Sausages in Onion Gravy

Low fat sausages in an onion gravy, served with Colcannon style butternut squash mash.

Makes a great alternative to Sunday Lunch or eat on those cold, wet autumnal days.

Serves 4 | 6 ProPoints/250 Calories per portion (approx)

Ingredients
2 large butternut squash
16 sausages (Weight Watchers, any flavour)
1 onion (medium)
1 leek (medium)
1/4 cabbage (small)
Gravy granules (made per packaging)
Water (boiled from the kettle)
1/2 tspn garlic powder/granules
Salt & pepper

Method
1) Peel, deseed and chop the butternut squash into 1-2cm cubes and place into a saucepan of salted boiling water. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until the butternut squash is soft.

2) Finely slice the leeks and cabbage and place into another saucepan of salted boiling water. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until soft.

3) The Weight Watchers sausages are best cooked under the grill on full power, for a couple of minutes per 'rotation' until browned all round.  Be careful, because they will start to burn if left too long. Once cooked, keep them warm at the bottom of the grill after switching off.

4) Peel and slice the onion and gently fry in a pan with 1Cal spray oil until soft, golden and sticky - the natural sugars in the onion will begin to caramelise and cause the stickiness, but take care the onions don't burn. Add a splash of water if this starts to happen.

5) In a jug, make up enough gravy for 4 people according to your gravy package instructions, using boiled water from the kettle (check notes below for advice on different brands). To keep the calories low, make the gravy runnier than usual. Add the gravy to the pan of onions and simmer for a few minutes - the gravy will thicken because of the stickiness of the onions and will become flavoured by the onions. Add salt and pepper to taste. Place the sausages in the onion gravy to make sure they are warmed through.

6) Drain the butternut squash and mash with a potato masher or hand blender. Add plenty of black pepper. Drain the leeks and cabbage, add to the squash mash and stir through until combined into a Colcannon style mash.

7) To serve, portion out the Colcannon between 4 people, along with the sausages, then ladle over the onion gravy.

Notes/Ideas
Although we have used Weight Watchers sausages here, you can use any low fat sausages. However, calories and ProPoints will increase according to the brand used.

Reduce the number of sausages served to reduce the number of calories/ProPoints per portion.

Leave out the leek and cabbage and serve plain squash mash, if desired.

Check the various brands of gravy as some are much lower than others. We actually used 'Knorr Beef Gravy Pots' which work out at around 15 calories per portion if you dissolve 1 pot in 300-350ml of boiling water.