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Summary

Apple sausage pasta using high or low fibre ingredients

Preparation Time: 10
Cooking Time: 25
Quantity: 4

High fibre

Ingredients

  • 450 grams chicken sausages (or veggie sausages)
  • 1 green apple (cored and chopped into chunks)
  • 1/2 large brown onion (finely diced)
  • 2 cloves of garlic (peeled and minced)
  • 500 ml low salt chicken/vegetable stock
  • 400 grams canned tomatoes
  • 300 grams whole-wheat pasta
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste

Method

In a large frying pan (must have a lid) add the olive oil and heat to medium heat.

Cook the onions, garlic and sausages for about 10 minutes until golden.

Let the sausages cool and slice them thinly and add back to the pan and heat again to medium with the chopped apple until apple is soft.

Add the stock and canned tomatoes, stirring to ensure the mixture is blended through, add salt and pepper to taste and bring to a boil.

Add the pasta and the lid and cook until the pasta is cooked, stirring regularly to ensure the pasta does not stick at the bottom of the pan.

Stir until the liquid has evaporated, stir cheese through at the last minute.

Serve with a side of steamed vegetables.

Nutrition

Type Quantity
Fiber 5g

Low fibre

Ingredients

  • 450 grams chicken sausages (or veggie sausages)
  • 1 green apple (peeled, cored and chopped into chunks)
  • 1/2 large brown onion (finely diced)
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • 500 ml low salt chicken/vegetable stock
  • 400 ml pasta
  • 300 grams pasta
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste

Method

In a large frying pan (must have a lid) add the olive oil and heat to medium heat.

Cook the onions, garlic and sausages for about 10 minutes until golden.

Let the sausages cool and slice them thinly and add back to the pan and heat again to medium with the chopped apple until apple is soft.

Add the stock and pasata, stirring to ensure the mixture is blended through, add salt and pepper to taste and bring to a boil.

Add the pasta and the lid and cook until the pasta is cooked, stirring regularly to ensure the pasta does not stick at the bottom of the pan.

Stir until the liquid has evaporated, stir cheese through at the last minute.

Serve with a side of steamed vegetables.

Nutrition

Type Quantity
Fiber 3g

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