With fifteen inches of snow on the ground the time was right for some fairly substantial winter comfort food. I think this sums it up pretty well.  Like almost everything I cook it's fast and easy to put together.  Brown the sausages, chop up some onions and peppers, cheat with a couple of bottles of pasta sauce and boil up some water for the gnocchi.  It's as simple as that and packs a wonderful tasty punch.  Use good quality sausages though, these were chicken but pork would be delicious.

Sausage, Peppers and Gnocchi.

6-8 sausages, chicken or pork

2 red peppers, cored and sliced

2 onions, peeled and quartered

2 bottles of your favorite pasta sauce (I used Rao's)

Salt and pepper

2 packets of store bought gnocchi

Fresh parsley

Heat the oven to 375 F

In a large saute pan brown the sausages.  It's worth taking the time to do this properly, you may have to do it in batches.

Pour the tomato sauce into a baking pan, add the chopped up peppers and onions. Stir to combine.

Add the browned sausages.  Cover with aluminum foil.  Place the baking pan on a baking tray and place in the oven.  Bake for 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes, remove the foil and cook for a further 30 minutes.

Meanwhile boil the water and cook the gnocchi.  Serve with Parmesan cheese and a sprinkling of fresh parsley.