Baked Potatoes With Sweet Pepper & Sausage Topping

This is an easy, nutritious meal-in-one. Great flavor!

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 2  large baking potatoes
• 2  teaspoons olive oil
• 1  large onion, sliced
• 1  sweet red pepper, cut into strips
• 1  yellow pepper, cut into strips
• 1 1⁄2 cups  sliced mushrooms
• 3  hot Italian sausages or 3  mild  Italian sausages, cooked and sliced
• 1⁄2 cup tomato sauce or 1⁄2 cup salsa
•  salt and pepper

Directions

1. Pierce skin of potatoes and bake in a 400F (200C) degree oven for 50 minutes or until tender (alternately, microwave on HI for about 8 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes).
2. Meanwhile, in a large frying pan, heat oil on medium heat.
3. Add onions and cook for about 3 minutes.
4. Add peppers and mushrooms and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
5. Stir in cooked sausage and tomato sauce (or salsa).
6. Season with salt and/or pepper to taste.
7. Heat through.
8. Cut thin slice from top of each potato.
9. Fluff potato with a fork.
10. Spoon topping over potatoes.