Dinner: Sausage-Rice Skillet Casserole

Another of Paula's one-pot wonders, this dish features pork sausage, rice and everyone's favorite kitchen helper, cream of mushroom soup.

This recipe includes superfoods such as:

Crimini Mushrooms

Health benefits of Sausage-Rice Skillet Casserole

Crimini mushrooms are a tasty way of loading up on vitamins B2. Vitamin B2 plays an integral role in normal thyroid function and metabolism, which is vital for those with PCOS, as those with the disorder also tend to have a thyroid that doesn’t produce sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) in sufficient quantities (Reference: http://www.thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/treatment/vitamins.html). Getting sufficient Vitamin B2 allows androgen and testosterone to be better restrained, preventing them from causing a whole host of undesired symptoms from thinning scalp hair to acne.

Ingredients

3/4 cup long-grain rice
1 lb country pork sausage
2 small onions, diced
4 oz crimini mushrooms, sliced
1 (10 3/4) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1/4 cup water, plus one soup can full of water
4 tablespoons butter, about 1/2 stick
1 beef broth, splash

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 °.
In heavy-bottomed cast iron skillet (or other oven-safe skillet) over medium-high heat, add 1 tablespoon butter, let melt, then add onions and sausage. Sauté for 3 minutes, then add ground sausage and brown for 5 minutes more.
Add the cream of mushroom soup. Fill up the soup can with water and add to pan. Sprinkle the rice over top, add a dash of beef broth and 1/4 cup more water.
Cover with lid and bake at 350 ° for 25 minutes, check and stir. Bake for 20 minutes longer or until rice is cooked and casserole is bubbly.