Italian Sausage Pasta Skillet


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 375.1
  • Total Fat: 22.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 56.4 mg
  • Sodium: 902.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 25.4 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.4 g
  • Protein: 19.3 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Italian Sausage Pasta Skillet calories by ingredient


Introduction

Six ingredients and dinner is ready in under 30 minutes! Six ingredients and dinner is ready in under 30 minutes!
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    1 pound italian sausage
    1 green pepper, chopped
    1 small onion, cut into thin wedges
    2 jars spaghetti sauce
    2 cups mostaccioli or penne, cooked and drained
    8 oz part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded, divided

Directions

Brown sausage in large skillet. Add green pepper, and onion; cook 5 minutes or until sausage is cooked through and vegetables are tender.

Add spaghetti sauce and pasta; cook until heated through.

Stir in 1 cup of the cheese Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup cheese; cover. Let stand 2 min. or until cheese is melted.

substitute with turkey sausage and 2% mozzarella cheese to reduce fat. Use whole grain pasta to increase fiber.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    The nutritional information on this recipe seems to be way off. It says two jars of pasta sauce but when you click recipe makeover you find they used Hunt's Spaghetti Sauce (Garlic&Herb)(1/2c), 6 serving (remove) I don't have any pasta jar to look at but I think they are bigger than that. - 7/5/20


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    Gonna make this tonight..dreamfields is my FAVORITE pasta, so we'll see how it goes! - 9/3/13


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    Incredible!
    We loved this! It kinds of reminds me of eating a sausage and pepper sandwich without the bread! Delish! - 9/29/12


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    Incredible!
    Actually added a little salsa to be different. DELICIOUS! - 5/1/12


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    I used sliced tomatoes that I cooked down with the peppers and onions. I used Italian spices to flavor it and 1/2 c. low sodium chicken broth. Overall, very yummy. - 4/29/12


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    Incredible!
    Loved this, I added a touch of cayenne to spice it up but it was great! - 1/26/12


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    Incredible!
    This was delicious! - 12/17/11


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    One cup = 8 oz. so how can you "Stir in 1 cup of the cheese Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup cheese" if the recipe only calls for one cup of cheese total? Think you meant 16 oz. of cheese? - 7/30/11


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    When I 1st read this recipe it made my mouth water...so quick & simple and easy to switch veggies to go with what's laying around in the fridge - YUM! - 7/19/11


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    Good
    made this last night as a way to use up some leftovers, tho did change it up a little as no onions or peppers, added an ear of corn and used tricolor pasta wheels instead as well. Pretty good, even approved of by a picky 13yo - 7/8/11


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    Incredible!
    This was excellent!!! I used Italian Turkey Sausage. Next time I will use Barilla Plus Pasta to add extra fiber. I will be making this alot in the future because the entire family loved it. Thank you for sharing the recipe. - 2/22/11


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    Very Good
    Loved this! I needed to eat more veggies, so I added a TON of sliced peppers, onions, julianned carrots and broccoli. It ended up being a big batch, so my husband and I had leftovers for days. - 2/20/11


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    Made this for dinner and it was super yummy!! - 2/19/11


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    Very Good
    This turned out awesome. I accidentally put homemade chili in it instead of spaghetti sauce though. I need to learn to label my frozen items. It was very filling and tasty! - 1/27/11


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    Very Good
    Made this tonight and it was great! - 1/11/11


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    Yum. and easy to make - 12/9/10


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    great recipe
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    - 12/7/10


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    Incredible!
    Loved it!!! - 7/20/10


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    wow this was so good! My husband makes something very similar in the oven with ziti..I chose rotini pasta and loved it :) It's my favorite meal that he makes. - 7/19/10


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    Incredible!
    For a busy family, this was an easy meal to prepare and clean up! The taste was great. I used mild italian sausage and it turned out very tasty. Will add this to our meal plan. - 7/9/10


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    Very Good
    Just made this dish and love it! I substituted penne as the pasta. I cut down on the amount of cheese as well. - 6/15/10


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    Incredible!
    Excellent and easy to make. Almost could be a meal by itself. I cut up my sausages instead of whole ones and mixed that in for even pieces throughout. The whole family loved it and will keeps this recipe around for lots of future use. - 2/22/10


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    Very Good
    Quick, easy and leftovers were good as well! - 1/2/10


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    Very Good
    Wonderful and easy! - 8/24/09


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    Very Good
    This was a very tasty and easy to make meal. We did some substitutions such as the pasta type and instead of ground italian sausage we used leftover grilled links that we cut up into rounds to make use of what we had in the fridge/cabinets. It made a great meal with plenty of leftovers for lunch. - 4/14/09


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    Incredible!
    My family loved this recipe... It will make it into the twice a month meal plan... Thank you - 2/24/09


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    Very Good
    Made this dish tonight and it's very good. We used Ziti and did not use the spag. sauce. It just looked too good with the peppers (1/2 green & 1/2 red) and onion to add anything else. It was great. - 9/18/08


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    Very Good
    It is a very very good dih. I liked it but it raised my sugar quite a bit (diabetic). - 7/27/08


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    Very Good
    Very filling and delicious! - 5/8/08


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    Fabulous! My kids ate it all up! - 5/7/08


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    Very Good
    Very good flavor. I cut the spaghetti sauce in half and added diced tomatoes with chiles. I also did not add the mozzarella cheese but topped with parmesan. - 5/4/08


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    Incredible!
    This is so good, I put half of it away to freeze. I'm already looking forward to when we re-heat the frozen one. - 4/28/08


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    Incredible!
    This was very easy, filling and didn't taste low fat. I used spicy sausage for an extra kick, will make again! - 4/22/08


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    This dish was an enormous hit with my family. Extremely simple to prepare and makes enough for 2 meals for my small family. Definitely will be making this again. - 4/17/08


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    Incredible!
    I used Butterball Turkey sausage instead with the whole grain pasta and my whole family ate it, it was really good. - 3/31/08


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    Incredible!
    I made this last night and my entire family LOVED it ... - 3/7/08