If you love pasta but don’t want to sabotage your diet, this healthy recipe for tomato, sausage and pecorino pasta is the perfect choice. It’s delicious and filling, but also has lots of nutritional benefits going for it.
Ingredients:
- 8 ounces uncooked penne
- 8 ounces sweet Italian sausage
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 cup vertically sliced onion
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 1/4 pounds tomatoes, chopped
- 6 tablespoons grated fresh pecorino Romano cheese, divided
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 cup torn fresh basil leaves
Directions:
- Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat; drain.
- Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Remove casings from sausage.
- Add oil to pan; swirl to coat.
- Add sausage and onion to pan; cook 4 minutes, stirring to crumble sausage.
- dd garlic; cook 2 minutes. Stir in tomatoes; cook 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat; stir in pasta, 2 tablespoons cheese, salt, and pepper.
- Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup cheese and basil.
This delicious pasta meal has 389 calories per serving and 21.6g of protein.
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