Tuesday, September 13, 2011

New Twist to Spaghetti

I admit it, we've been on a Chorizo kick lately.
so, my husband went to the local Farmer's Market last Saturday, and he bought some Chorizo from West Wind Farms (organic, pasture fed, pork).
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I love this Chorizo, because it is milder than some of the others I've tasted.
well, we cooked some up, and made the usual Egg Bake, etc.
but come Monday night, we had 2 more Chorizo sausages we needed to use up (or freeze), and we were not sure what to do.
so
I checked the label to see what spices were in this sausage. It was mostly garlic, paprika, onion, salt, nothing too crazy.
so
I had the random idea to cut the sausage meat out of the casing, brown it like it was hamburger, and then toss it into Spaghetti Sauce. we used the Muir Glen's Organic tomato Basil sauce.
paired with Trader Joe's Brown rice Penne Pasta.
It was DELICIOUS!
yum!
*note, sometimes rice pasta seems a little bland to me, so I salted the water as I boiled it, and added fresh chopped basil leaves. yum!