Good Dinner Mrs. Mellen

Roasting sausage in a healthy alternative to frying without losing the wonderful taste of the spices in the sausage. For a hearty healthy one dish meal I place fiber filled white beans in a baking dish, then add sausage topping with simmered tomatoes, shallots, garlic, olives, capers, herbs and anchovies. The anchovies are optional but these little fishes added a little zing to the tomato sauce.  Roasted Sausage  and White Beans with Tomatoes 2 tablespoon olive oil 1 shallot, chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 can(14.5 oz.) Hunts diced Tomatoes, not salt added 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 1 tablespoon fresh basil, thinly chopped 1/2 cup chopped kalamata olives 2 tablespoon capers, chopped 2 oil-packed anchovy fillets, chopped (optional) 1 can(15.5 oz.) Goya Prime Premium White beans, rinsed  1 pound Chicken sausage links Preheat oven to 400F. In a sauce pan heat olive oil then add shallot and garli...

Traditional Pasta Fagioli is made with a pork product such as pancetta, ham or pigs feet(old time Italian) but growing up my mother always made meatless Pasta Fagioli on Fridays. I have fond memories of eating Pasta Fagioli on crisp fall nights before rushing off to a Friday night football game. Over the years I have added my own touches to my mother's Pasta Fagioli to make it an easy totally vegetarian meal. Pasta Fagioli 1 cup chopped shallots 3 cloves garlic, crushed 2 tablespoon olive oil 3/4 cup dry white wine 2 (16 oz) cans vegetarian baked beans, Bushes 1 can (8 oz) no salt Tomato Sauce Hunts 1 can (15.5 oz) Garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained, Goya 1 can (14 oz) vegetable broth 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper 1 cup dried ditali pasta 1/4 cup snipped fresh basil or 1 tablespoon dried basil 1 tablespoon snipped fresh oregano or 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1. In large pot cook shallots, garlic and olive over medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring occasio...