Message from Maggie:  My mother-in-law and I created this summer vegetable pasta while on vacation in Rhode Island.  The green beans, peppers, onions, and basil came from a local farm stand and the local butcher had homemade spicy sausages we grilled and included at the last minute.

Ingredients:

• 4 tomatoes
• 1/3 of a red onion
• 5 basil leaves
• 2-3 olive oil
• Salt
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1/2 pound of green beans
• 2 peppers, roasted
• 4 summer sausages
• 1 pound of pasta

Instructions:

1. Chop tomatoes, red onion, and basil leaves and place in a large bowl.
2. Add 2-3 T. olive oil and the juice of 1 lemon and let it marinate together for about an hour.
3. Cook green beans and set aside.
4. Chop peppers.
5. Boil water and cook pasta.
6. Grill peppers along side summer sausages until peppers are well done and sausages are cooked through.
7. Drain pasta, put in a large bowl, and toss with olive oil.
8. Add tomato, red onion, and basil mixture on top of pasta.
9. Add green beans, peppers, and sausage to pasta.
10. Toss

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