primo pasta

we made some really delicious pasta the other night. i thought it was such a great summer dish because-though hot (as in stove)- it's light and fresh. it was so simple to make and we had it with steamed broccoli as a veggie.

ingredients: Italian sausage (spicy?)
two cans diced tomatoes
onion
cheese (asiago/parmesan/etc)
basil
salt & pepp to taste

first you brown the sausage. we've got super dull knives so we always just de-skin it then break it up into chunks; but it doesn't really matter how it's done. once it's almost cooked through, throw in the onion and any other additives. i think we also put in fresh mushrooms and garlic. add whatever you like. make it your own! once the onions cook to tender, add in the basil and tomatoes. we did put in about 1/2 c. of fresh grated parmesan and asiago combined in the sauce. then just let it simmer. that's it!

we didn't even have ours with pasta because we didn't have any. but, we are rice people, so we just had it over rice-which i was weary of; but chad said it would be good. and, sure enough, it was delicious! of course we had to sprinkle some more of that fresh cheese to top it off.

we drank cheap wine to go with it. this bottle was ok. a bit too alcohol-y to me; but we must leave no wounded soldiers. we drank the whole bottle.