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Menu Plan for Spring II: Week 6, Day 6

Pasta with Sausages and Mustard Sauce

Cooking time:  30 minutes for menu          Cooking schedule: see below for instructions

    This should use up the mushrooms and the Greek yogurt... Cleaning out the fridge.  Toss in any other bits of veg you have lurking; finish with some fruit.   

Pasta with Sausages and Mustard Sauce

Total time: 30 minutes
     Mustard and yogurt make a wonderful, slightly hot, slightly tart sauce that works well with sausages. Use hot, spicy sausages if you can get them.

 Ingredients:

• 12oz (360gr) lean sausage, Italian, bratwurst, anything that appeals
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 1 onion
• 1/2 green or red bell pepper
• 4oz (120gr) mushrooms
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 tsp thyme
• 1/2 cup (4oz, 120gr) Greek or plain yogurt
• 1/2 cup (4oz, 120ml) white wine
• 1/2 cup (4oz, 120ml) chicken stock
• 1 1/2 tbs Dijon-style mustard
• 1 1/2 tbs whole grain mustard
• 1 tbs cornstarch (maizena) dissolved in 1 tbs water
• 1 1/4 cups (4.2oz, 125gr) pasta, such as fusilli, penne, rigatoni

 Instructions:

• Cook pasta according to package directions.
• Chop onion, pepper and mushrooms (Help? See techniques.)
• Mince garlic. 
• Slice raw sausages into bite-size lengths. 
• Heat oil over medium heat in nonstick skillet.  Add onions and peppers and sauté 3 minutes. 
• Add garlic and mushrooms and sauté 3 minutes longer. 
• Add sausages and sauté until almost cooked through, 5 - 8 minutes, depending on size. 
• Add herbs, mustards, wine and stock.  Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 5 - 10 minutes. 
• Stir cornstarch mixture into sauce to thicken.  You may not need all of it but sauce should be quite thick. 
• Stir in yogurt and add drained pasta. 
• Toss to combine and serve.

Fresh Fruit

Anything that looks good

Cooking schedule: 30 minutes Assemble all food, utensils and serving dishes Utensils: measuring cups, spoons, knives, large skillet with lid, pot and colander for pasta Put water on high heat for pasta Roughly chop onion, pepper Mince garlic Trim, slice mushrooms Slice sausages

Sauté onions, peppers in skillet Start to cook pasta Add garlic, mushrooms to skillet, sauté Add sausage to skillet, sauté Add herbs, mustards, wine, stock, cover, simmer Dissolve cornstarch in water Uncover skillet, increase heat, stir in cornstarch Drain pasta Stir yogurt, pasta into skillet... Serve

 

Need help planning dinner?  Do you have a garden?   A CSA for fresh veggies?

  Try our Weekly Menu Plans: Healthy Gourmet Dinners;  Quick, Easy Recipes.
Each week carefully planned to reduce waste and use a lots of fresh, seasonal veggies. 

By Katie Zeller

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