Sausage & Veggie Pasta

As usual I could not get a decent photo of this deeeeelish dinner, but it was worthy of a blog post nonetheless. There have been a ton of coupons for sausage lately, and while it's normally not on my grocery list, the cheapness couldn't be passed up. Besides....throw in enough veggies, and suddenly you're not eating so much of the "bad" stuff.

3 Hot Italian sausage links sliced into 1/2 pieces, or 1/2-1 lb of ground hot Italian sausage
1/2 onion, chopped
1 large head broccoli, chopped
3 small zucchini, 1/2 slices
S&P, garlic powder, onion powder
1/2 box rotini pasta, cooked (omit for paleo/low carb/Whole30)
2 very large handfuls spinach
Parmesan, shredded (omit for paleo/Whole30)

Cook sausage in a large skillet over medium/medium high heat til browned. Add onions, stir & cook for a minute, then add broccoli and zucchini. Splash a couple tablespoons of hot water in the pan and quickly cover to steam the veggies. After a couple minutes, stir and cover again. Leave over heat for another couple minutes, then uncover and add the seasonings. Stir thoroughly, remove from heat.
In a large bowl, toss the spinach and pasta. Dump the veggie/sausage mixture on top, toss again, and serve with a hefty helping of shredded Parmesan. For paleo or Whole30, just serve sausage mixture over spinach and allow it to wilt.
Since the sausage isn't the star of this dish, a Sauvignon Blanc went really well - good with the veggies and Parm.