Spicy Pasta with Sausage and Peppers

I needed a super quick dinner for this evening since I was meeting with a landscape designer at 5 (he ended up cancelling at the last minute, grr!), and Mike was getting a ride home from a friend and he needed to get his tire fixed before 8 and I had a haircut at 7:45. This evening is jam packed! I needed something that I could make and serve within 20 minutes and this recipe delivered.

 

Ingredients

• 4 Spicy Chicken Sausages with Cilantro and Sun Dried Tomato (cut into slices)
• 2 Chopped Red Bell Peppers
• 2 Handfuls of Spinach
• 1/4 cup of chopped Red Onion
• 1 Box of Whole Wheat Pasta (I had Barilla Plus Rotini)
• 1 Jar of Bertolli Arrabbiata Pasta Sauce (I got this from the Foodbuzz Tastemakers Program)
• 2 Tbsp Olive Oil

 

Directions

Boil water for pasta, meanwhile chop sausages, onion, bell pepper

Cook Pasta for 9 minutes and drain

Heat Olive Oil over medium high heat, add sausages and cook until browned on both sides about 5 minutes, add onion and red pepper and cook for another 3-4 minutes. Add 2 Large handfuls of spinach and 1 Jar of Arrabbiata pasta sauce and cook until sauce is hot and spinach is wilted

Top pasta with sauce and enjoy

 

 

This turned out so well for just throwing a bunch of ingredients together! The sausage was nice and spicy and really played up the Arrabbiata sauce. I topped with just a sprinkling of cheese and quickly ate. We always have similar ingredients on hand or we could substitute zucchini and turkey or eggplant and ground beef. The recipes that you throw together on the fly are often the ones that turn out the best.

 

 

 

 

Off to fix a tire and get a few hairs trimmed.