Pasta with Italian Sausage & Caesar Salad
This is such a tasty and filling meal and super affordable, especially if you can find the sausages on sale like we did!
Ingredients
- 1 medium red bell pepper, medium dice
- 5 lean turkey Italian turkey sausages, casings removed
- 1/2C low fat ricotta
- 29oz canned tomato puree
- 1 TBSP dried oregano
- 1/2C chopped fresh basil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- kosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 6C cooked whole wheat pasta
We love this dish because it is SO fast to prepare and cook!
Directions
Heat a skillet over high heat (non-stick or sprayed with a bit of olive oil cooking spray) and add your sausages. Use the back of a wooden spoon to break up the meat. You still want it to have fairly large bits. After 8-10minutes, add your diced red bell pepper with a pinch of kosher salt and cook for an additional five minutes.
In a separate pot over medium heat, add your garlic, canned tomato puree, oregano, salt, pepper, and ricotta. Cook this mixture for five minutes. Then add in your Italian sausage and red bell pepper mixture. Stir to combine.
In a bowl place 1C of the pasta and top with 1/2C of sauce.
The sauce makes 8 servings of 1/2C each, for those doing Weight Watchers, each serving of sauce is three points.
I also thought that a homemade Caesar salad would be super tasty as well!
Dressing Ingredients
- 1oz Parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1/2C low fat buttermilk
- 3TBSP light sour cream
- 1tsp anchovy paste
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
This makes 15 servings (1 serving = 1TBSP) which is 0 points for Weight Watchers.
Salad Ingredients
- 4 pieces of light wheat toast, cubed
- 1/2oz Parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 romaine heart, cut into bite sized pieces
The salad makes three servings!
Directions
In a small bowl, combine all of the dressing ingredients and whisk until everything is combined. Let sit for at least ten minutes to develop the flavor. In a separate larger bowl, add your salad ingredients and top with 4TBSP of dressing.
I hope everyone tries these recipes out and enjoys them!
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That pasta looks really good! I need to show this page to my girl and maybe she’s cook it for me hehehe.
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nom nom nom thats looks so good!
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