Marathons and Motivation: Sunday Fitness & Food Link-Up: Penne Pasta with Chicken Sausage & Veggies

2.20.2016

Sunday Fitness & Food Link-Up: Penne Pasta with Chicken Sausage & Veggies

We had a wonderful family vacation last week, but getting back in the swing of things has been a bit rough! The week is packed with work, training, the kid's sports activities, and meetings. Not to mention, getting caught up with laundry and house hold chores from being gone. So, I decided to make a simple pasta dish that I created, which is a favorite here! I always make enough of this for 2 meals, as it is an easy meal to freeze and pull out to heat up on a busy night.

Here is what you will need for 2 meals for a family of 4 (or 8 total servings)

- 1/2 Cup chopped White Onion

- 1/2 Cup chopped Red Pepper

- 1/2 Cup chopped Orange Pepper

- 1/2 Cup chopped Yellow Pepper

(or you can just use 1 1/2 cups of one color Pepper, but I like the added color of mixing the 3!)

- 3 Garlic Cloves finely chopped

- 4 oz of Fresh Sliced Mushrooms

- 1 lb. of (Fully Cooked) Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage Sliced (such as Aidell's Brand- www.aidells.com )

- 1 lb. of Penne Pasta (Can be made with Rice Pasta for GF version)

- 1 Cup of Frozen Sweet Peas

- 2 Tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1. Heat 1 Tbsp of Olive Oil in frying pan over medium heat, then add Peppers and Onions. Sauté until soft, approximately 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

2. Add additional 1 Tbsp of Olive Oil and Mushrooms, stir and cover pan with lid. Cook until mushrooms soften, approximately 3 to 4 minutes, stir occasionally.

3. Remove lid from pan and add garlic, sauté for 1 minute, stirring constantly.

4. Place all veggies in a bowl and keep warm.

5. Add Sliced Chicken Sausage over Medium Heat and Cook until heated through. Then, add veggies back to pan, stir, remove from heat and Keep Warm.

6. Cook Penne Pasta in Salted Water according to directions. During the Last 3 Minutes of cooking Pasta, ADD the Peas.

7. When the pasta is done, drain & rinse. Then, return Pasta and Peas to cooking pot, add Veggies and Sausage. Toss to combine, add more Olive Oil if needed, Salt & Pepper to taste!

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