Spicy Sausage Pasta

If you are looking for a cheesy dish that won't kill your points for the day here is your dish. This dish has everything cheese, sausage, pasta spice and still makes 6 servings at 9 points each! This is a dish that is so good that even Giuliana ate her whole serving (she got about 1/3 of a normal serving.)

6 servings/9 Points Plus

Giuliana was really excited about this recipe

Ingredients

1 t Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1 c Chopped Onion

13 oz Smoked Turkey Sausage, Sliced

2 Cloves Garlic, Minced

2-1/4 c Low Sodium Fat Free Chicken Broth

10 oz can Ro-Tel Tomatoes & Green Chilies

1/2 c Fat Free Half and Half

1/2 t Salt

1/2 t Black Pepper

10 oz Uncooked Wheat Pasta (Farfalle/Bowties)

4 oz Reduced Fat Pepper Jack Cheese, Shredded

2 Medium Scallions, Sliced

Directions

1. In a large oven Safe Skillet add Olive Oil and bring over medium heat.
2. Add Onions and Sausage and cook for 5-6 minutes until sausage is browned and onions are tender.
3. Add Garlic and continue to cook for another 30 seconds until fragrant.
4. Add Broth, Ro-Tel, Half and Half, Salt and Pepper and mix together.
5. Add Uncooked Pasta and stir together until liquid covers pasta. Cover and bring to a boil.
6. Set Oven to broil and make sure one of your oven racks is in the top 1/3 of the oven.
7. Reduce heat to Medium-Low and keep covered. Simmer for 15 minutes or until the Pasta is cooked.
8. Remove the pan from the heat and mix in half of the Shredded Cheese. If the skillet is oven safe, continue to the next step. If not transfer to a glass pan 9 x 13 or 7 x 11.
9. Sprinkle the remaining Shredded Cheese over the top of the pasta and follow it with the Scallions.
10. Place the pan/dish in the top 1/3 of the oven and broil until cheese is melted and beginning to brown.

Sausage and Onions to start what could be better?

Before adding the pasta

Giuliana decided to take a break from
cooking to call her Mema and G-Pa

Make sure that the pasta is as covered as possible

Ready to serve