Healthy Sausage Pasta with Vegetables

Step 1

Bring a large pot of water to a boil, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of salt to the water, and cook the pasta until it's al dente. Before draining the pasta, reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water.

Step 2

Meanwhile break apart the sausage into small pieces and cook in 1 tablespoon of oil in a large saute pan until nicely browned (about 10 minutes or so).

Step 3

While the pasta is cooking and sausage is browning, rinse your broccoli florets and halve any of the tomatoes that are especially large.

Step 4

Once the sausage has browned, add the broccoli and garlic to the pan, stir to combine everything and then reduce the heat, cover the pan and let cook for about 5 minutes.

Step 5

Add the corn and tomatoes, cooking covered for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the drained pasta, reserved pasta water, salt and remaining olive oil. Stir to combine everything over low heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Alternatively, you can dump everything into the pasta pot to combine if your saute pan isn't quite large enough.

Step 6

Turn out to a warmed pasta bowl and serve with grated parmesan cheese and red pepper flakes, if you like.