Sausage & Peppers w/ "Rice"

I wish I could take credit for this recipe. It is so delicious! My husband was gracious enough to let me post his recipe on my blog to share.  Typically he makes the sausage & peppers w/ a homemade creamy polenta.  I no longer eat corn, so this isn't an option for me.  I had some cauliflower on hand and decided to make us Cauliflower rice to eat with it instead.  Luckily my hubby liked this healthy option too!

-Sausage & Peppers w/ Cauliflower Rice-
Serves 4

Ingredients:

2T Olive oil (My hubby makes most of his dishes with olive oil when sauteing, but I tend to use coconut oil due to it having a higher saute temperature tolerance.  Feel free to replace olive oil with coconut oil)
4 Whole Sausages (We used our pasture raised sausages from Tara Firma Farms)
Italian seasonings - To Taste
2 Red Bell Peppers - Sliced
2 Green Bell Peppers - Sliced
1/2 medium onion - Chopped
4 sprigs fresh thyme
2 sprigs fresh rosemary (from our garden)
1/2c of white wine
1/2c of red wine
4T Gluten Free Mustard
2c chicken stock (We used our homemade one that we did over the weekend)
1-2c tomato puree (Used pureed Roma & San Marzano tomatoes from our garden)
2 Organic Heads of Cauliflower (if serving for 4, if only doing 2 people 1 is enough)
1T Coconut Oil or Grass Fed Butter (I did coconut oil for my portion and butter for my hubby)

Equipment Needed:

Measuring Cups/Spoons
Large Soup Pot
Knife
Cutting Board
Vitamix or Food Processor
Large Non Stick Frying Pan
Spatula
Ladle
Tongs

Directions for Sausage & Peppers:

• Use 1T of Olive Oil - put into Large Soup Pot - Saute sausages whole until browned over medium heat. Remove Sausages and set aside.
•  Add remaining 1T of Olive Oil.  Add onions, peppers, herbs, italian seasonings - Saute over medium heat.
• Add both white/red wines into pot, reduce liquid to half
• Add Sausage back into pot
• Mix well and cook for 5-7 min over medium heat
• Add tomato sauce and mustard
• Mix well and cook for 5-7 min over medium heat
• Add broth/stock
• Bring heat to medium/low and reduce until sauce thickens.  About 1-1.5hrs.

Directions for Cauliflower Rice:

• 20 min before the above portion is complete, start the steps in making your cauliflower rice.
• Rinse and Cut heads of cauliflower from stalk.
• Toss into Vitamix or Food Processor and blend lightly.  Don't over blend or it will get mushy.  It should look like rice size/consistency when you are done with it.
• Another option is omitting the cooking step below and serving the rice raw under the sausage & peppers. 
• Place 1T Coconut Oil or Grass Fed Butter and melt over medium heat
• Add cauliflower and use a spatula to flip your "rice" over and over until some of the edges become browned.  Be careful not to mash or push on the rice or it will become mushy.  You want it to retain some of the crunchiness from the raw veggie.

Ready to Eat!?!

• Place cauliflower rice in bowl 
• Put Sausage on top
• Use a ladle to put pepper/onion mixture on top w/ the "gravy" from the stock pot.
• Enjoy!