Sausage, Tomato and Spinach Pasta

Serve pasta for dinner with the delicious flavours in this super quick Sausage, Tomato and Spinach Pasta -  a perfect family meal.

When I am short on time for dinner and the kids are hungry and demanding some food, this is one of my go-to meal combinations to make.

Most kids love sausages and combined with the lovely flavours of fresh tomatoes, garlic, and some healthy green spinach, it's a true winner.

When I make any kind of tomato-based pasta sauce, I will always, always use fresh tomatoes. Either using just fresh tomatoes or in combination with some passata (crushed tomatoes) or canned tomatoes, like I have used in this Sausage, Tomato and Spinach Pasta.

Fresh tomatoes make such a nicer sauce, with their natural sweetness, whereas canned tomatoes tend to be slightly acidic because of how they are preserved and most kids (and adults for that matter), can find the taste a bit off unless you add some kind of sweetness to counteract that acidity. With fresh tomatoes, you don't need it. They are naturally sweet and delicious all on their own.

It can sometimes be a bit daunting when you think of using fresh tomatoes, as you don't want bits of skin in your sauce, and the last thing you want to have to do when you want a quick dinner is score, blanch and peel fresh tomatoes.

But there is actually a much quicker way to peel the skins and get them in the pan as quickly as possible for that lovely pasta sauce and that is by using a special Kuhn Piranha Peeler.

Piranha Peelers are similar to a regular potato peeler, but instead have little sharp teeth along the blade, that grip the skin of soft fruits and vegetables to peel them effortlessly. I love mine for removing the skin of tomatoes for my pasta sauces or removing the skin of fruit like kiwi for a fruit salad.

For the sausages, I used a low fat chicken sausage that is available here in Canada, but any low fat sausage will work.

The type of pasta you use is totally up to you, my kids love the little farfalle (bow) pasta shapes. It's all about making the food fun and enjoyable for the whole family, which is one of the beauties of Slimming Eats. All those amazing Free Food are items that everyone can eat.

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HOW CAN I ADD A ⅓ VEGETABLES TO THIS RECIPE?

Some of the veg added to this Sausage, Tomato and Spinach Pasta will count towards your ⅓ vegetables. But to up your vegetables you could either serve with a salad or some steamed vegetables of choice.

You will love the simple flavours and ease of this Sausage, Tomato and Spinach Pasta. Take this one step further with some shavings of parmesan or even cheddar.

Without the cheese, this recipe is dairy free and can be made gluten free, by using a gluten free pasta and sausage of choice.

WHAT KITCHEN items do I need to make this sausage, tomato and spinach pasta?

• Kitchen Scales
• Measuring Spoons
• Measuring Jug
• Chopping Board
• Santoku Knife (perfect knife for chopping veg)
• Wooden Spoon
• Deep Frying Pan

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