Recipe Friday

Happy Friday everyone! I am headed out of town this weekend to visit my Valentine. He was sent away from work for a few weeks but luckily we are spending the weekend together.

I wanted to share one of my favorite healthy recipe with everyone:

It's a whole wheat pasta with broccoli and tomatoes!

Ingredients:

• 12 ounce(s) whole wheat penne pasta
• 1 large bunch broccoli cut into florets
• 12 ounce(s) hot Italian turkey sausage
• 1 pint(s) grape tomatoes each cut in half
• 1/2 cup(s) fresh basil leaves (loosely packed) chopped
• 1/4 cup(s) freshly grated Pecorino Romano cheese

Heat large saucepot of salted water to boiling on high. Add pasta and cook as label directs, adding broccoli when 3 minutes of cooking time remain. Reserve 1/2 cup cooking water; drain pasta and broccoli.

Meanwhile, thinly slice sausage on the diagonal. In 12-inch nonstick skillet, cook sausage on medium 7 to 8 minutes or until it begins to brown, stirring occasionally. Add tomatoes and cook 5 minutes longer, stirring.

Stir pasta, broccoli, and 1/4 cup pasta cooking water into sausage mixture in skillet; heat through, adding additional cooking water if needed. Remove from heat; stir in basil and cheese.

1 serving: Calories 505; Carbohydrates 74g; Cholesterol 71mg; Dietary Fiber 10g; Fat 13g (Saturated Fat 4g); Sodium 760mg

Let me know what you think or one of your favorite healthy recipes!