Green Soy bean Pasta

This pasta dish is a vegetarian dish using green soy beans. One of the best things is it is high in protein but cheap on the pocket. Also it is quick to make.

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Ingredients

penne pasta( fresh or dried)

green soy beans, I use the frozen ones.

garlic cloves peeled and fine diced

onion fine diced

fresh tomatoes chopped chunky

1 inch of fresh ginger peeled and fine diced

1/4 chili for 2 more for more people or leave out if you do not like the heat

broccoli cut into small pieces

grated hard Italian cheese

salt and pepper

dried oregano

olive oil

Method

1. heat the olive oil in a frying pan to medium heat

2. fry the onion and garlic for 1 minute

3. add the chili and fresh ginger fry for another 2 minutes

4. Add the chopped tomatoes, oregano, broccoli and soy beans, stir and cook on a medium heat for 5 to 10 minutes

5. Add salt and pepper to taste.

6. Follow the instructions for Penne

7. Serve the penne with the sauce and grated cheese

Variations

Use tinned tomatoes ready chopped.

Use frozen broccoli, not as good but convenient.

Use tinned beans such as chick peas, borloti, black eye, haricot, red kidney

Use other beans which you can buy frozen ready cooked

Use up any vegetables you have in the fridge, just chop small and go for it.

If you like a sauce;

Add fresh milk and 2 tablespoons of tomato puree at the end of cooking.

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Crazycupcakes

Spicy Sausage Pasta

These are UK sausages but sausages are made world wide. Some of the best I have had are Chorizo in Spain , the vast variety available in Germany and Poland.
Learn more at SAUSAGE SECRETS

This is my recipe for Spicy Sausage Pasta which I have made recently. It was made for 2 .

Ingredients

3 sausages cut into small slices

5 fresh tomatoes chopped

3 cloves of garlic chopped fine

olive oil for frying

1 red onion diced small

1 zucchini/courgette sliced

1/4 of a fresh chilli chopped

2 tablespoons of tomato puree

4 tablespoons of milk( keep extra on one side to add for a runnier sauce)

salt and pepper

fresh penne pasta for 2,plunge into boiling water for 5 mins or what the manufactures recommend

Method

Take a large frying pan add olive oil and heat to a medium heat.

Add the garlic and chopped onion and fry until soft.

Add the chilli and the sliced sausage and cook until brown and the sausages are cooked through.

Add the chopped tomatoes and zucchini/courgette and cook for 5 mins.

Add the tomato puree and milk.

Add more milk and mix until you have the texture you want. I like it sticky so it sticks to the pasta.

Add salt and pepper to taste.

Cook the penne pasta.

Mix together and serve with grated cheese, a salad garnish of greens such as watercress, lettuce,spinach or bitter greens.

I make a special trip to get my sausages from a famous butcher called
Cowburns Famous Sausage Shop
01200 423842
13 Castle Street, Clitheroe, BB7 2BT

If you live in the UK this site give a list of sausage shops

SAUSAGE SHOPS UK

Has any one any favourite sausages they can recommend and recipes for them? If so please post in comments .

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Crazycupcakes