HEALTHY SAUSAGE PASTA

This Italian Food Recipe Serves 3-5

This Healthy Sausage Pasta recipe is a great light meal. It’s fairly good for those who are on a diet but are still craving that pasta goodness.

Healthy Sausage Pasta Ingredients:

• 2-3 links of sausages
• 1 packet wholewheat penne rigate pasta (500 grams)
• ½ jar Ina Paarman’s Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce (400g) – or whichever sauce you prefer
• baby spinach
• feta cheese (optional)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Salt for seasoning
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• ½ an onion, chopped

Method:

1. Full a deep pot with water. Place on a stove-top on high heat until water begins to boil.
2. Drop in the penne pasta into the boiling water, add salt as per taste & a tablespoon of olive oil.
3. Stir well & drop the heat down to medium.
4. Cook pasta for ± 10-15 minutes until tender.
5. When pasta is cook, strain in a colander & set aside.
6. In a pan, add a little water & place sausage with a lid on, this will steam the sausage making sure it’s cooked throughout.
7. Steam for about 15-20 minutes making sure to turn them occasionally.
8. Once the sausages have steamed & the water has dried up, notice oils have come out from the sausage, allow them to fry in the same pan with no extra oil added on low heat.
9. Once fried, cut into pieces & set aside.
10. In another pan heat a tablespoon of olive oil & fry the onions & garlic.
11. When cooked, add in the pasta sauce & stir, cooking it for 2 minutes.
12. Combine the pasta, pasta sauce & sausages, mixing it gently.
13. Add cubes of feta cheese & baby spinach & mix.