One dish meal: Dijon sausage and broccoli bake

In this case, it's one baking sheet. How to turn up the oven and empty your fridge to create a satisfying meal.

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Sarah Murphy-Kangas is a cook, writer, mother, teacher, and group facilitator. She lives with her family in Seattle, Washington. She started her blog, In Praise of Leftovers, as a way to share her kitchen exploits with friends and family and further explore her obsession with food. Her favorite challenge is to make something out of nothing.

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And I have to say, "One Baking Sheet!!" That's all you need for a great dinner. If you've got parchment paper, even better. Bon Appetit has a great feature on this that's inspiring. I've taken to roasting everything ? sausages, fish, prawns, bok choy, broccoli, caulifower. Of course, there are the standards like peppers, potatoes, eggplant, onions, zucchini. I've heard Lynne Rossetto Kasper?of The Splendid Table say that when she doesn't know what to cook for dinner, she walks in the door, turns the oven to 425 degrees F., and then opens the fridge. I find myself in a similar pattern these days.

Depending on your ingredients, you can start things at different times (as I do here), separate them on the sheet if you don't want them mingled, or mix everything up and throw it in all at once. An essential tip is that the closer things are together, the more they will steam and not roast. They'll still cook, but without the delectable crispy edges.

Dijon Sausage and Broccoli Bake
Serves 4 with some highly unlikely leftovers.

First step:
6-8 fat?sausages?(Italian, bratwurst, etc.)
2 coarsely chopped red, yellow, or orange?peppers
1 coarsely chopped?onion
1/4 cup?olive oil
Salt, to taste
2 tablespoons coarse dijon?mustard?
A squeeze of?lemon?or some lemon zest

Second step:
Bunch of baby broccoli, coarsely chopped (stems included)?
2 tablespoons olive oil
Salt, to taste?

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. and line a large jelly roll pan (baking sheet with sides) with parchment paper or foil.

In a large bowl, combine the sausages?with the peppers,?onion, olive oil, coarse salt, dijon?mustard, and citrus. Toss with your hands.?Spread evenly?on your baking sheet and roast for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine the?baby broccoli, olive oil, and salt. Add to roasting mixture after it's been in the oven for 10 minutes, and roast for 15 minutes more, until sausage is bubbling and charred in places and everything's crisping up.

Dump everything into a pretty bowl, put in the middle of the table, and serve with potatoes or bread, if you like. And maybe a dallop of dijon.

Related post on In Praise of Leftovers:?Roast Chicken with Fennel, Olives, Potatoes, and Tomatoes

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