Mushroom and Leek Pasta with Chicken Sausages and Prosciutto

Make this simple #pasta in under 20 minutes for a warm fall dinner costing $2.76!

Fall brings along with it shorter and colder days. It also brings with it a wide variety delicious warm soups, pastas, baked goods, roasts… you get the gist. For me, when I come home from an 8 hour work day and/or a trip to the gym, I want an extremely simple, delicious, warm bowl of pasta to satisfy my carb cravings. This pasta dish does not include that many ingredients and holds so much flavour that I can assure you’ll go for a second plate.

Not only is it incredibly easy to make, its also light on the wallet. I get the majority of my pasta tips from one of my favourite chef’s: Mario Batali, cuz I’m basic and watched the Food channel religiously growing up. The guy has amazing tips on how to make fresh pasta, how to mix certain sauces with specific pastas, how to get the most flavour in a simple pasta dish, anything! I highly recommend watching a couple his shows on YouTube and adding in some of tips to your own cooking! The tip I incorporated into this dish was the process of taking out the pasta right before it is al dente, and finishing the cooking process in the sauce. This is most likely a super well known tip to the majority of pasta aficionado – but to me it was fresh and totally upped my pasta game!

Some substitutes if you don’t have all the ingredients available to you:

• I used a rosemary chicken sausage from my grocery store’s deli counter because I wanted something lighter but you can definitely substitute it with any mild sausage or just omit it all together! Sausages are often one of the cheaper meats on sale – so this is definitely a great dish if you’re feeling like you wanna save on dinner!
• If you find buying a block of parmigiano reggiano to be difficult or pricey (it can be), what I used to do was just replace it with Grana Padano which is a much cheaper cheese and holds a similar flavour to the ultimate king of cheeses parmigiano reggiano.
• You can also definitely substitute the pasta to whatever you’d like/have in the pantry! I just felt like rigatoni today :).

Let’s get started!

INGREDIENTS for 2 servings:

• • 2 chicken sausages($2.33)
  • 3 Tbs olive oil ($0.20)
  • 2 cloves garlic ($0.04)
  • ½ pack of brown mushroom ($1.00)
  • 1 packed cup of spinach ($0.40)
  • ½ a leek ($0.50)
  • 50g prosciutto ($0.75)
  • ½ cup of parmigiano reggiano (optional)
  • 150g rigatoni pasta ($0.25)

Total cost for 2 services: $5.53*

Single serving for $2.76

Serves 2, takes 20 Minutes

Compared to the $15-17 a plate at restaurants!

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