Whole Wheat Fusilli With Vegetables and Turkey Sausage

We really enjoy this recipe. I usually use turkey brats with the casing removed. From Oxygen Magazine - May 2009

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 12  ounces  whole wheat fusilli
• 1⁄2 cup carrot, sliced
• 1⁄2 cup asparagus, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1  cup broccoli floret
• 8  ounces turkey sausage
• 1  pint grape tomatoes, halved
• 3  tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
•  black pepper, to taste

Directions

1. Boil water in a large pot and cook to package directions. Add carrots, asparagus and broccoli to boiling water in the last 3 minutes of cooking. Drain when finished and reserve 1/2 cup cooking liquid.
2. Cut sausage into 1-inch slices. Heat a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat, add sausage and cook approximately 8 minutes, until almost cooked through. Add tomatoes and continue cooking 4-5 minutes or until sausage is cooked through.
3. Add pasta and vegetables to sausage and tomatoes; add reserved cooking liquid and combine thoroughly to heat through.
4. Stir in basil and pepper to taste and serve.