Turkey Sausage and Vegetable Baked Pasta

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 12
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 260.7
  • Total Fat: 8.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 38.4 mg
  • Sodium: 710.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 32.4 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 5.2 g
  • Protein: 19.4 g

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Number of Servings: 12

Ingredients

    1 package Penne Rigate Pasta (rotelle, bow tie and other pastas also work well. I like to use the Ronzoni Healthy Harvest pastas.)
    2 jars Pasta Sauce (such as Wild Harvest Organic Pasta Sauce
    16 oz Italian Turkey Sausage
    1 cup Mushrooms
    1 cup Zucchini
    1/2 cup Carrot
    1/2 tbs Garlic, minced
    1 tbs Italian Seasoning
    1/8 tsp Cayenne Pepper
    1/4 tsp Salt (I use the Morton Lite Salt)
    2 cups Mozzarella Cheese, shredded
    1/2 cup fresh Parmesan, grated

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350*
2. Cook pasta according to package directions.
3. Brown sausage
4. While sausage is browning, add veggies to a food processor and finely chop/mince.
5. Spray a sauce pan with cooking spray and add veggies. Add in salt, italian seasoning, cayenne pepper and garlic. Saute veggies until cooked through, about 3-5 minutes.
6. Place pasta, cooked sausage, cooked veggies, shredded mozzarella and pasta sauce in a large bowl. Mix together until well blended.
7. Spray a 9 x 13 baking pan with cooking spray and poor in pasta mixture.
8. Sprinkle top with 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
9. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes, or until hot all the way through.
10. Remove from oven and let sit 5 minutes before serving.
11. Enjoy!

Makes approx 12 1-cup servings.


Number of Servings: 12

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user REMINISCING.