Submitted By: Sarah Tarkington

Italian Sausage w/Pasta & Vegetables

Ingredients:

• 1 pkg. Italian Sausage
• 1 TBL. Olive Oil
• 1 pkg. frozen mixed vegetables (we prefer the broccoli, cauliflower, carrot mix)
• 1 sm. can tomato sauce
• 1 medium onion, chopped (not diced)
• 1 bell pepper, chopped
• 1 pkg Rotini pasta
• 1/4 C water
• 1/2 t. garlic powder
• 1/4 t. basil
• 1/4 t. oregeno
• 1/2 t. salt
• black pepper to taste

Bring 6 cups water to boil, add pasta and cook to al dente. Drain quickly leaving a little water to contain steam, add frozen vegetables to pasta and replace lid (do this as fast as possible to reserve steam to tenderize vegetables). In skillet, completely cook Italian Sausage in olive oil while pasta is cooking. Remove from skillet and set aside. Using pan drippings, saute onion and bell pepper until crisp tender, add tomato sauce and 1/4 cup water, garlic powder, basil, oregeno, salt & pepper.
Add sausage & simmer for 5 minutes to combine flavors and reheat the sausage.
The sauce will be thin, which we prefer.
For a thicker sauce you can use tomato paste.

Serve the sauce over the pasta and vegetables with the sausage.

Serves 4