Ingredients

  • 1 lb Sweet Italian sausage
  • 1 box Rice a Roni -pilaf flavor
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1/2 Sweet Vidalia Onion chopped
  • 1/2 green bell pepper chopped
  • 1 packages Fresh spinach chopped (more or less as you wish)
  • 1 small Apple chopped
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup milk

Method

  • Cut slightly frozen sausage into bite size pieces.
  • Fully cook and brown sausage.
  • Drain sausage and set aside
  • Wipe out pan and prepare rice a roni according to package directions
  • Add chopped peppers to rice when there is 5 min simmer time left according to package directions
  • Add sausage, sauteed onions, chopped apples, spinach, butter, milk and maple syrup
  • Simmer 4 min covered, and an additional 4 min uncovered