Boiled spaghetti with sausage

BOILED spaghetti with sausage is highly nutritious, tasty, inexpensive and easy to prepare. It is a perfect foundation for healthy, nutritious and satisfying meals. Spaghetti is generally eaten with nutrient-dense food partners, such as fiber-filled vegetables and beans, heart healthy fish and monounsaturated oils, antioxidant-rich tomato sauce and protein-packed cheeses, poultry and lean meats. 

  Today’s recipe has spaghetti, varieties of vegetable and sausage as its basic ingredients. It is rich in essential nutrients like carbohydrate, protein, vitamin A, B1, B2, B6, B12, C, E, potassium, magnesium, iron, folate and selenium. This tasty and nutritious dish stands out as a unique and healthy food because it has both animal and plant foods. Studies have shown that plant foods supply all the vital nutrients that nourish the body, prolong life and purify the blood. 

  Consuming boiled spaghetti with sausage provides energy to the body.  We need energy in one way or the other to perform day-to-day activities.  This nutritious dish is beneficial to pregnant women who want successful pregnancy and to give birth to healthy babies. It is also recommended to everyone that wants to enjoy nutritious and balanced diet.   Take this nutritious and tasty food today and enjoy all its health benefits.

Ingredients

Quantities

Sweet Italian turkey sausage 1 lb

Spaghetti 1 pack

Olive oil 3 tablespoons

 Red onion, sliced ½ medium size

Garlic, very finely chopped 3 cloves

Green bell pepper 1 medium size

Red bell pepper ½ medium size

Yellow bell pepper ½ medium size

Orange bell pepper ½ medium size

diced tomatoes, undrained 2 cups

Crushed red pepper Pinch 

Salt To taste

Freshly ground black pepper To taste

Sour cream (reduced fat is fine) 3 tablespoons

Romano cheese for grating

Method of preparation

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil for the pasta (spaghetti).

Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil over medium heat and add the sausage. 

Sauté until lightly browned, about 5 minutes, breaking up the sausage with a spatula as it cooks. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate and set aside. 

Drain any excess fat from the pan.

Add the remaining olive oil to the pan, then add the onion and garlic and sauté until the onion is soft, 2 to 3 minutes.

Wash, cut all the vegetables and set aside.

Add the peppers and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until the peppers are slightly softened, about 3 minutes additional.

Add the tomatoes and crushed red pepper and return the sausage to the pan. 

 Combine well and season to taste with salt and pepper.   Reduce the heat to low and continue cooking until the pasta is ready.

Cook the pasta according to the package directions and drain.

Stir the sour cream into the sausage mixture and cook until heated through, 1 minute. 

Taste and adjust the seasoning if needed. 

Add the pasta and combine thoroughly.

Plate individual servings and top with grated Romano cheese.

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