Get Pasta water boiling, add some salt, but not as much as for normal pasta
Squeeze the italian sausage out of its casings and cook it till it’s browned. Drain the fat off the sausage through the colander.
Boil the pasta according to box directions. We like to use cellentani/cavatappi pasta.
Drain the pasta in the colander. Add the cooked sausage. Add 6-12 oz of frozen peas.
Add almost a full jar of Costco pesto sauce.
Cut up cherry tomato halves and fresh mozzarella to top the pasta.
2 oz coconut cream (it comes in a can-- the Iberia brand costs less than $2 a can)
6 oz 100% pineapple juice (I get either Dole or Libby's)
Refrigerate both before opening, just so that the cream is already cold.
Mix it thoroughly immediately before drinking. Maybe over ice?
I used to buy a fancy pre-mixed smoothie brand but Walmart stopped carrying it and this tastes better anyway.
I will never forget coming down off Aliamanu crater (an Army base in Hawaii), after hours of hiking, and the only thing to drink was to buy fresh mixed coconuts and pineapples, where they chopped them up in front of you to make the drink. So delicious!
