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Unless you're a vegetarian.

Here's a SUPER easy dinner I whipped up tonight. I didn't really measure a damn thing.

1/2 box of pasta (I used farfalle pasta and it wasn't an exact measurement)

Jimmy Dean (or something similar) sausage - 1/2 of one of those tube things

1 head of broccoli, chopped into bite size pieces

Fresh basil, for the hell of it, torn into smaller pieces

1 can of stewed tomatoes

butter (optional)

fresh parmesan (optional)

Boil a pot of water and add pasta. Cook until al dente.

Brown the sausage in a fairly large skillet. Add the broccoli and basil. Let these mingle for a little bit, until broccoli turns a brighter, deeper green. It should still be a bit crunchy.

Add can of stewed tomatoes and work through the broccoli/sausage mix. Add pasta and work that through, too.

I added butter, for a little more depth. Like a quarter stick of butter. I mean it's BUTTER, y'all. That's why.

Then I grated parmesan cheese into the skillet and mixed it in until it melted. You can take the skillet off of the heat at this point.

I added parmesan as a garnish when I made my own plate.

You could totally use any kind of vegetable for this: spinach, squash, asparagus. I liked the green and red contrast.

And there's plenty of leftovers!