Meatless Monday…Rigatoni and "Sausage in Tomato "Cream" Sauce

Serve this dish to company.  They will never know they're eating a vegan dish.  They will only know it's delicious.

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 sweet onion chopped

2 small zucchini, chopped

1/2 pkg. Gimme Lean Sausage, crumbled

1 Tablespoon olive oil

2 Tablespoons Earth Balance

1/4 cup vermouth

1/4 cup soy or coconut creamer

3/4 cup almond milk

1/2 t. each, sea salt, pepper, ground sage

5 plum tomatoes

3 ounces tomato paste

5 leaves basil sliced in chiffonade

In hot pan add olive oil and saute garlic, onion, zucchini and "sausage".  When sausage is browned add vermouth and allow to simmer for 3 to 5 minutes.  Add Earth Balance and "cream", salt, pepper and sage.

Cook pasta according to directions.  (Rigatoni and ziti rigati are both good choices.)

While pasta is cooking, chop tomatoes and add them to the sausage and veggies in pan.  Stir in tomato paste and add almond milk a small amount at a time until desired consistency. ( Thin sauce with water if needed.) Adjust seasonings.

Add cooked, drained pasta to sauce in pan and stir to coat.

Move to serving dish and top with basil chiffonade