Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Welcome back to the kitchen, friends! Today we’re making a rustic Italian sausage and vegetable skillet using our homemade family sausage recipe. Every January, Julie and I make a year’s supply of Italian pork sausage using a simple family recipe passed down from one of Julie’s uncles in Italy. It’s a classic blend of pork, salt, pepper, fennel, hot pepper flakes, and white wine — simple ingredients that create incredible flavour.
In this episode, we turn that homemade sausage into an easy one-pan Italian comfort food dinner. The sausage is browned and simmered with zucchini, onions, mushrooms, garlic, sweet peppers, tomatoes, pickled banana peppers, and hot pepperoncini for a rich, flavourful dish that’s perfect for using whatever vegetables you already have in the fridge.
This is one of those flexible “clean out the fridge” recipes where you can swap ingredients depending on what’s in season or what you have on hand. The result is a hearty, rustic meal packed with vegetables and bold Italian flavours.
Serve this dish over polenta, gnocchi, pasta, rice, couscous, or mashed potatoes to soak up all that delicious tomato and sausage sauce.
If you enjoy rustic home cooking, traditional recipes, and simple comfort food, you’re in the right place.
Thanks for stopping by the kitchen!
What You'll Learn in This Video
How to cook homemade Italian sausage in a skillet
Building flavour with wine, tomatoes, and vegetables
A flexible one-pan dinner recipe
Tips for turning simple ingredients into a hearty meal
One Pan Smothered Sausage Recipe
INGREDIENTS
Oil for frying
1 Kg (2 pounds) sausage
1-2 zucchini, sliced
2 medium onions, sliced
2-3 garlic cloves, minced
Salt and pepper to taste
250g (½ pound) mushrooms, sliced
250 mL (1 cup) white wine
Crushed red pepper flakes to taste
3-4 mild pickled peppers, chopped
3 sweet bell peppers, sliced
1 - 796 mL (28-oz) can tomatoes
1 bunch spinach
15 mL (1 Tbsp) Italian seasoning, optional
Method:
In a heavy pan or braiser over medium high heat, brown the sausage in a little oil.
Remove the browned sausage from the pan, adjust the oil and sauté the zucchini, onions, and garlic until the onions are translucent.
Seasoning with salt and pepper to taste.
Add in the mushrooms and continue cooking until mushrooms have lost most of their moisture.
Pour in the wine and cook, stirring occasionally until liquid has reduced by ⅔.
Stir in red pepper flakes, pickled peppers, and other seasoning if using.
Add the sausage back to the pan, along with the sweet peppers and tomatoes.
Partially cover, reduce to a simmer and simmer about 20 minutes.
Add in the spinach, and cover to cook until spinach has wilted.
This method is infinitely variable and I encourage you to swap in your fave veggies, sausage, and seasoning.
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Welcome back to the kitchen, friends! Today we’re making a rustic Italian sausage and vegetable skillet using our homemade family sausage recipe. Every January, Julie and I make a year’s supply of Italian pork sausage using a simple family recipe passed down from one of Julie’s uncles in Italy. It’s a classic blend of pork, salt, pepper, fennel, hot pepper flakes, and white wine — simple ingredients that create incredible flavour.
In this episode, we turn that homemade sausage into an easy one-pan Italian comfort food dinner. The sausage is browned and simmered with zucchini, onions, mushrooms, garlic, sweet peppers, tomatoes, pickled banana peppers, and hot pepperoncini for a rich, flavourful dish that’s perfect for using whatever vegetables you already have in the fridge.
This is one of those flexible “clean out the fridge” recipes where you can swap ingredients depending on what’s in season or what you have on hand. The result is a hearty, rustic meal packed with vegetables and bold Italian flavours.
Serve this dish over polenta, gnocchi, pasta, rice, couscous, or mashed potatoes to soak up all that delicious tomato and sausage sauce.
If you enjoy rustic home cooking, traditional recipes, and simple comfort food, you’re in the right place.
Thanks for stopping by the kitchen!
What You'll Learn in This Video
How to cook homemade Italian sausage in a skillet
Building flavour with wine, tomatoes, and vegetables
A flexible one-pan dinner recipe
Tips for turning simple ingredients into a hearty meal
One Pan Smothered Sausage Recipe
INGREDIENTS
Oil for frying
1 Kg (2 pounds) sausage
1-2 zucchini, sliced
2 medium onions, sliced
2-3 garlic cloves, minced
Salt and pepper to taste
250g (½ pound) mushrooms, sliced
250 mL (1 cup) white wine
Crushed red pepper flakes to taste
3-4 mild pickled peppers, chopped
3 sweet bell peppers, sliced
1 - 796 mL (28-oz) can tomatoes
1 bunch spinach
15 mL (1 Tbsp) Italian seasoning, optional
Method:
In a heavy pan or braiser over medium high heat, brown the sausage in a little oil.
Remove the browned sausage from the pan, adjust the oil and sauté the zucchini, onions, and garlic until the onions are translucent.
Seasoning with salt and pepper to taste.
Add in the mushrooms and continue cooking until mushrooms have lost most of their moisture.
Pour in the wine and cook, stirring occasionally until liquid has reduced by ⅔.
Stir in red pepper flakes, pickled peppers, and other seasoning if using.
Add the sausage back to the pan, along with the sweet peppers and tomatoes.
Partially cover, reduce to a simmer and simmer about 20 minutes.
Add in the spinach, and cover to cook until spinach has wilted.
This method is infinitely variable and I encourage you to swap in your fave veggies, sausage, and seasoning.
More info about Hope Air: hopeair.ca
2026 Hope Air Donation: hopeair.ca/glen
Here is the link to our Apron: searchandrescuedenim.com/products/s-r-x-glen-friends-chef-apron?country=IO&variant=50865649877152
searchandrescuedenim.com/GLENANDFRIENDSCOOKING
Discount code to be used at checkout: GLENANDFRIENDSCOOKING
Buy us a cup of tea: ko-fi.com/glenandfriendscooking
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