I tried it tonight with hacked up tempeh subbed in for the sausage (sauteed with a pinch of fennel seeds because to me that's the dominant flavor in Italian sausages (besides meat), and it's cooking in the oven and holy crap lions, it smells so good. On the healthy scale, the unhealthy bit is obviously the dumplings because they have 6 tbsp of butter in them. I subbed out full fat yogurt for fat free because that's what was in the fridge. Another thing I did was slosh in some soy sauce when the tomatoes, garlic, peppers, thyme (I used dried), and onion was simmering to add some - ok, bear with me while I totally food-geek out on you here - umami. Just dump some in a little bit at a time while the tomatoes, etc. are simmering until it tastes slightly saltier w/ more body, but not so much that you can actually taste the soy sauce. It'll compensate for the lack of meatiness because tempeh doesn't bring much of that to the party.
It's cooling off. If Danny doesn't get out of the shower really soon, I'm eating without him...
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