Warm sausage salad

Pick up your favourite snags and enjoy the truly superb flavours in this warm sausage salad.

olive oil cooking spray 4 thick lean lamb sausages 2 oranges, juiced 1 cup couscous 1 tablespoon olive oil 50g baby spinach 1/2 cup mint leaves, chopped 1/4 cup basil leaves, chopped 1 long red chilli, thinly sliced 400g butternut pumpkin, deseeded, roughly chopped

Place pumpkin, in a single layer, on a microwave-safe plate. Cover and microwave on HIGH (100%) for 4 to 5 minutes or until just tender. Drain.

Spray a large, non-stick frying pan with oil and heat over medium-high heat. Add sausages and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until cooked through. Remove from pan. Cover to keep warm.

Spray pumpkin with oil. Add to pan and cook for 5 minutes or until light golden.

Meanwhile, bring 1/2 cup orange juice and 1/2 cup cold water to the boil in a saucepan over high heat. Place couscous in a large, heatproof bowl. Pour over boiling liquid. Stir with a fork to combine. Cover and stand for 5 minutes or until couscous has absorbed all liquid. Drizzle with oil. Stir.

Slice sausages. Combine sausages, pumpkin, spinach, mint, basil, chilli and couscous. Season with salt and pepper. Serve.

Recipe by Kirrily La Rosa

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