I love to cook with beans, and luckily my kids love them as much as I do! We’re always looking for more ways to get easy, quick, healthy dinners into our weekly rotation, and this bean, sausage and veggie skillet recipe is our new go-to.

All you need is one pan (I love this skillet, but any great skillet will do), a few ingredients, and 20 minutes to get a super healthy dinner on the table. If you need to make swaps, I’ve got tons of substitution ideas below. Serve with some crusty bread if you want, or just gobble it up as-is.

Main Sausage Skillet Ingredients
See the full recipe card at the bottom of the post for exact measurements
- Sausage: Ground Italian chicken sausage is a super hero ingredient, because it’s already loaded with seasonings.
- Cabbage: Cabbage keeps in the fridge for about two months, so it’s the veggie that we always have on-hand.
- Beans: Canned cannellini beans are my favorite type of white bean, but any white bean that you have in your cupboard (navy beans, or even butter beans) works fine here.
- Garlic, parsley & thyme
- Cherry tomatoes: The cherry tomatoes will burst in the skillet, and make everything taste so good!
- Stock: Homemade or store-bought, chicken or veggie!


How To Make It In 4 Quick Steps
- Brown the sausage and set it aside.
- Cook the veggies! Tomatoes until they burst, then the cabbage and garlic.
- Stir in the beans.
- Stir in the sausage. You’re done!


Variations & Swaps
- To make this recipe vegetarian, swap in store-bought veggie sausage (there are lots of options available now) and use veggie stock instead of chicken stock.
- Swap in any ground sausage you have or like. Ground Italian pork sausage, if you prefer.
- If you don’t have cabbage (or don’t like it) this recipe also works well with other veggies! Try it with kale, collards, diced zucchini or even chard.


How To Store
Store leftovers in the fridge for up to 3 days, they make a terrific lunch. Warm up the leftovers and serve them over a lightly-toasted slice of good sourdough bread for a legit fancy lunch or brunch.

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