Pumpkin and sausage pasta
Serves: 4
Time to make: 30 mins
Total cost: $8.08 / $2.02 per serve
(at time of publication)
Ingredients
- 500g packet pasta shapes (bows or penne)
- ½ (about 400g) butternut pumpkin
- 2 chorizo or frankfurters (or any smoked sausage from the deli)
- 1 large red capsicum
- 1 red onion
- spray olive oil
Instructions
1 Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling water.
2 While the pasta is cooking, chop the pumpkin into evenly sized chunks of about 5cm. Put the pumpkin pieces in a dish in the microwave and cook on high for 3 minutes.
3 Chop the capsicum into 5cm chunks and slice the sausage into 5cm slices.
4 Spray a large pan with a little oil and place over a high heat. Fry the onion, sausage and capsicum until soft and browned slightly. Add the pumpkin to the pan and toss.
5 Drain the pasta and add to the pan, and mix everything together. Serve in bowls with a green salad.
Variations
Make it vegetarian: Use soy sausages instead of meat ones. Bean Supreme have a selection of delicious vegetarian sausages – even the biggest carnivore is likely to enjoy them!
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 568cal
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Kilojoules 2375kJ
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Protein 22.8g
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Total fat 10.9g
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–Saturated fat 3.5g
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Carbohydrates 95.9g
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–Sugars 12.3g
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Dietary fibre 7.7g
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Sodium 285mg
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Calcium 65mg
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Iron 3mg
Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.
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