Spring Sausage Toss

• 4 spicy sausage, like italian (I like Hot but your choice)
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• salt
• 3/4 cup yellow sweet pepper, cored and cut into narrow strips
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 0.5 (450 g) package rigatoni pasta (apprx 3 cups) or (450 g) package ziti pasta (apprx 3 cups)
• 1/4 cup of fresh mint, chopped
• 1/4 cup fresh basil, coarsely chopped

1. Cook the pasta accoring to instructions and drain. Keep warm.
2. Meanwhile remove sausage meat from the casings.
3. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat., add sausage meat, garlic, salt & chopped onions, stir to crumble meat cook apprx 6 minutes or until the meat is no longer pink.
4. Add tomatoes to the meat micture, turn heat to high and bring to a boil, add peppers.
5. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
6. Stir in drained, cooked pasta, mint & basil.
7. Remove from heat and serve.
8. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese if you wish.

sausage, onion, vegetable oil, garlic, salt, yellow sweet pepper, tomatoes, rigatoni pasta, mint, fresh basil

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/spring-sausage-toss-143756 (may not work)