Being a mother takes a lot of time and energy. I did manage to cook up my first meal (besides peanut butter and jelly sandwiches) this last week. Alex and I make this dish a lot with many variations. It has become a quick and easy favorite.
Pasta with Spicy Italian Sausage and Peppers:
1 pound Pasta - any kind that suits your fancy
1 pound precooked Spicy Italian Sausage
2 Red Peppers, sliced lengthwise
1/2 White Onion
2 Cloves Garlic, minced
1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
2 tablespoons Olive Oil for cooking
Cook pasta according to instructions on package.
Cut precooked spicy Italian sausage into 1/2 inch wedges and set aside. Heat olive oil in pan and add onion. Cook until onion is still white, but on the verge of turning translucent. Add garlic and red peppers. I wait to add the garlic until this point because I am the QUEEN of burning garlic in dishes like this. Cook until peppers are soft, but not falling apart. Add sausage wedges and cook until they are warmed through. 
Prior to serving, add Parmesan cheese to the sausage/pepper mix. Serve hot over cooked pasta.
There are seriously a ton of different ways you can do this. You can add the past to the sausage/pepper mix with a 1/2 cup of the cooking water to create a little bit of a sauce. You can also use beef stock instead of the pasta water or you can leave out the water all together like we did this time. This is a really EASY and fast dish for those lazy cooking nights.
1 comment:
looks yummy to me! way to go mommy! the first time lizzie tried to cook after having miles, she was hard boiling eggs for egg salad, took him upstairs to nurse, forgot about the eggs until she heard them exploding downstairs!
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