The Ex Expat

22 August 2012

This is a super quick and easy midweek meal, and if you want a vegetarian option you can just leave out the hot dog sausages. If you have fresh herbs at hand, it tastes even better than with the dried herbs.

Ingredients (serves 4)

• vegetable oil
• 1 crushed clove garlic
• 3-4 hot dog sausages
• 1 medium courgette, cut into chunks
• 1 red pepper, cut into chunks
• 1 tin of pre-cooked chickpeas (i.e. not dried chickpeas)
• 1 tin chopped tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• salt and pepper

Directions

• Cook the crushed garlic in the oil on a medium heat for a couple of minutes.
• Add the sausages, coourgette and pepper and cook for a couple of minutes until the vegetables being to soften.
• Stir in the tin of chickpeas and the tin of chopped tomatoes and cook for about 10 minutes until hot through.
• Stir in the parsley and basil, and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Serve on rice or with some nice bread.