or you can cook some quinoa or brown rice on the stove.
  4. In place of the black beans you can use: another legume

Notes

** I use Mark's brand