OK I have decided to do a new series of blogs entitled Dinner Last Night where I talk about easy dinners I put together with things I normally have around the house. Here's the first one.
I had really been wanting some pasta for a few days. I had a bag of frozen tortellini in the freezer as well as a few other things I normally have, frozen peppers, canned tomatoes, chicken broth. So I decided to make a pasta dish out of this. I went to the store and bought some chicken sausage and invented this Cajun Sausage and Pepper Tortellini. I served it with a Cesar Salad (aka lettuce, croutons and cesar salad dressing).
Cajun Chicken Sausage and Pepper Tortellini (3-4 servings)
2 Chicken Sausages-Sweet Pepper Flavored
Package Frozen Tortellini
1 cup Frozen Pepper Blend (red, yellow, green)
1/2 small white onion
Cajun Seasoning
Garlic Salt
Red Pepper Flakes
1/2 Can Petite Diced Tomatoes
1/2 cup chicken broth
I cooked all the veggies (except the tomatoes) together with some garlic salt and cajun seasoning. Then I added in the Sausage. These are precooked so they don't take too long to heat up. I added in the tomatoes and simmered that for a bit. Then I added in some chicken broth in small increments to make it more saucy and less just chunky. I threw in some red pepper flakes for good measure. While you are making the sauce cook the tortellini or whatever pasat you want or have. Once the sauce was thickened I mixed it all together with the Tortellini. And there you have it, a pretty easy week night meal.
What's you favorite pasta recipe?
