Italian Sausage Spinach Pasta Bake
This pasta bake combines whole wheat pasta, vitamin-rich spinach, juicy tomatoes, turkey sausage and reduced fat cheese to create a hearty, satisfying and delicious meal that’s lightened up!
Ingredients
- 16 oz whole wheat pasta I used spirals
- 1 lb Italian turkey sausage links casings removed
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 5 garlic cloves minced
- 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
- 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 10 oz package frozen chopped spinach thawed and squeezed dry
- 1/2 cup fat free half-and-half cream
- 1 cup reduced fat shredded mozzarella cheese I used 2%
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 350. Lightly coat a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
- Cook pasta according to directions on box, then drain and set aside.
- While pasta cooks, in a large sauté pan, cook the sausage and onion over medium heat, breaking up sausage until it is browned. Add minced garlic and cook for an additional minute. Add the tomatoes, basil, oregano and black pepper and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add pasta, spinach and half-and-half to the sausage mixture and stir to combine. Heat through and then pour into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the mozzarella and then Parmesan cheese evenly over the top. Bake uncovered for 25-30 minutes.
Notes
MyWW SmartPoints per (1/10th of the recipe) serving: (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
Green: 8 SmartPoints/ Blue: 8 SmartPoints/ Purple: 4 SmartPoints
Weight Watchers Points Plus:
8 per serving (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com) Adapted from Taste of Home
8 per serving (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com) Adapted from Taste of Home