20 Minute Creamy Garlic Sausage & Spinach Pasta

A Quick & Easy Dinner Recipe For The Family

This simple pasta dish is made with very few ingredients and is always a hit, even with picky kids! It’s perfect for busy moms and dads, especially if you’re looking for easy weeknight meal ideas. It’s made with cheap and common ingredients including ground sausage, spinach, heavy cream, butter, parmesan and any kind of pasta. It definitely makes enough for a large family, but it is just as good leftover, so you get two dinners in one if you’re only feeding a few.

If you like the simplicity of ground beef, you’ve got to try switching it up a bit with ground sausage for dinner. It’s incredibly comforting mixed with a homemade cream sauce and pasta. I prefer penne (or any kind of bite-size pasta) but any kind of pasta works just the same.

Make the meal complete with just about any kind of healthy veggie added to the mix. Spinach cooks in just a few minutes in the sauce, so there’s no prep involved, but you could also add mushrooms, broccoli, zucchini, green beans, or anything else with added nutrition and color.

Easy Creamy Sausage Pasta Recipe

• 1 lb ground sausage
• 1 lb cooked pasta
• 5 ounces spinach
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 1 cup grated parmesan

1. In a large pan, chop and brown the sausage over medium heat. Add the minced garlic to the pan when the sausage is almost done. Remove any excess grease by blotting it with a paper towel.
2. Turn the heat to low and add the butter and heavy cream to the pan. Stir and simmer for a few minutes until the butter melts and it starts to boil.
3. Stir in the spinach and cook for about 3 more minutes.
4. Stir in the parmesan and cooked pasta.
5. Enjoy!

The thing about ground sausage is that it is already loaded with flavor (especially if you get the spicy sausage), so there’s really no reason to add any salt or other seasoning. You can, of course, spice it up a bit with red pepper flakes, cayenne or cajun seasoning.

A quick and easy pasta dish made with few ingredients that the entire family with love!

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Easy Creamy Garlic Penne With Sausage & Spinach

This simple dinner recipe is perfect for large families! Even your picky eaters will approve of this creamy pasta. It's made with just a few cheap ingredients, and only takes about 20 minutes to make. Perfect for busy weeknight meals!

Course: Main Course

Keyword: creamy, easy dinner, family meal, main dish, pasta, quick, sausage, spinach

Servings: 6

Ingredients

• 1 lb pasta (any kind)
• 1 lb ground sausage
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 1.5 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1/4 cup butter
• 5 ounces spinach
• 1 cup grated parmesan

Instructions

1. Cook the pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water according the package directions; drain and set aside.

2. In a large pan, cook and chop the sausage over medium heat (add the minced garlic to the pan when the sausge is close to being done). Use a paper towel to blot out the excess grease from the pan.

3. Turn the heat to low and stir in the butter and heavy whipping cream. Simmer for 3-4 minutes or until the butter is thoroughly melted.

4. Stir in the spinach and cook for an additional 3 minutes or until the spinach starts to wilt.

5. Add the parmesan to the pan and stir until it's well incorporated. Stir in the cooked pasta and enjoy immediately.

6. **The hubs and I like to garnish ours with red pepper flakes, cayenne or cajun seasoning for added heat.

Recipe Notes

• 5 ounces of spinach will seem like A LOT when you're adding it to the pan, but it wilts down to just the right amount once cooked.
• If you don't have fresh garlic on hand you can also use 1-2 tsp of garlic powder.
• If you're looking for a side dish, I recommend caesar salad and/or breadsticks. 

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