Sausage Pasta

This isn't a SNAP recipe or anything from our curriculum, but it has become a staple in our house. I modified it from a recipe found on allrecipes.com. It's easy to make and could even be done with some pre-cooked ingredients. Bear in mind that this a "throw together" recipe. Not everything is exact.

Sausage Pasta

Ingredients:

1 (ish) pound of Italian sausage - pork or turkey

Half a box (ish) of whole grain penne or rotini

1 cup (ish) of Great Northern Beans

2 cups (ish) of fresh spinach

one can diced tomatoes, well drained

Grated Parmesan (not the canned stuff)

Directions:

1) Brown sausage in quart pan.

2) When sausage is almost done, add beans.

3) While pasta is cooking, stir in spinach to meat and bean mixture so it has time to wilt. Also add drained tomatoes at this time.

4) Drain pasta and add to the meat mixture. Sprinkle with Parmesan and enjoy!

Hints:

I cook up a bag of Great Northern beans and have then in the freezer. This way, you always have them on hand and can just take out as many as you need.

I don't normally drain my sausage as the stuff I buy isn't very fatty. Plus it gives things a bit more flavor since this is a sauce-less dish.

More veges could be added, but we are happy with this concoction at the moment.