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Mediterranean Penne with Sausage

Mediterranean Penne with Sausage
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Bell peppers, regardless of their color, provide vitamin C also called ascorbic acid. Choosing vitamin C-rich foods keeps gums and blood vessels healthy.
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The New Classics Cookbook from Prevention® (1999) p. 147.

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Enjoy the classic pairing of pasta and sausage in a trimmed-down form. From Prevention Healthy Cooking.
Prep Time:15 min
Start to Finish:45 min
makes:6 servings
2red bell peppers, chopped
1small bulb fennel, quartered lengthwise and thinly sliced
1large onion, chopped
1small eggplant, peeled and cut into small chunks
1clove garlic, minced
3/4lb Italian-style turkey sausage, casings removed
1jar (25.5 oz) Muir Glen® organic pasta sauce (any flavor)
2cups water
2teaspoons fennel seeds, crushed
1/2teaspoon crushed red-pepper flakes
8oz penne pasta
1.Coat large skillet with cooking spray. Add bell peppers, fennel bulb, onion, eggplant, and garlic. Cook, stirring often, over medium heat 5 minutes, or until fennel starts to soften. Add sausage. Cook, breaking up sausage with back of spoon, 3 minutes, or until no longer pink.
2.Add pasta sauce, water, fennel seeds, and red-pepper flakes. Stir to mix. Cover and reduce heat to low. Cook 20 to 25 minutes, or until vegetables are tender. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions. Place pasta in serving bowl. Top with sauce. Add up to 1/2 cup of reserved cooking water, if needed, for sauce to coat pasta.
Nutritional Information
1 Serving: Calories 390 (Calories from Fat 70); Total Fat 8g (Saturated Fat 1 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 50mg; Sodium 880mg; Total Carbohydrate 55g (Dietary Fiber 7g, Sugars 10g); Protein 23g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 45%; Vitamin C 50%; Calcium 8%; Iron 20% Exchanges: 2 Starch; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 2 Vegetable; 2 Lean Meat Carbohydrate Choices: 3 1/2 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
©Copyright 2009, Rodale, Inc.
 
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the sauce was water(I would sugest not adding that 1 cup of water to the sauce). Other than that it was very good. I did not add the pepper flakes, I thought it was already spicey enough without.
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We thought this was great! My local grocery store didn't have a bulb of fennel, so I just used more fennel seed. My husband ate it as a soup/stew rather than with the pasta and really liked it like that also!
Posted at 6:26 PM on September 24 2008 by CShay
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