One of my favorite things are soups and stews, especially in the winter. They are the perfect comfort food and they are a one pot meal. Plus, you can make them extremely gut healing. I’m all for foods that heal the gut or support the health of the gut!
I have my basic beef broth soup recipe (HERE) and that’s one of my favorites. But sometimes I like to shake up a recipe. This sausage, leek and butternut squash stew is a recipe that does just that. It keeps the meat + veggies + broth. But the flavors are completely different. We really enjoyed them and I believe you will too. Plus, I try and get beef broth in my diet many times per week and sometimes I get sick of drinking it plain in a mug. (Please tell me I’m not the only one!). So I try to sneak broth into a stew, soup or dinner. Plus, it adds a lot more flavor to the dish.
Ingredients
2 Tablespoons coconut oil
1 medium onion, finely diced
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 leeks, halved and finely sliced
1 pound italian seasoned free-range ground turkey sausage
2 cups butternut squash, 1/4 inch size pieces
3 cups homemade broth (beef, chicken or turkey) (Recipe Here and Here)
4 cups fresh kale, chopped
1/2 teaspoon pink salt and pepper
1 teaspoon italian seasoning
Directions
- Heat a cast iron dutch oven on the stove on medium heat. Add the coconut oil to the pan and once melted add the onions, garlic and leeks. Stir with a wooden spoon to coat with the coconut oil and cook, stirring occasionally for 3 minutes until the onions and leeks have began to cook and look transparent. Be careful not to burn the garlic
- Add the turkey sausage and break into pieces with a wooden spoon as you cook. Stir until the turkey is fully cooked through
- Add the butternut squash pieces, broth and kale and stir
- Season with the pink salt, pepper and italian seasoning
- Turn the heat down to low and simmer the stew for 20 minutes until the flavors blend together, the squash is cooked through and the kale softens
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Gwen says
Hi! Just found your website; and I love it! I went Wheat Belly and then primal last year, dropped 68 pounds, and controlled my blood pressure in the process. It’s always great to find more blogs/websites dedicated to primal/wheat-free eating! :)
Meghan Birt says
So glad you came across Just Enjoy Food Gwen! Welcome :)
Congrats on living the paleo/ primal lifestyle… it’s truly life changing and you know that firsthand!! Awesome!