When it comes to sausage being on plan or not, it is generally not recommended because of the sodium content. However, if you choose to add it to your plan, do so on occasion. Only add 2 oz of smoked sausage and use a more approved lean such as shrimp to complete the lean. The combined nutrition info for the Hillshire Lite Smoked Sausage and shrimp:
258 Calories, 10 g of Fat, 40 g of Protein, 0 g of Carbs but 1,192 mg of Sodium! Eeek!
You should not exceed more than 2,300 mg of sodium for your daily intake so that takes up almost half of your daily limit.
Your lean on plan should be the following:
250-300 Calories, at least 10 g but less than 30 g for your overall lean and green, more than 25 g of Protein, and less than 15 g of Carbs
As you can see, the 2 oz of sausage and shrimp fit into plan but make sure you drink a lot of water to wash down that extra sodium : ) The extra 1 tsp of olive oil adds an additional 5 g of fat bringing it to 15 g of fat.
Jambalaya
Recipe created by Eilinel from http://www.mymedifast.com/
Ingredients:
2 oz Hillshire Lite Smoked Sausage (1/3 Lean)
4.5 oz Shrimp, cooked or 4 oz Chicken, cooked (2/3 Lean)
1/4 cup Green Peppers, chopped (1/2 Green)
1/4 cup Celery, chopped (1/2 Green)
1 cup Canned, Diced Tomatoes - less than 5 g carbs per serving (2 Greens)
1/2 cup Water
1/2 tsp Paprika (1 Condiment)
1/4 tsp Oregano (1/2 Condiment)
1/4 tsp Thyme ( 1/4 Condiment)
1/4 tsp Garlic Salt (1 Condiment)
1 Bay Leaf
Hot Sauce to taste
1 tsp Olive oil - I added this since I used shrimp and it needs a healthy fat (1 Healthy Fat)
*You could also do 3 oz of chicken and 3.5 oz shrimp which Nutrition Support recommends over sausage
Directions:
Saute green peppers and celery in olive oil until tender. Add tomatoes, water, and spices. Cook until the liquid has pretty much boiled off. Stir in shrimp and sausage until combined right before the liquid is mostly gone. This will eliminate minimal shrinkage of the meat unless you are using raw meats but I used already cooked meats.
1 Lean and Green Meal with 3 Condiments and 1 Healthy Fat