Recipe - Limas And Sausage Italiano

1 pound Bulk Italian sausage
One fourth cup Chopped onion
4 Cloves fresh garlic, minced
One fourth teaspoon Rosemary leaves
One fourth teaspoon Thyme leaves
1 cup 8 oz. tomato sauce
2 cup 1 lb. each lima beans
One fourth cup Butter
1 cup Dry bread crumbs
1 tablespoon Parsley flakes

Crumble sausage; add onion and garlic. Saute in a skillet until sausage is
browned, stirring and breaking up with a fork while cooking. Crush rosemary
leaves and add to sausage, along with thyme leaves and tomato sauce. Simmer
15 minutes. Drain limas; add to sausage mixture. Stir to mix well.
Transfer to a 1 One half quart casserole. Melt butter; stir into bread crumbs
and parsley flakes, tossing lightly. Spoon over top of bean mixture. Bake
in 350 degree oven 1 hour or until crumbs are golden.

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