Cream of Green with Sausage and Quinoa

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 bell peppers, any color, chopped
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 crowns broccoli, cut small
• 1/2 lb green beans, cut small
• 1 package of frozen Quinoa and Kale (from Aldi) (optional)
• 1 package sausage (I used a tomato basil chicken sausage)
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 (32-ounce) carton chicken broth
• a bunch?? of Italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup 2% milk

Instructions

1. In a Dutch oven, heat butter until melted. 
2. Add onion and bell pepper and cook until soft, about 4 to 5 minutes.
3. Stir in flour and paprika and cook 1 minute.
4. Gradually stir in broth. Add everything except the milk, bring to a boil, then turn it to low and simmer 20 min or so.   (It would probably be better to add the quinoa later, with the milk, but I added it here and it turned out fine, just a bit mushy)
5. Stir in milk (and quinoa?), bring up to temp, and remove from heat.

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Original recipe: Spicy Southern Kitchen

Posted by Jasmine