Clean eating challenge {day 1}

Let's begin with why I made this dinner. Ok, ok, not me, Boo. Boo made dinner...and she loves sausage and she loves potatoes.

Well, earlier this week a friend of mine challenged a bunch of us to eat clean for five full days. Not hard, and likely just the push I needed to get the kids back on track with eating. I accepted {read about it here}. Feel free to follow us on our little adventure...

To start us off, I will share Boo's recipe for her Italian Sausage Bake she made tonight...clean eating, healthy (if you don't over indulge), and so basic a child can make it.

Yield: 4 servings

What you will need:

1 pack of Italian sausage (you can go sweet or hot)
Brussels sprouts
4 red potatoes
1/2 a bag of baby bell peppers
1 sweet onion
1 clove of garlic, minced
some olive oil

What you do:

Preheat the oven to 400*
Cut up all the vegetables in to two or three inch pieces.
Slice the sausages into thin slices.
Throw them all into a casserole dish, drizzle just a little bit of oil and add the garlic.
Toss all together, add in any spices you want.
Bake for 45 minutes.

This is a heavier dish, but again, really basic for children to make. This dinner was counted as part of Boo's HomeEc grade. Once I get that rubric and curriculum ready I will post it on my other page.

I will post all five days worth of dinners here this week, and possibly even some other meals as well.

Do you have any favorite clean eating recipes? Feel free to let us know where to find them.