Healthy Tasty Chicken (or Turkey) Sausage Pasta AKA bangin' chicken sausage pasta

This is a good meal to makes lots of and go back for repeat servings because you can just reheat the pot for a couple minutes each time and it still tastes great!!! Also, there isn't a big worry about managing each ingredient to be done at the same time because they can all be heated up in the pot. the ingredients are flexible in that if you forget half of them or add too much of anything it will still be good - but absolutely must have the sausage, garlic, olive oil, pasta, and broccoli on hand. a healthy meal. kudos to my brother and his significant other for coming up with this.

All amounts of food are negotiable but this is for 2
(hungry) people basically

2 italian chicken or turkey Sausage de-skinned and cut up

3-5 Cloves of garlic

1 chile pepper or use ceyenne and dried chili pepper flakes

1 16oz package of frozen or some fresh broccoli (chopped or in florets)

Penne pasta (eyeball this)
Olive oil
Salt + Pepper
Pine Nuts
Lemon
Parmesan Cheese

Optional:
Artichoke Hearts * Sundried Tomatos * Capers * Olives
- just something to add a bit more taste and saltiness

Simulataneously:

In a dry pan/skillet, slightly toast the pine nuts. This only takes a few minutes and the nuts can be put aside afterwards. Watch and turn the nuts frequently as they burn quick.

Cook the sausages in olive oil at a low-medium heat- feel free to add in garlic and chile peppers and the optional ingredient at any time, really. After the sausage is cooked be sure to reduce the heat to low to and cover the pot just keep everything warm while the other parts of the meal are coming together.

Cook the pasta until almost soft. Add broccoli to the boiling water to cook while the pasta finishes. Once drained, add the sausage mixture and pine nuts (and anything else) to the pot with pasta & broccoli in it.

Depending on how much olive oil you used for the sausage, you may need to add more. That's OK, but it can taste too olive-oily. so plan ahead and add a lot when making the sausage b/c the olive oil then gets really flavorful. Squeeze half a lemon over the whole thing. Salt and Pepper to taste. Top with parmesan cheese (completely optional) after the portions have been doled out.

And like all meals, this is best served with the alcoholic beverage of your choice.