Whole Wheat Sausage Pasta + Steamed Broccoli

Whole Wheat Sausage Pasta + Steamed Broccoli

This recipe serves four.

Whole Wheat Sausage Pasta

Ingredients:

• 12oz spicy sausages
• 12 ounces whole wheat pasta spaghetti
• 9oz tomato basil sauce (we used Whole Foods Organic)
• 2 handfuls of fresh spinach
• 1 green bell pepper
• 1/2 big red onion
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon rosemary
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1/4th teaspoon pepper
• 2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2–1 cup chicken broth
• 4 garlic cloves minced
• Grated Parmesan for garnish
• 2 broccoli heads steamed

Steps:

• Warm up 1 tbsp of olive oil in a skillet and fry the broken up sausages till they are no longer pink. Set them aside.

Sautéed Sausages

• Chop a 1/2 of a big red onion length wise and fry in the same skillet(no need to add oil, the sausage juice adds flavor). Add 4 cloves of minced garlic + 1 green bell pepper, cut up length wise + 2 handfuls of spinach in the skillet. Sauté the mix.

Sautéed veggies

• Put a large pot of water to boil with 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
• Add the whole 9oz jar of tomato basil sauce to the skillet. Stir and thin it down by adding 1/2–1 cup of chicken broth periodically. This should take 6–7 min on medium.
• Meanwhile, add 12oz of whole wheat spaghetti to the boiling water.
• Separate the florets from the broccoli crowns, submerge them in water and set aside.
• Add 1 tsp rosemary +1 tsp Oregano + 1/2 tsp thyme+ 1/4th tsp pepper+ 1 teaspoon salt and stir and let it sit for 5 minutes with a lid.

Add the spices

• Pasta is probably done by now (8–10 min). Drain and set aside.
• Put the submerged broccoli in the microwave and heat for 4 min.
• Add sausages to the sauce and stir. Pasta sauce is ready.

• Serve over the whole wheat spaghetti with steamed broccoli on the side. Garnish with grated Parmesan.

It takes 30–40 minutes to prepare this full-bodied meal.