One-Pot Spinach Chicken Sausage Feta Pasta
A little bit of Sunday meal prep goes a long way in this one-dish pasta recipe. The pasta is cooked ahead of time and stored in the fridge to use for meals all week, but any leftover cooked pasta you have on hand will do. Chicken sausage with feta is especially good in this recipe.
Active Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 20 mins
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings
Nutrition Profile:
Nut-Free Healthy Pregnancy Healthy Aging Healthy Immunity Soy-Free High-Fiber High-Protein Egg-Free Low-Calorie
INGREDIENTS:
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 links cooked chicken sausage (9 ounces), sliced into rounds
1 cup diced onion (see Tip)
1 clove garlic, minced
1 (8 ounce) can no-salt-added tomato sauce
4 cups lightly packed baby spinach (half of a 5-ounce box)
6 cups cooked whole-wheat rotini pasta
¼ cup chopped pitted Kalamata olives
½ cup finely crumbled feta cheese
¼ cup chopped fresh basil (Optional)
INSTRUCTIONS:
Heat oil in a large straight-sided skillet over medium-high heat. Add sausage, onion and garlic; cook, stirring often, until the onion is starting to brown, 4 to 6 minutes. Add tomato sauce, spinach, pasta and olives; cook, stirring often, until bubbling hot and the spinach is wilted, 3 to 5 minutes. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons water, if necessary, to keep the pasta from sticking. Stir in feta and basil, if using.
Tip
See how to meal-prep this recipe and a whole week’s worth of dinners with this plan.
Nutritional Info:
Serving Size 2 cups
calories487total fat 20g saturated fat 4g cholesterol 62mg sodium 623mg total carbohydrate 59g dietary fiber 8g total sugars 7g protein 23g vitamin c 10mg calcium 142mg iron 4mg potassium 465mg