30-Minute Sausage Mushroom Pasta

Sausage Mushroom Pasta is a simple, 30-minute recipe that features no cream and no cheese. Instead, this dairy-free pasta dish is packed with veggies, fiber, and protein. And, it looks and tastes like a main course from a fine dining restaurant! Impress your family and friends with this well-balanced meal.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American, Italian

Keyword sausage mushroom pasta

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings people

Calories 887kcal

Author Julia

Ingredients

16 oz spaghetti
1 tablespoon olive oil
8 oz mushrooms crimini, sliced
15 oz Italian sausage crumbled
4 cloves garlic minced
½ teaspoon Italian seasoning or Herbs from Provence
red pepper flakes to taste
14 oz tomato sauce
3 medium fresh tomatoes chopped
6 oz fresh spinach
salt and coarsely ground black pepper to taste

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Instructions

Bring a pot of water to a boil. Cook the pasta according to the package directions. While the pasta cooks, proceed with the recipe below.
Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil on medium heat in a large, high-sided skillet. Add sliced mushrooms and cook for 3 or 5 minutes until they are cooked through but not overcooked. Sprinkle a pinch of salt over them. Remove mushrooms from the skillet.
To the same, now empty, skillet, add crumbled sausage and cook on medium heat for about 5 minutes or until the sausage is cooked. Drain excess fat.
To the same skillet with sausage, add minced garlic, Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, tomato pasta sauce, chopped fresh tomatoes, and fresh spinach. Bring to a boil on medium heat and stir everything well. Cook on medium heat, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes until the spinach wilts to your liking.
Add cooked and drained pasta and cooked mushrooms to the sauce. Reheat.
Mix everything well. Remove from heat.
Season with salt, freshly ground coarse black pepper, and red pepper flakes, if you like.

Notes

Tomato sauce. It can be a store-bought tomato pasta sauce or marinara sauce. Any flavor will work: traditional, tomato basil, arrabbiata, or garlic tomato sauce.
Italian seasoning of Herbs from Provence. The mix that I used contained dried rosemary, thyme, parsley, tarragon, marjoram, basil, and sage.

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