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[turnonmyheels]

POINTS® Value: 5
Servings: 6
Preparation Time: 15 min
Cooking Time: 25 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy

Spicy sausage, red wine and fire-roasted tomatoes come together in this ragout-like sauce. Truly hearty and satisfying.

Ingredients

* 1/2 pound(s) raw turkey sausage, Italian-style, casings removed
* 2 tsp olive oil, extra-virgin
* 2 medium yellow pepper(s), cut into 2-inch long thin strips
* 1 medium onion(s), thinly sliced
* 1/2 cup(s) red wine
* 1 1/2 tbsp minced garlic
* 28 oz canned crushed tomatoes, fire-roasted recommended
* 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes, or less to taste
* 1/4 tsp table salt
* 8 oz uncooked whole-wheat pasta, fusilli
* 1/3 cup(s) basil, fresh, chopped

Instructions

* Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.

* Meanwhile, to make sauce, in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, cook sausage, stirring and breaking up meat with back of a wooden spoon, until cooked through, about 3 to 5 minutes; remove to a plate.

* Heat oil in same skillet. Add yellow peppers and onion; cook, stirring frequently, until vegetables are lightly colored and crisp-tender, about 5 minutes.

* Add wine and garlic; cook until most of liquid evaporates, about 1 minute. Add tomatoes, crushed red pepper, salt and browned sausage; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer until vegetables are tender and sauce is heated through, about 10 minutes.

* While sauce simmers, add pasta to boiling water and cook according to package instructions. Drain pasta; return to pot. Add sauce and basil; toss to mix and coat. Yields about 1 1/3 cups per serving.

Notes

* The sauce is also good spooned over rice.

Toss in some fennel seeds for even greater flavor.



SALLY TOMORROW!!!!!

I got over myself and started using the chin up machine in the fitness center. Nothing like a few chin ups to make you ache all over.

Comments

[turnonmyheels.livejournal.com]

wow! go you! I too, have wanted Linda Hamilton T2 arms since I saw them but have only recently started working at it. Now, that I don't have so much fat covering my arms I'm a lot close than I used to be. My deltoids are pretty freaking awesome, it's my biceps and triceps that need the most defining.

excellent name for that machine! that's one that hasn't been in my routine in some time but is about to be added back in. I can do leg lifts and inner thigh lifts all freaking day, but that machine hits them much more effectively.