You know the nights when you have nothing ready for supper...When your husband's already on his way home? Usually when this happens to me I find myself reaching for a simple pasta dish. Well the other night I was going to do my standard ziti recipe when I happened to notice a fresh bag of spinach in my fridge and my gleaming cans of garden fresh tomatoes that I had learned to can over the summer. I decided to just throw some fresh stuff in my dutch oven and hope it was delicious...And boy was it ever! Like top 10 best things I've ever made kind of delicious. I had to write the recipe down and tuck it into my recipe box. I'm kind of good at just coming up with recipes on the spot but I'm not very good at writing them down so I can make them again! This one was worth it though. Again I'm not great with measurements since I don't measure stuff but here is what I did.
Ingredients:
1 lb- fresh loose sausage (preferably from your own backyard pigs. haha)
1 bag of the freshest most locally grown spinach you can get
1- box of ziti or any other noodle
1 small can of tomatoes (preferably from your garden canned stash)
a generous sprinkling of garlic salt
and any white cheese you have on hand. I used Parmesan and mozzarella.
And like a Tbls. of butter
I cooked my pasta in my dutch oven (stove top, of course) and drained and set aside. Then I put my sausage in the dutch oven with a small bit of water and let it cook until browned. Add spinach and let wilt. Then put everything else in, including the ziti and stir. I also added a generous amount of cracked black pepper to the top.
I'm telling you this meal is delicious! Serve it with freshly baked bread...mmmmm!
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