Italian Sausage with White Beans

Ingredients:

• 12 ounces sweet Italian turkey sausage
• cooking spray
• ½ cup chopped onion
• ½ cup chopped green bell pepper
• ½ teaspoon bottled minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans or other white beans, drained
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced Italian style tomatoes, undrained

Directions:

1. Remove casing from sausage.
2. Heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat.  Add bell pepper, onion, and garlic, sauté 3 minutes.  Add sausage, and cook 8 minutes, or until browned, stirring to crumble.  Stir in oregano and remaining ingredients, reduce heat to medium-low.  Cook 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated.  
3. Serve with warm Italian crusty bread and a cold crispy salad.

Yield: 4 servings (1 cup each), 266 calories/serving

*recipe from Cooking Light