Spicy sausage bake

Author: Rebecca Johnston

Photographer: Melanie Jenkins

Serves: 4

Time to make: 30 mins

Ingredients

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spray oil

1 red onion, chopped

2 cups chopped courgettezucchiniXszucchini, summer squashX

2 capsicums, chopped

200g sausage meat (see tip), roughly chopped

1 teaspoon Moroccan seasoning

300g penne pasta

400g can chopped tomatoes

4 teaspoons parmesan cheese

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Instructions

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1 Heat oven to 180°C. Heat a large non-stick frying pan with oil spray. Add onion, courgettes and capsicums. Stir-fry for 5-6 minutes until lightly browned. Add sausage meat and seasoning. Cook for 5 more minutes until sausage has browned.

2 Cook pasta following packet directions. Drain and add to sausage mix.

3 Add tomatoes to mix and stir well. Pour into an ovenproof dish and sprinkle with parmesan. Bake for 10-15 minutes until cheese has melted. Serve hot.

HFG tip

For sausage meat, use reduced-fat sausages (choose less than 10 per cent fat), and squeeze meat from their skins. Discard skin.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 457 cal

Kilojoules 1910 kJ

Protein 28 g

Total fat 8 g

Saturated fat 3 g

Carbohydrates 65 g

Sugar 9 g

Dietary fibre 7 g

Sodium 600 mg

Calcium 90 mg

Iron 4 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.