Sometimes I get in a dinner rut and forget how much I enjoy cooking with certain ingredients. I was recently reminded that I hadn’t used chicken sausage in a long time after seeing a few delicious and quick meal recipes on Meghan’s fantastic blog, You’re Gonna Bake It After All. Chicken sausage is so versatile and easy to use when you forget to defrost chicken or don’t have time to cut up and sauté the raw stuff! Since it’s precooked, all you have to do is warm it up in the microwave. It’s also great for hot summer nights when you don’t want to heat up the kitchen. So, I decided to try a new brand at Costco a few weeks ago (Benetino’s Smoked Mozzarella Chicken Sausages with Artichokes and Garlic – yum!) and made a delicious pasta dish with it!
This pasta is on the lighter side because it doesn’t have a thick sauce, but it’s still very flavorful since it’s packed with sun-dried tomatoes and mozzarella cheese. My favorite kind of pasta dishes are those that contain both the veggie and protein components of your meal all in one pot!
Chicken Sausage Pasta with Broccoli and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Printable Recipe
Ingredients:
1 pound whole wheat penne pasta
8 cups frozen broccoli florets
5 chicken sausages, sliced
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes
2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
Directions:
Cook pasta according to package directions. Warm broccoli florets and chicken sausages in the microwave according to the package directions. Toss pasta with broccoli florets, chicken sausages, olive oil, vinegar, sun-dried tomatoes, and mozzarella cheese. Makes 8 servings.
Nutrition: 467 calories, 14.6g fat, 11.1g fiber, 29.4g protein per serving
Cost: $1.48 per serving
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This is such a lovely pasta dish: I love all of the yummie flavours!
Beautiful!
I love simple pasta dishes like this…a complete meal all in one bowl!
I LOVE sun-dried tomatoes (and chicken sausage obviously
– this pasta looks so delicious!!! The melted cheese in the picture is making me hungry!
I LOVE one dish meals such as this. AND this looks fantastic. Wonderful combo of ingredients!
I love brocolli and pasta!! yummy!
I’m trying to work broccoli into my daily diet … pairing it with pasta makes it sound much more appealing!
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The sundried tomatoes here are a real show stopper. Nice job
I love this kind of pasta dish. Perfect leftovers for lunches, too.
The chicken sausages sound really good, I have never seen them around here.
love the looks of that cheese
and a perfect dish!
ps- i think you meant 29.4g protein in the stats under the recipe!
oops, thanks for catching that Shannon – I just fixed it
A great recipe of broccoli and pasta
I like the chicken sausage, it’s healthier and taste delicious, but you win me over that sun dried tomatoes. Yum!
What a great combination of flavors – this is a great pasta dish!
yum yum YUUUM!! You should send this to Presto Pasta Night!
I do the same thing with food – I’ll get hooked on something for a while and then I’ll go months without eating it, only to rediscover it again! Chicken sausage is definitely one of those things. All of the ingredients in this pasta sound so delicious.
Sounds easy and delicious. I was actually thinking of making pasta tonight.
What a great combination! This brings together some of my favorite things, and I always use chicken sausage (instead of beef or pork) since I don’t eat red meat. The sun-dried tomatoes are a great addition too.
Sounds so good and especially love the sun-dried tomatoes!
I love these types of dinners!!! Packed with flavor!! YUM
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I love sun dried tomatoes. This looks great.
That looks great! I love chicken sausage too. Sometimes I will use leftovers in an omelet the next morning with a little cheese. AWESOME!
Oh yum! I love baked pasta dishes and I don’t make them nearly enough. You have inspired me!
I love sausage, too! I would be a vegetarian if I could give it up, and you’re right, it’s so quick, flavorful, and delicious for weeknight meals. The pasta looks delicious! Yum!
Oh yum – I love all the ingredients in that dish!!
Great way to get the kids to eat their veggies
I love pasta dishes and all the ingredients in this look so good! Never had chicken sausage though. I’ll have to try it!
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We are big fans of chicken sausage in our house – we would love this! Thanks for sharing.
such a great combination of ingredients! thanks for the recipe.
I love sausage, this dish is so appetizing and low cost.
Healthy eating needn’t be costly,the delicious bowl of pasta proves it.yum!
Great, I’m starving and your blogging about yummy pasta dishes. (the cucumber one before this looks good but I’m about the pasta)
Sounds good and LOVE that I can whip this together in no time.
~ingrid
Love this. And I love chicken sausage!!!!
I love one-dish meals like this, but I haven’t yet tried chicken sausage. For some reason, it just seems so processed to me, and how long does it take to cut up some leftover roasted or grilled chicken. That said, I bet this was delicious, and if you like the sausage, maybe I’ll try it.