Sausage, Rice and Pasta Two Night Meal

A community recipe by arista

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Introduction

Two meals in one - the first night you have sausages with rice and veggies complete with a tomatoey sauce to go over it, and the second night you have a tasty tomato sauce with pasta and a salad. Two nights taken care of in one go - whoopee! (Quantities depend on how many you're cooking for, they are only a general guide. I find this feeds 2 adults and 3 children)

Ingredients

Serves: 4

Metric Cups

1 onion (sliced)
12 sausages (good quality, amount depends on size of the sausages and the number of people you are cooking for)
½ red pepper (sliced)
800 grams chopped tomatoes
1 bay leaf
fresh basil
oregano
salt
pepper
1 teaspoon sugar

1 onion (sliced)
12 sausages (good quality, amount depends on size of the sausages and the number of people you are cooking for)
½ red bell pepper (sliced)
28¼ ounces diced tomatoes
1 bay leaf
fresh basil
oregano
salt
pepper
1 teaspoon sugar

Method

Sausage, Rice and Pasta Two Night Meal is a community recipe submitted by arista and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

In a large heavy-based pan, gently fry onion in some oil until soft. Add sausages and fry until browned, prick them a bit to try and remove excess fat. Remove sausages and onion from pan and drain off oil (important so that sauce doesn't have a horrible layer of fat the next day!)

Return onion and sausage to pan and then add the rest of the ingredients including the tomato juice from the can and a little water. Stir and simmer for 30 mins, covered. I stir in a little milk at the end of the cooking time to make it a bit creamy.

Meanwhile, cook rice and veggies.

Serve sausages with rice and veggies and a little of the tomato sauce over the rice.

The next night, blitz the remaining sauce, heat it and use it as a pasta sauce. The sausages should have given the sauce an interesting flavour.

If there were any sausages left from the night before, remove them before you process the sauce, slice them up small, and add them to the sauce as a sort of meatball.

Meanwhile, cook rice and veggies.

Serve sausages with rice and veggies and a little of the tomato sauce over the rice.

The next night, blitz the remaining sauce, heat it and use it as a pasta sauce. The sausages should have given the sauce an interesting flavour.

If there were any sausages left from the night before, remove them before you process the sauce, slice them up small, and add them to the sauce as a sort of meatball.