Penne with peppers and sausage
7
Points®
Total time: 35 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 20 min • Serves: 6 • Difficulty: Easy
This penne pasta recipe is full of tasty ingredients that you and whomever you're serving this dish to will find simply irresistible: spicy sausage, whole wheat pasta, sautéed vegetables, and Parmesan cheese. You can use the sausage mixture as a sandwich, omelet, or baked potato filling as well. During busy weeknights, streamline the preparation by using frozen bell pepper strips or frozen diced bell pepper strips and onions. Just be sure to buy a high-quality Parmesan cheese for maximum flavor (that goes for basically any recipe that calls for Parmesan). Just a small amount can completely transform your favorite Italian recipes.
Ingredients
Cooking spray
1 spray(s)
Green bell pepper(s)
2 medium
Uncooked onion(s)
1 medium
Fresh mushroom(s)
1 cup(s)
Garlic
1 medium clove(s)
Uncooked turkey sausage(s)
1 pound(s)
Crushed red pepper flakes
0.25 tsp
Table salt
0.25 tsp
Black pepper
0.125 tsp
Dried oregano
0.125 tsp
Canned diced tomatoes
14.5 oz
Cooked whole wheat pasta
3 cup(s)
Grated Parmesan cheese
6 Tbsp
Instructions
1
Coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray and set pan over medium-high heat. Add green pepper, onion, mushrooms and garlic; cook, stirring frequently, until almost tender, about 7 to 8 minutes.
2
Remove turkey from casings; add turkey to skillet and brown until no longer pink, stirring occasionally, breaking it up with a wooden spoon as it cooks, about 6 minutes. Add red pepper flakes, salt, black pepper and oregano; stir in tomatoes. Simmer until heated through and to allow flavors to blend, about 5 minutes.
3
Spoon penne into a deep serving bowl; top with sausage mixture and sprinkle with cheese. Yields about 1 1/2 cups per serving.
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