Kendall’s Favorite One Pot (Almost) Dinner

by thesaltyexchange

It’s fall! It’s cold! Life starts changing from lazy summer days to busier ones. I love ANYTHING that saves me time in the kitchen. That is why one pot meals are sort of my favorite. Simple meals that you can change up a bit and rely on to feed your friends or family are what I gravitate towards these days. With that said, here is one of my favorite one pot meals!

Harvest Pasta with Sun-dried Tomato Sausage

Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp avocado oil (really any oil is fine)
  • 1 package of sun-dried tomato chicken sausage (I get mine from Trader Joes) sliced up
  • 1 red bell pepper thinly sliced
  • 1/2 yellow onion thickly sliced
  • 1/2 a bag (or more) of spinach
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 jar Trader Joes Autumnal Harvest Creamy Pasta Sauce
  • 1 package fusilli pasta OR 1 package of cauliflower rice (this makes it more Keto AND has the benefit of being a total 1 pot meal)
  • **Cheese of choice

To prepare:

  • First, wash all of your produce!
  • Then slice the vegetables that need slicing and mince the garlic that needs mincing
  • If making the pasta version, get your water boiling and throw in a generous of salt (and I do mean generous portion)
  • Once the water is boiling, throw in your pasta to cook
  • Meanwhile, sauté down your onion, garlic, and bell pepper (about 5-6 minutes and this is also where you can slice up your sausage) and then throw in your sliced chicken sausage to cook together for about 5 minutes
  • Then toss in your jar of sauce to start cooking with all of your goodies
  • About two minutes later throw in your spinach
  • Right before the fusilli is finished (so at around 6-7 minutes but all stoves may vary) remove from heat and drain before tossing the pasta into your sauce mixture
  • Let it cook together for about 4-5 minutes
  • Turn off heat, dish up, and toss with cheese!
  • **IF using cauliflower rice (like I did last night) add in your cauliflower rice between the vegetables sautéing down and adding in the protein and follow the rest of the steps.

Easy clean up. Easy dinner. Under 30 minutes. YES, please! Enjoy!

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