I'm finally back in my Kitchen and it feels so good. I've so missed cooking. Now that I have started a new chapter in my life as a post grad student, while I look for work and wait to hear back from the graduate program to which I applied, I figure I can keep myself busy in the kitchen; cooking dinner for my family and creating new recipes for you all to try.
I like to surprise my pallet and try healthier alternatives to the dishes that I love the most. I do subtle substitutions like little to no butter, more olive oil, more fresh veggies instead of frozen ones, wheat over white, and little to no salt. I promise you won't miss out on any of the delicious flavor that we all crave.
Here's A Recipe that I think you all might enjoy:
Spicy Roasted Tomato Wheat Pasta:
This is a fun twist on regular speghetti
Ingredients:
- wheat pasta
- Classico Fire Tomato and Garlic Pasta Sauce
- Spicy Italian Sausage
- Turkey Bacon
- 1 small onion
- 1/2 tsp Cayenne Pepper
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- Sharp Cheddar (optional)
- 2 tbs of butter
-1/2 of garlic salt
How To Assemble:
Boil water with 2 tbs of olive oil in a pot for the pasta over medium high heat. When the water is at a rolling boil, add the wheat pasta and cook until pasta is tender. Start boiling the spicy Italian sausage over medium high heat and cover the pan for about 8-10 minutes. When the sausage is beginning to brown, lower the heat but do not turn it completely off. When the pasta is cooked through, remove from heat and place it in the colander while running cold water over it to stop the cooking. Place pasta back into the pot adding to it the 2tbs of butter, 1tsp of garlic salt, and 1/2 tsp of black pepper. Put pasta back over low heat to warm the seasonings together. Let pasta sit. Next, pan sear the now boiled spicy Italian sausage with olive oil and chop. When the meat is browned, add to the wheat pasta. Then cook two strips of bacon in the now seasoned olive oil pan and cook with the chopped small onion. Season the bacon-onion mixture with black pepper, Cayenne pepper, and a dash of garlic salt. When the bacon is fully cooked, add to pasta. Mix in the pasta sauce over medium high heat and stir everything together. When the heat is evenly distributed through the food, plate and serve hot melting the cheese over top.
Hope you enjoy the meal
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