Week #9 Penne with Sausage

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Week #9
This recipe is a family favorite of ours.  It was adapted from the Food Nanny.  You will be missing out if you don't try this recipe.  The chicken broth combined with a touch of olive oil and butter make a light sauce that really makes the flavors pop! 

Penne with sausage, Red Potatoes and Green Beans
 8 oz uncooked penne pasta
4 small red potatoes, quartered (opt...substitute russet potato)*
8 oz spicy sausage (or Italian sausage)
2 small garlic cloves, minced*
1 C chicken broth (I use a can)
1 Tbsp olive oil*
1 Tbsp butter*
1 lb green beans (can use frozen, canned or dehydrated)
1 Tbsp parsley*
Salt & ground black pepper*
1/2 C grated Parmesan cheese
opt:  I add 1/2 bag of frozen spinach

1.  Cook the pasta according to package directions.  Drain.
2.  Steam the potatoes or cook them in boiling salted water until tender.  At the same time, steam the beans or cook in the microwave until tender.  (I leave the skins on the potatoes....that's where the vitamins are!)
3.  Meanwhile, brown the sausage in a dutch oven or large pot over medium heat.  Add the onion and garlic; cook and stir until the onion is soft and the sausage is completely cooked.  Pour in the broth and simmer for 3 min.  Stir in the oil and butter.  Add the green beans, potatoes and pasta.  Mix well with a large spoon,  Add the parsley and season with salt and pepper to taste.
4.  Decrease the heat to low and sprinkle the cheese over the mixture and let melt.
5.  Serve immediately in the same pot or spoon the mixture into a large, shallow serving bowl or deep platter.  Pass any extra Parmesan cheese.
*pantry items

This dish also can be made meatless!
Food Storage adaptable:  use canned, dehydrated or frozen.  Of course fresh tastes best but in an emergency you will want to be able to cook those family favorites with your storage.  Remember:  "Store what you eat and eat what you store".....and back up your frozen items with pressure canned, commercially canned, dehydrated & long term storage items.  Don't forget to store WATER.....you can't live without it.

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Shopping List for 5 meals   "PENNE WITH SAUSAGE, RED POTATOES, AND GREEN BEANS"  40 0Z (approx 3 boxes) penne pasta (seal into 5 sep bags) 5  8oz sausage packages (approx 3lb frozen in 5 sep bags)...or your own pressure canned 5 cans chicken broth 5 lbs Green Beans, frozen, or 5 cans, or dehydrated 5-- 1/3c portions bagged 2 1/2 C Parmesan Cheese (in 5  1/2C bags frozen) opt: Spinach, frozen or dehydrated 5---1/4 C portions bagged *any pantry items in the recipe you don't have on hand

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PENNE PASTA W/SAUSAGE, RED POTATOES, AND GREEN BEANS (box label) You will need : pasta can chicken broth frozen or canned sausage canned or dehydrated veggies *pantry items as needed