A shout-out to Pure Wow for giving me the inspiration and base for this recipe. If you are on a comfort food roll, check out this post from a few weeks ago for Instant Pot Chicken Chili Mac and Cheese, here.

Prep time: 10 minutes; Cook time: 15 minutes; Serves: 4

What you need:

• 1 lb sausage, de-cased (I used hot Italian sausage)
• 1 onion, diced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 package (500g) gnocchi (I used mini gnocchi)
• 1 bunch broccolini (I used one 6 oz pack, and would double it next time), chopped into small pieces
• 1/2 tsp My Go-To Spice Mix
• 2/3 cup chicken stock
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese (not shown) + extra for serving
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley

What you do:

• Set a large pot with salted water on high to boil, when boiling add the gnocchi and cook until the gnocchi floats (about 3 – 4 minutes), then drain and set aside
• In a large pan over medium-high heat, add the olive oil
• Add the sausage, and stir, breaking it up, cook approximately 4 minutes

• Add the onion and garlic, stir until cooked, about 2 minutes
• Add My Go-To Spice Mix, salt and pepper and stir, cook about 20 seconds

• Add the chopped broccolini, stir, cooking for a few minutes until slightly soft

• Add the chicken stock, stir, make sure you scrape up all the brown bits on the bottom of the pan

• Add the gnocchi, stir and cook about 2 minutes

• Add the grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, stir

• Add the chopped parsley

• Serve

• Comfort Food

• Fast!

• I’m curling up with a big bowl of this!

Yield: 4

Quick Comfort Dinner

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

A really quick bowl of yum for those days you need comfort food!

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Ingredients

• 1 lb sausage, de-cased (I used hot Italian sausage)
• 1 onion, diced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 package (500g) gnocchi
• 1 bunch broccolini (I used 1 6 oz pack, and would double it next time), chopped into small pieces
• 1/2 tsp My Go-To Spice Mix
• 2/3 cup chicken stock
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (not shown)
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley

Instructions

1. Set a large pot with salted water on high to boil, when boiling add the gnocchi and cook until the gnocchi f
2. With a large pan over medium-high heat, add the olive oil
3. Add the sausage, and stir, breaking it up, cook approximately 4 minutes
4. Add the onion and garlic, stir until cooked, about 2 minutes
5. Add My Go-To Spice Mix, salt and pepper and stir, cook about 20 seconds
6. Add the chopped broccolini, stir for a few minutes until slightly soft
7. Add the chicken stock, stir, make sure you scrape up all the brown bits on the bottom of the pan
8. Add the cooked gnocchi, stir and cook about 2 minutes
9. Add the grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, stir
10. Add the chopped parsley
11. Serve