Betty Theis Chicken in wine sauce over Angel Hair

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The sauce is merely low sodium chicken broth and white wine. A reduction sauce is simmered to reduce and concentrate the flavors. My favorite sauce over heavier gravies or red sauces.

First, salt & pepper chicken pieces, brown in a Teaspoon of oil. 
Remove chicken from pan, keep warm. 
In reserved drippings soften & lightly brown Sweet onion, red, yellow sweet peppers. 
Grate in lemon peel and minced garlic. 
Next, add chicken broth & wine. 
Low simmer until reduced by half, add more of both as necessary to have adequate sauce to pour over pasta. 
In the last five minutes of cooking, add 
quartered canned artichokes, 
chopped tomatoes, 
capers, 
chopped fresh basil and
juice of a half of lemon
Lemon is essential to the final flavor but don't add too much... 
You don't want to taste the lemon only compliment the wine reduction sauce. 
Serve topped with grated Parmesan cheese.

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Oven Roasted Smoked Sausage & Potatoes

Ingredients:

1 package of smoked sausage, sliced into rounds...
1 large onion, peeled and chopped
5 large potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1/2 inch cubes
olive oil
fine sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
sweet paprika
dried thyme
1 cup of grated sharp cheddar cheese

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Line a large baking tray (with sides) with several sheets of foil, and drizzle with a bit of oil.
Spread the oil out over the pan. Set aside.
Put the sausage rounds, onions and potatoes into a large bowl.
Drizzle with a couple tablespoons of olive oil and season to taste with salt, pepper, paprika and dried thyme.
Toss together with your hands until everything is evenly distributed.
Pour this out onto the baking tray, and spread it out as much as you can.
Place into the heated oven and roast for 45 minutes to an hour, stirring every 15 minutes or so, until the potatoes are golden brown and tender.
Turn off the oven.
Scatter the cheese over top of the cooked meat and potatoes,
Pop back into the oven a few minutes to melt the cheese.


Sounds tasty, probably not terribly heart healthy.

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