I love this meal! Sausage, tuna, shrimp, and pasta alfredo! Keep reading!

Happy Thursday!  I made it thru the day without getting into a car accident again, so that was a plus;)  I was really looking forward to making tonight's dinner, as it's something very different than what I usually make/we usually eat!  10 10 10 10!  We both gave it a 10!  I got the inspiration from a tuna and pasta alfredo recipe in the Better Homes and Garden cookbook (yes same cookbook as last night), and I would make it again in a heartbeat!  It's quite filling and warm, so it was great comfort food for this snowy night:)

What you'll need:

• 1 lb hot and spicy sausage, in 6 separate links
• 1 box of rotini, cooked as directed on the package
• 1 tbsp butter or margarine
• 2 cups broccoli, fresh or frozen - I used frozen
• 1 red pepper, chopped
• 1 15 ounce bottle of Alfredo pasta sauce
• 1 tbsp (or more) of fresh dill, chopped
• 1 can of tuna (packed in water, not oil), drained, and broken into chunks
• as many small, cooked, shrimp as you'd like - we had these leftover from the other night, so they were already prepared
• CRP

This is definitely a recipe more many pans are going at one time!  First, prepare the pasta as directed on the box.  As that is cooking, heat a large pan or skillet over medium heat, spraying with Pam when heated.  Add 3 tbsp of water, the sausage, and cover, cooking until cooked thru.  Once cooked thru, cut into bite-sized pieces.  So yes, that's 2 things going at the same time.  While this is all going on, heat a tbsp of margarine or butter in a medium sized skillet.  Once heated, add 1/4 cup water, the frozen broccoli, and pepper - cook until tender.

By now, your pasta should be done cooking, drained, and returned to the pot, with a smidge of olive oil, and covered to keep warm.  The sausage should still be cooking.  Once the broccoli/pepper mixture is tender, drain the water and add the alfredo sauce and chopped dill, mixing everything together.  Drain any grease from the large sausage skillet, and add veg/alfredo mixture to the sauce.  Add the pasta also into this large skillet, and then the chunked tuna as well (and shrimp or anything else you're adding that is extra) = everything ends up in the sausage skillet you started with b/c it's the largest!  Mix everything together, add the CRP, mix again, heat on medium for 7 minutes, and admire!  I couldn't believe how awesome it looked, and then to taste it, yay!  I was so excited!  I really went with my gut on this recipe and was so happy with how it came out.  It was a lot of pans and dishes, but well worth it!

 

  

 

I feel like I just babbled on for this recipe, so please let me know if there are any questions:)  I'm off to finish up some laundry, watch some HGTV, make our grocery list, ARUBA list, and read:)  Happy almost Friday!!

Today I've been inspired to make...

I <3 our white board that I put up each week's menu on, and when the husband saw last night that only Sunday was filled in, he panicked!  I had to reassure him I would be feeding him, just with the snow I hadn't made it to the store yet (Monday after work I'm thinking)...he understood, and we continued on with playing the Wii;)  These are some of the meals I have found today and been inspired to make this week = posts you can look forward to!

* Coconut shrimp and dipping sauce from my Betty Crocker cookbook*
*Cornbread and chili casserole from www.theweatherincascadia.blogspot.com*
*A macaroni and sausage bake, with white sauce, from www.fruitychicken.com*
*Chicken whatchamacallit from www.cookingforzo.com*
*A fave of the husband's to please him, Martha Stewart's Mini Turkey Meatloaves - a fave of mine too!*
*Good ole pizza, I am craving it!*

I'll be back tonight with our cranberry pork loin dish - pictures and all!  Time to scrapbook!!!  Oh, and before I forget, here are some NYE pics...I am not quite the photographer, but my good ole orange digi hasn't done me wrong:)