20 Minute Meal: Smoked Sausage & Veggie Pasta Delight

The name may not be innovative, but the fact that this dish is SO quick and SO tasty trumps the lack of creative title!

We’ve all got busy lives. Between my fiancé and myself, we are juggling a lot right now (less than 2 weeks until our wedding!!), so when I come across a meal that is 1-quick, 2-easy to clean up, and 3-is coined a “repeater” (aka “make it again!”), I’m in. And I believe that “sharing is caring” so I wanted to pass this one along to you to give it a try.

 

Smoked Sausage & Veggie Pasta Delight

Ingredients:

½ package of Smoked Sausage (we like Johnsonville)
1 ½ cup spinach, chopped
1 green pepper, diced
1 plum tomato, diced
_1/8 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 cups uncooked pasta (I like bowtie for this dish)
¼ cup parmesan cheese (fresh is good, but all I had was Kraft)

Directions:

1.       Bring medium pot of water to boil. Add pasta

2.       Slice sausage in half (long ways) and cut into 1” chunks. In a skillet over medium heat, cook sausage until slightly brown, (approximately 5 min). Remove from skillet.

3.       Add olive oil to pan and toss in green pepper, tomato and spinach. Let cook over med-low heat for 5-7 minutes.

4.       Add sausage to veggie skillet, toss.

5.       Drain pasta (do not rinse). Toss pasta into skillet. Reduce heat to low. Add parmesan cheese, stir, & cover (lets the flavors come together nicely).

6.       Serve hot.

This made for a super simple Friday night meal. During Step #5, when the flavors were coming together, I washed up the cutting board, knives, pot and colander. So after dinner, all we had to do was wash up one skillet and put our plates/forks in the dishwasher.

It’s always a good feeling when you see your fiancé smile a big grin and say, “Oh, yeah, this is a repeater!!” J