Grilled Sausage Kebabs With Pasta Salad

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 8 Italian sausage links (sweet
• hot or a combination)
• halved crosswise
• 10 baby bell peppers (8 whole
• 2 thinly sliced)
• 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• Kosher salt
• 1 cup pennette or other small pasta
• 2 cups baby spinach
• 1/4 cup pitted green olives
• sliced
• 1 clove garlic
• grated or minced
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
• Freshly ground pepper
• 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese

Instructions

1. Heat a grill pan over medium heat and coat with cooking spray.
2. Thread 2 sausage halves and 1 whole baby bell pepper onto each of 8 metal skewers.
3. Brush the kebabs with 1 tablespoon olive oil and grill, turning as needed and covering the pan halfway through cooking, until marked all over, about 20 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil.
5. Add the pasta and cook as the label directs.
6. Combine the 2 sliced baby bell peppers, the spinach, olives, garlic, basil and the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large bowl; toss to coat.
7. Drain the pasta and immediately transfer to the bowl with the spinach mixture; toss to combine.
8. Season with salt and pepper and top with the cheese.
9. Serve the pasta salad with the kebabs.
10. Per serving: Calories 493; Fat 26 g (Saturated 7 g); Cholesterol 48 mg; Sodium 944 mg; Carbohydrate 36 g; Fiber 3 g; Protein 30 g
11. Photograph by Johnny Miller