Sausage and Peppers

This is a recipe I made by adapting a bunch of other people's recipes and using ingredients that I had at home, luckily it came out great the first time and I continue to make it this way! I usually make it the same week as the Sausage and Spinach over Pasta to use the rest of the sausage links.

Ingredients:

3 links of sweet or hot turkey sausage (depending on your preference)
1 bag of frozen pepper stir fry (happened to have it and it worked great so it's my go to ingredient!!)
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon and 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, divided
15oz can crushed tomatoes (low sodium and not flavored if you can find it)
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Directions:

1) Heat saute pan over medium-high heat.  Add 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil and swirl to coat pan.

2) Add sausage and pepper flakes, stirring to crumble. Cook 3-5 minutes, until sausage is no longer pink.

3) Remove sausage from pan. Heat 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil and add bag of frozen pepper stir fry. Cook 8-10 minutes, until vegetables are cooked, adding garlic for last minute of cooking.

4) Add crushed tomato, oregano, basil, parsley, salt, pepper and cooked sausage. Stir to combine. Simmer for 10 minutes and serve.

*We typically serve our over pasta or rice, whatever we have on hand!! A sprinkle of Parmesan cheese is great on this meal too.