Tomato Sausage Casserole for Toddlers
From:	New Zealand Beef and Lamb Marketing Bureau
Comments:	To serve this recipe to 8 month old toddlers, cut sausages into tiny pieces and finely chop vegetables; serve along with a potato puree.

4 lean beef sausages 1 onion, sliced 1 garlic clove, crushed 1 [14-ounce / 398-mL] can tomatoes with juice, chopped 1 [14 3/4-ounce / 400-mL] can wax beans, drained 2 tablespoons [30 mL] tomato puree Pinch mixed dried fine herbs Pinch sugar 1 3/4 ounces [50 g] fresh mushrooms [optional] 1 sliced carrot or 1 zucchini into chunks [optional]

Into a large non-stick casserole, brown together sausages, onion slices and crushed garlic for 4 to 5 minutes. Slice sausages. Then mix in chopped tomatoes with juice, drained wax beans, tomato puree, mixed dried fine herbs and sugar. If desired, mix in mushrooms and/or carrot slices or zucchini chunks. Bring to a boil. Simmer, covered for 20 to 30 minutes, until sauce has thickened and sausage chunks are well done.