Italian dinner success

My boyfriend got hungry...ut-oh, that means it's almost too late. I have about 10 minutes to get food in him before (like most men) he goes of the deep-end and becomes a hungery monster. Nah, he's not that bad...but on this evening we decided on a pasta dish. I headed to the store to get our ingredients and we whipped up this surprisingly flavorful and satisfying dish: 

Ingredients: 

Whole wheat penne pasta

1 jar organic vodka pasta sauce

Organic chicken sausage (Italian flavor), sliced

carrots, chopped

broccoli, chopped

salt 'n pepper

olive oil

fresh basil, chopped

Cook pasta according to package. Meanwhile, head vodka sauce in sauce pan on medium heat. Also in a frying pan with 1 tbsp. hot olive oil, cook sausage slices until brown. Add carrots and broccoli--continue to cook on medium heat ~10 minutes until veggies are slightly soft but still crunchy. Combine everything in the large pasta pan retaining a little of the starchy pasta water. Add salt and pepper to taste then mix in fresh basil. YUM!