9 days outta 10 I’m in the mood for pasta! This sauce recipe is super easy and tastes amazing!

To start this dish, heat some olive oil in a pan on medium.  To the heated pan, add 1 diced white onion, 2 cloves of diced garlic and 1/2 green pepper (also diced).  Stir frequently so you don’t burn the garlic! Season with some sea salt and fresh ground pepper.  Once the veggies cooked down a bit (till the onions are translucent) pour in 1 can of organic crushed tomatoes and 1 can of organic tomato sauce.  Turn the heat down to  low, add 1/2 cup of red wine (we used a cabernet sovereign),  2 T italian seasoning, fresh basil, red pepper flakes, 1 T oregano and cover.  Don’t forget about it though! Stir occasionally while preparing the rest of the meal.

Now for the veggie sausage! My veggie Italian Sausage is from Trader Joe’s.  It’s the BEST veggie Italian Sausage I’ve ever had! I cut the links into small pieces and cooked them in a medium size skillet with some olive oil.  They need to cook for about 5 minutes (read the instructions).  Once they were done cooking, I added them into the sauce and then turned it off (still keeping it covered).

The noodles we used were homemade so they only took about 4 minutes in a boiling pot.  We only use whole wheat noodles and I suggest everyone else do the same! They’re so much better for your body!

To plate, I put down a bed of spinach, some noodles, the sauce and then some freshly grated parmesan reggiano cheese along side a piece of fresh baked tomato and onion foccacia! DELICIOUS!!