Don’t wrinkle your nose, kraut is amazing real food!
And it adds instant flavor, tang, and crunch to this awesome skillet meal.
Gluten-free, dairy-free, grain-free, and delicious!
Sausage & Sauerkraut Skillet

Cook time
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Author: Ryanna Battiste
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 10 ozs Organic Sausage (about 4 links)
- 1 tbsp Coconut Oil
- 1 Yellow Onion (diced)
- 2 Apple (peeled, cored and diced)
- 2 Garlic (cloves, minced)
- 4 cups Swiss Chard (washed, stems removed and chopped)
- 2 cups Sauerkraut (liquid drained off)
- ½ tsp Sea Salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Add sausage and bake for 30 minutes or until cooked through.
- Remove from oven and cut into ¼" pieces.
- Heat coconut oil in a frying pan over medium heat.
- Add yellow onion, apple and salt. Saute just until onion is translucent (about 5 minutes).
- Add garlic and saute for another minute.
- Add swiss chard and continue to saute just until it is wilted.
- Reduce heat to low and add in chopped sausage and sauerkraut and saute for another minute or until heated through.
- Remove from heat and divide into bowls. Enjoy!
Notes
No Swiss Chard: Use kale or spinach instead.
Make it Veggie: Skip the sausage and use cooked lentils instead.
Save Time:Use pre-cooked organic sausage of any kind and skip the oven cooking, just slice and toss it right into the skillet to warm through.
Make it Veggie: Skip the sausage and use cooked lentils instead.
Keep the Bugs Alive: Don't cook the kraut on high or for too long, the probiotics in the finished fermented product are living and will die with more than low heat.
Foods that Heal: The phytonutrients in apples help to keep your arteries clear. An apple a day!
Make it Veggie: Skip the sausage and use cooked lentils instead.
Save Time:Use pre-cooked organic sausage of any kind and skip the oven cooking, just slice and toss it right into the skillet to warm through.
Make it Veggie: Skip the sausage and use cooked lentils instead.
Keep the Bugs Alive: Don't cook the kraut on high or for too long, the probiotics in the finished fermented product are living and will die with more than low heat.
Foods that Heal: The phytonutrients in apples help to keep your arteries clear. An apple a day!