Simple Italian Sausage Pasta Sauce

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb Italian sausage (not in the casing)
• 1 small red bell pepper, diced
• 1/2 small red onion, diced

• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can stewed tomatoes (diced with juice)
• 1-2 tablespoon flour (if desired, used it for thickening)
• 2-3 green onions, diced

Directions

1. 1

   In a medum-sized sauce pan, brown sausage, bell pepper and onion. Make sure vegies are tender.

2. 2

   Drain off grease.

3. 3

   Add stewed tomatoes, green onion 1-2 Tbsp of flour (for thickening--I added this to the tomatoes in separate medium-sized bowl and mixed it vigorously with a whisk. Then I added it, along with the green onion to the pan. If you like a thin sauce, don't do this step).

4. 4

   Bring to a boil over HIGH heat, stirring constantly.

5. 5

   Reduce to low-med, simmer covered for 15 min and uncovered for 15 min, stirring occasionally.

6. 6

   Serve over pasta or rice with a nice salad on the side with garlic bread.