Sausage Pasta

Easy sausage and tomato pasta with veg

Ingredients

• 2 sausages
• pasta
• 1 small onion (diced)
• 1 pepper (cut into strips)
• 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
• mushrooms (sliced)
• mixed herbs
• passata
• optional: 1 clove of garlic (finely chopped)
• chilli powder
• any other veg you fancy – e.G. Sweetcorn or courgette.

Instructions

STEP 1:

Boil a pan of water (enough to cover however much pasta you want – don’t use too much pasta otherwise there’ll not be enough sauce) and cook your pasta while you prepare everything else.

STEP 2:

STEP 3:

cut the sausages into chunks (not too big) and fry them until browned.

STEP 4:

STEP 5:

add the onion and peppers (plus garlic and any other veg, if you’re using it) to the pan and cook until they are starting to soften.

STEP 6:

STEP 7:

pour in the tin of chopped tomatoes and leave to cook for 5 minutes.

STEP 8:

STEP 9:

add your mushrooms. Season to taste with mixed herbs (and chilli, if you’re using it).

STEP 10:

STEP 11:

drain your pasta and mix your it with your sauce. If your sauce isn’t covering all of the pasta, (or if you’d like it a bit more tomatoey) add some passata until there’s enough.

STEP 12:

STEP 13:

leave it for a few minutes, until your extra passata heats up, then serve!