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Saturday, February 6, 2010

Easy and Pleasin' Pasta

Hi! Teren here. Since I am a loser and cannot come to the first official "Cooking Club" meeting, I decided I would add to our blog and post one of my favorite quick and easy meals.
Being a mommy with two little boys, I love recipes that are quick, healthy, economical, create left-overs, and more importantly are KID FRIENDLY!
Needless to say, I have come to create many meals out of items I already have in the pantry. This is one of those creations and it uses one of my favorite items- spinach chicken sausage (I get the glutton free kind at Costco- love em!!!)

Ingredients:
1 box of whole grain pasta, I prefer fusilli.
3 roma tomatoes chopped
1 bag of fresh packaged spinach
1 clove of fresh garlic, finely chopped... I normally add more though (I like garlic)
1 tablespoon of olive oil
4 spinach chicken sausages

Directions:- Cook pasta and sausages according to their packages (I prefer to cook the sausages using the frying pan, but you can also grill, bake, or even microwave them). Cut up sausages into bite size pieces once done cooking and put that and the pasta to the side.
- Heat up olive oil in a large skillet. Add garlic and saute until it becomes a golden brown. Add in tomatoes and stir until the tomatoes become soft (4-5 minutes). Add in spinach a handful at a time, coating each handful in the tomatoes. Once all spinach has been added, saute for about one more minute. I prefer to "wilt" the spinach, but it is up to you. Add in cut up sausage, mix well.
- Add mixture to pasta and ta-da. Easy and pleasin!
-ENJOY- it creates a lot of leftovers, and I even like it more the second day!

2 comments:

The Titone - Perez Family

That sounds supper tasty; can't wait to try it out!

Holly Lombardo

I never know what to do with those sausages but this sounds amazing! Thanks T, we will miss you Saturday!

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