Another of my recipes.. Sausage Parmesean Casserole

Another of my comfort foods I miss right now, though I think my arteries are happy to avoid:

Take a box of beef sausage links (I did the brown n serves, small box)
boil the sausages in about 2 cups of water
add as you boil:
1 1/2 tsp of sweet basil
1 tsp of cracked black pepper
reduce to simmer for 1/2 houradd 1/4 cup diced onions (frozen works)
1/4 cup diced green bells (also frzn)
and 1/2 package of italian blend frozen veggies (Fiesta blend worked too)
then use one of those envelope pasta things, the tomato parmesan one...
salt to taste...


Sausage Soup:
One box of brown'n'serve maple flavored sausages, or for spicy version, Heat n serve hot n spicy flavored sausage links, slowly bring to simmer in 2 1/2 cups of water, adding to the water as it begins to simmer
2 tsp sweet basil,
2 tsp cracked black peppers,
1 tsp crushed red peppers (if want hotter flavor)
a pinch of oregano leaf,
a dash or two of garlic or onion salt.
1/2 cup of diced fresh/frozen green peppers
1/4 cup of diced fresh/frozen onionsSimmer these for two hours or so, allowing the juices to build, as you stir occassionally, and use spoon to cut the links into bite sized or smaller bits.
then add:
1 tsp of either chicken or beef builloin.
1 cup of water
1 package of Fiesta or California style frozen vegetablesopen at this point our noodles, using either chicken or pork flavored ramen noodles to chicken flavor, and beef or better yet the roast beef to beef flavored. Add only the seasonings packets at this time. Cook until veggies begin to exude flavors into soup base.
Then add the noodles, bring to boil for time enough for ramens to cook, but beware of boilover.
Last, stir in 1/2 cup either colby jack, Parmesean or other shredded cheese
cook now on low heat until all cheese is melted into soup.
Serve out carefully, allow salt and pepper to taste..