Last night’s dinner was a fun escapade for me. I am not the biggest pasta eater; however, pasta is one of my wife’s favorite things. That girl could eat pasta and seafood for every meal of the day. I dabble with cooking pasta every now and again to keep the sanity in our marriage, but I really have to step out of my comfort zone to make a dish that we can both enjoy. I am notorious for eating the toppings of a dish and leaving a majority of the pasta on the plate. It’s funny that I like cream sauces, and I like some red sauces, but I just can’t get into the combination of the sauces and pasta. If anyone has a pasta dish they think I could eat, let me know.; I’d love to have the recipe. Now, antipasto? I love that! Give me a plate of meat and a few veggies and I’m in. . . .

So back to last night’s dinner. . . .  For me to eat pasta, I have to give it a Manly Housewife twist. Put something in the pasta to really set the dish off. I didn’t feel like making sauce, so I needed something that would carry as much flavor as a sauce but be a lot less heavy. My answer: Italian sausage, and it worked great. The flavor really carried the dish, and I ate most of my pasta.

Italian Sausage & Pasta

Serves 2

Ingredients

2 Italian Sausage Links

2 Tablespoons Olive Oil

Dash of Red Pepper (optional)

1 Clove Garlic, minced

½ Small Yellow Onion

¼ Red Bell Pepper

¼ Yellow Bell Pepper

¼ Orange Bell Pepper

2 Green Onions

1 Bunch Linguini Pasta

Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions

1. Cook linguini to package directions, and drain (for two people I usually use about ¼ of the contents).
2. Remove the casings from the Italian sausage and discard.
3. Add 2 tablespoon of olive oil to a large frying pan, and heat to medium-high heat.
4. Add Italian sausage and with a wooden spoon began to break it down to small pieces.
5. Cook sausage until almost brown; then and add garlic and red pepper and stir for 3 minutes.
6. While sausage is cooking, chop peppers and yellow onion into long strips; add to pan with sausage, and cook until seared well.
7. Add pasta to pan and stir to combine.
8. Top with finely chopped green onions