Healthier Cheesy Potatoes & Sausage {Crockpot}
I was talking with a fellow blogger the other day about her Smoked Sausage & Potatoes Au Gratin, noting that they looked great but wouldn't fit into my plan to eat healthier. She agreed and joked that I could substitute Chicken Sausage and pretend it was healthier.
I thought about it for several days wondering if there was a way to make cheesy potatoes healthier until I remembered I already had a healthier cheesy potato recipe!! In fact, I meant to share this recipe back in March or April and never got around to it. I quickly threw it in the crockpot for dinner that night. And now many months later am finally sharing it with you! {I realized later that I actually have two as my Potato Bites aren't that un-healthy either.}
I hesitated to call it healthy because some people swear white potatoes aren't good for you, but I'm an Idaho girl. You aren't going to stop me from eating white potatoes. So I called this Healthier Cheesy Potatoes & Sausage because it's definitely better for you than normal cheesy potatoes.
📖 Recipe
Healthier Cheesy Potatoes with Sausage
Great as dinner on it's own or as a side. We like it with eggs as "breakfast for dinner."
Ingredients
- 14 ounces smoked turkey sausage
- 5-6 medium potatoes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoons seasoning salt
- black pepper, to taste
- 4 green onion or ½ onion diced, thinly sliced
- ½ cup 2% shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Spray crock pot with cooking spray.
- Peel potatoes and cut into bite size pieces. Drizzle with olive oil and season with season salt and pepper and mix to coat evenly. Put half of them in the crock pot.
- Cut sausage into bite size pieces and place half on top of potatoes. Place half green onions in crock pot. Repeat layers.
- Cook on High 3 hours or until potatoes are tender. Top with cheese and let melt before serving.
Notes
If you are around while this is cooking, you may want to stir about every hour to keep the potatoes from sticking to the sides.
We ate this with scrambled eggs as "breakfast for dinner" but it would also be great on it's own or for brunch.
Want to splurge and eat the real deal?
Try Jamie's Cheesy Potato & Ham Casserole.
Have you ever made a dish healthier?
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This looks so good! I prefer white over the red potatoes personally. And I love being able to use my crockpot for doing all the work when it comes to cooking.
This looks incredible!! I can't wait to try it! Because, let's be real, breakfast for dinner is the best 🙂
Thanks Jessica! Appreciate you stopping by!
Breakfast scramble sounds good especially if it has potatoes in it. Thanks for stopping by.
A healthier version of cheesy potatoes? This I've got to try! Thanks for the recipe.
If you try it let me know!
Yum. These look delicious. Pinning. Thank you for sharing at the DBB!
Thanks for pinning and taking the time to comment.
This looks so good! I am a big potato and cheese fan, so this looks perfect (it's making me very hungry)! I pinned it for later and Thanks for sharing on the DBB
I'm a big potato fan too and I love them with cheese!
I like the look of this 🙂
Thanks for sharing 🙂
Blessings 🙂
Thanks Kath! It is quite tasty!