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Balsamic Dijon Chicken Sausage and Roasted Veggie Sheet Pan Meal

dinner, game day, lunch, recipes

A sheet pan meal is truly one of my favorite hacks in the kitchen for making a quick, easy and healthy meal. This one happens to be my new favorite as it packs in so much flavor by adding a marinade to the ingredients before baking. The marinade is packed with balsamic vinegar, olive oil, dijon mustard, coconut aminos, garlic, salt, and pepper and really adds the best flavoring into all of the ingredients. The sweet potatoes, apples, chicken sausage, and broccoli all compliment each other wonderfully as the star ingredients of the dish.

There is a slight sweetness to the dish without a large amount added sugars with the combination of the sweet apple chicken sausage from Al Fresco, honey crisp apples and coconut aminos. Baked apples might just be my new favorite addition to a sheet pan meal, especially when they are paired with sweet potatoes. The beauty of this recipe is that you can be flexible and add your favorite ingredients to the mix; swap regular potatoes for sweet potatoes, add in red onions or bacon. You can also add in a touch of sriracha or red pepper flakes for an extra kick!

This delicious meal is the perfect sheet pan meal to prep at the beginning of the week and keep in your fridge to enjoy all week long. You can enjoy it on its own, or prepare brown rice or quinoa to pair with it. Pro tip: save a little of the marinade or make a little extra to add onto your ingredients each time you eat it. This adds another layer of depth with the delicious flavors.

Sheet Pan Meal Recipe:

Balsamic Dijon Chicken Sausage and Roasted Veggie Sheet Pan Meal

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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 35 mins

Ingredients
  

  • 1 package Al Fresco Sweet Apple Chicken Sausage 4 links, cut into small pieces
  • 1 honey crisp apple chopped
  • 1 small head of broccoli cut into florets
  • 1 sweet potato chopped

Marinade

  • 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 2 tbsp dijon mustard
  • 1 tbsp coconut aminos
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 425F.
  • Make sure all ingredients are chopped. Put the sweet potatoes in a bowl and the chicken sausage, broccoli, and chopped apples into another bowl.
  • Mix all of the ingredients for the marinade until combined. Pour some of the marinade over the potatoes and the rest over the chicken sausage, broccoli, and chopped apples. Make sure the marinade makes contact with all of the ingredients.
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil and put the potatoes on the baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes.
  • Take the potatoes out of the oven and add the marinated chicken sausage, broccoli and chopped apples. Pour any remaining dressing over the top of the ingredients.
  • Bake for an additional 20 minutes, remove from the oven and enjoy!
Keyword Chicken Sausage, Dinner, Gluten Free, Grain free, Paleo, Sheet Pan

I found the Al Fresco Sweet Apple Chicken Sausage used in this recipe at my local Publix. They also have a store locator on their website where you can find retailer locations near you. They carry a lot of other flavors as well, but I love the sweetness of the apple and maple syrup in these.

If you decide to make this recipe, definitely let me know your thoughts! I think that this is going to be one of your new favorite weekly rotations as it is such a simple, yet delicious way to pack in so much goodness into one meal. If you make any customizations, I would love to hear how they turn out so that I can share them with others.

This post has been sponsored by Al Fresco, but all of the opinions are wholeheartedly my own. Thank you so much for supporting me and my sponsored content, it truly means a lot! I only affiliate my brand with other brands that align directly with my own. Because of this, I am able to continue sharing mostly free content with all of you. I hope that you enjoy, friends! Remember to tag @matcha_and_margs on Instagram if you make this so that I can send the love and support right back.

xo,
Cori

Buffalo Chicken Game Day Sliders

appetizers, dinner, game day, recipes, snacks

There doesn’t have to be a sports game on for me to enjoy all things buffalo, but its always fun when the two coincide! I took my love of buffalo and created these cute, delicious buffalo chicken sliders. They pair perfectly with a ripe avocado, some ranch, and the 7 Grain Sprouted Dinner Rolls from Angelic Bakehouse. I tried their sprouted grain products about a year ago and become obsessed. Not only do they taste wonderful, but they have amazingly clean ingredients. I knew I had to create something fun with these dinner rolls, and I sure do love a slider!

The buffalo chicken sliders are packed with flavor, spice, and even a little cheese for good measure. I use a goats milk cheese in the recipe, but you can definitely use blue cheese if you are a fan. The toppings are customizable and the recipe itself could not be easier to whip up. My recommended toppings are avocado, extra buffalo sauce, ranch (I like Sir Kensington’s brand), coleslaw, tomatoes, etc.

If you just want to make the meat patties and not the sliders as a whole, that works too! The mixture can be rolled into meatballs to enjoy. I love pairing them as meatballs with spaghetti squash, ranch, and broccoli. You can also leave out the cheese if you cannot tolerate dairy; they will still taste great! I love a customizable recipe and want to be sure that I always share options with you guys.

If you decide to make the recipe, let me know! If you post it to Instagram, be sure to tag me @matcha_and_margs so I can send the love right back. I’d love to see how you decide to enjoy them!

Recipe:

Buffalo Chicken Game Day Sliders

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Prep Time 10 mins
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb ground chicken
  • 3/4 cup almond flour
  • 1/3 cup green onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves minced garlic
  • 1/3 cup buffalo sauce + extra for drizzling
  • 1 tbsp chopped yellow onion
  • 1/2 tsp oregano
  • pinch red pepper flake
  • pinch sea salt
  • 1/3 cup goat cheese crumbles can use blue cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 1 package Angelic Bakehouse 7 Grain Sprouted Dinner Rolls

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 400F.
  • Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.
  • Form into small, 1 1/2 inch sliders and place on parchment paper on a baking sheet.
  • Place in the oven and cook for around 16-17 minutes.
  • Let cool, coat with more buffalo sauce and serve on the Angelic Bakehouse dinner rolls!
  • Top with toppings of your choosing. I like ranch, avocado, more cheese, coleslaw, tomatoes, etc. Have fun with it!
Keyword Buffalo Chicken, Chicken, Game Day Food, Sliders

This post has been sponsored by Angelic Bakehouse, but all of the opinions are wholeheartedly my own. Thank you so much for supporting me and my sponsored content, it truly means a lot! I only affiliate my brand with other brands that align directly and meaningfully with my own. Because of this, I am able to continue sharing mostly free content with all of you. I hope that you enjoy, friends!

xo,

Cori