Crunchy Low Fat Sausages Topped With Homemade Skinny Honey Mustard Coleslaw
What’s your favorite way to top your hot dog or sausage? Usually we love ours topped with ketchup, mustard and relish! But we’re changing thing up by topping our low fat sausage with this yummy honey mustard slaw. We’re so happy many supermarkets today sell lower in fat precooked chicken sausages. Most of the low fat hot dogs aren’t very tasty. Our favorite low fat sausage is the kind still in the casing. The casing adds a snap when you bite into it. You can BBQ, broil, pan fry, boil or grill them on an indoor grill such as the George Foreman. This meal comes together in minutes and is so crunchy and delicious. A typical full fat beef sausage topped with coleslaw has 811 calories and 56 grams of fat! Our skinny version has 325 calories, 12.7 grams of fat and 8 Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 5-8 minutes
Ingredients
6 cups shredded white cabbage, 1 (10 oz) bag
¼ cup light mayonnaise, we like Best Foods (Hellman’s) Light
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons spicy brown mustard
½ tablespoon honey
¼ teaspoon prepared white horseradish
6 fully cooked chicken sausages, we used 1½ packages of Trader Joe’s Garlic Herb Chicken Sausages, see shopping tip
6 whole wheat buns, see shopping tip
Instructions
1. To make the coleslaw dressing-In a small bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, vinegar, mustard, honey and horseradish. Refrigerate until ready to serve. See prep tip.
2. To cook the sausages-Cut each sausage in half and grill on the barbecue until hot on both sides or cook on a George Foreman grill for 4-5 minutes. If you boil them, don’t cut in half until after boiling in water for about 5 minutes until hot.
3. Place each cooked sausage in a bun and top with coleslaw. You can also serve the coleslaw on the side, if desired.
4. This recipe can be doubled, tripled and so on.
Serves 6
Healthy Benefit
One Trader Joe’s Garlic Herb Chicken Sausage has 130 calories and 7 grams of fat. They’re all natural with no antibiotics.
Each serving of our skinny honey mustard coleslaw has 55 calories, 2.7g fat, 2g protein, 8g carbs, 2g fiber, 159mg sodium, 2g sugar.
Shopping Tip
Trader Joe’s has a terrific selection of low fat chicken sausages. We love the garlic herb but they sell other varieties such as, chicken apple, spicy Italian, and spicy jalapeno. Each 12 oz package contains 4 fully cooked sausages. The garlic herb contain 130 calories, 7g fat, 17g protein, 0g carbs, 0g fiber, 510mg sodium, 0g sugar.
If you don’t have a Trader Joe’s in your town look for other lower in fat brands in your supermarket. We also like Jody Maroni’s Smoked Chicken Apple Sausages. These have 200 calories and 9 grams of fat or Aidells, Chicken & Apple Sausage at 160 calories and 10 grams of fat.
Our favorite hot dogs buns are Trader Joe’s Honey Wheat Buns. Each bun has 140 calories, 3 grams fat and contain 6 grams of fiber. Another tasty one is the Oroweat whole wheat hot dog bun. Each has 190 calories, 3.5 grams of fat and 8g fiber.
Prep Tip
The honey mustard coleslaw dressing can be made a few days in advance and refrigerated. To keep the coleslaw crunchy, toss the cabbage with the dressing just before serving.
Weight Watchers (old points) 7
Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS 8
Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS (including coleslaw but without a bun) 6
| SKINNY FACTS: for one Trader Joe’s sausage and bun topped with coleslaw 325 calories, 12.7g fat, 26g protein, 30g carbs, 8g fiber, 879mg sodium, 8g sugar, |
| FAT FACTS: for one regular beef sausage and bun topped with coleslaw 811 calories, 56g fat, 25g protein, 54g carbs, 2g fiber, 1,628mg sodium, 5g sugar |
