Hot Italian Sausage & Veggie Pasta

I always crave pasta, it is definitely my biggest downfall, so with this Challenge, it has been especially difficult. I found this pasta at Traders and it only has brown rice, quinoa flour and water in it! I of course had to try it out. It is delicious. It is very similar to brown rice pasta if you are familiar with that. The recipe I cam up with was super easy and we both loved it!

1 package of Hot Italian Sausage

1 container of diced pancetta

1 yellow pepper

1 can of artichoke hearts in water

large container of cherry tomatoes

2 cups fresh basil, chopped

1 package of brown rice & quinoa pasta

salt and pepper

2 teaspoons garlic powder

2 teaspoons dried minced onions

Directions:

• Chop up veggies so they are all about the same size, and cut tomatoes in half.
• In a large pan, brown the sausage, when it is done, add the pancetta. You could drain the grease if you wanted, but the pasta needs some sort of sauce, so I just left it. It really wan't that much anyways. 
• Boil and cook pasta according to instructions, then drain (do not rinse)
• Then add all veggies and basil to the sausage, add seasonings and let cook about 5 minutes. 
• Add pasta to the sausage and veggies and stir it up!
• Serve it up with some basil over the top.