Fire Roasted Tomato and Sausage Pasta

Simple and tasty ~ two words that go great together when you're talking about preparing dinner!  When I'm cooking from my heart and not using a recipe, I hardly ever remember to write things down.  Luckily I did remember to take pictures.  No surprise there I guess :)

Because of not writing things down, all of  the measurements are subject to your taste.  Add a lot of something if  you like it a lot, add a little if it's not one of your favorites.  And don't forget, anything can be switched to suit your tastes.  Here are some of the ingredients I used:

l pound Italian sausage removed from casings, 2 cans fire roasted tomatoes, frozen spinach, whole wheat pasta, fresh basil leaves,  chopped fresh garlic, olive oil, salt,  pepper.

Brown the Italian sausage thoroughly in a small bit of olive oil in a skillet over medium high heat.  Meanwhile, cook the whole wheat pasta in a large stock pot with salted water until just tender (10-11 minutes), drain.

This basil came out of my herb garden and I couldn't resist taking it's picture all by itself.  So green and with an aroma that filled the kitchen.  You've got to love summer basil!!!

Add the 2 cans of  fire roasted tomatoes, 1 bag of bag frozen spinach and your garlic to the saute pan with the sausage.  Season with salt and pepper as you go.  Heat through on medium.  Combine the sausage tomato mixture with the pasta in the large pasta pot and continue to heat on low to combine all the flavors.  Add as much chopped basil leaves as you like and top the entire dish with fresh grated Parmesan cheese.  I forgot to do this step in the picture process but don't YOU forget.  It brings a wonderfully salty, nutty component to the party that you don't want to be without.

Serve and enjoy!  Let me know what you think of the way I've chosen to blog about this recipe.  Is it something you appreciate or is it something that you find hard to understand without proper steps and measurements.  I'll adapt my cooking/recipe development style to whatever way you prefer but when I'm in the dinner making mindset, I may not always remember :) .

Thank you for checking out what's for dinner tonight!  Don't forget to let me know what you think alright?

For now and until later,
Renee