Monday, November 15, 2010

Creamy Penne with Italian Sauage and Spinach

Creamy Penne with Italian Sausage and Spinach

Okay, this recipe is "made up" after looking up a couple different recipes.

About 1 lb Italian sausage, casings removed, crumbled and cooked. (if your package is more than that fine, my pkg was about 1.25 lbs...I used just half the sausage, I cooked it all then froze half of it for another day)
About 1lb Penne Pasta, cooked and drained.

Garlic
Onion
1 can chicken broth
1 can diced tomatoes
1 pkg frozen spinach, thawed and drained.
1/2 pkg cream cheese
About 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese

Cook sausage.  At the end of cooking time add onion and garlic (just to taste, I added about 1 tsp dried minced onion and a good couple tsp of minced garlic).  Then add chicken broth and tomatoes.  Bring to simmer and start to cook down a little.  Add spinach.  When it returns to a simmer add cream cheese.  Stir until good and melted and creamy, then add pasta and Parmesan.  The pasta will absorb some of the liquid and make it less runny. 

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