Creamy Pasta, Sausage & Tomato Skillet Meal
“Is it ready yet?” is something I hear the minute my son discovers I’m making one of his favorite pasta dishes, this one!
This creamy pasta, sausage and tomato skillet meal is kid and picky-adult friendly. I mean can you really go wrong with pasta, sausage, cheese, and tomatoes? It’s super simple to make, filling, and flavorful. The simple whipping cream sauce gets a super boost of flavor from the fresh garlic, onions, smokey sausage and fresh tomatoes!
Let me tell you, on busy weekdays I live for quick and easy skillet meals like this. Pair it up with some homemade garlic bread, a salad and BAM! A home-cooked dinner is done in 30 minutes!
Sometimes I’ll add broccoli, spinach or sweet peas to give it a burst of color if I have some on hand.
Here’s the smoked turkey sausage that I use. I get it from Walmart, Target or Harris Teeter. Feel free to use other sausages like sweet Italian sausage.
Watch me make this easy Creamy Pasta, Sausage & Tomato Skillet Meal from start to finish!
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Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cup mini bow-tie pasta, uncooked
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 oz smoked turkey dinner sausage, diced
- 1/2 cup onions, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- dash of red pepper flakes, optional
- 2 diced tomatoes, about 1 1/2 cups
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2/3 cup Italian cheese blend, can also use mozzarella
- 1 tablespoon parsley flakes, plus more for garnish
- salt & pepper, if desired
Instructions
- Bring water to a boil and cook pasta until al dente.
- Drain and set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet.
- Brown the sausage.
- Add garlic and onions.
- Cook until onions are tender and translucent. Add red pepper flakes if desired.
- Add in diced tomatoes.
- Stir in whipping cream.
- Let it simmer for about 2-3 minutes until the sauce thickens.
- When sauce has thickened up stir in the pasta.
- Sprinkle in the cheese.
- Add parsley and salt & pepper to taste. You may also add sweet peas, chopped broccoli or spinach to give it some color.
- Stir it up and serve!
Made this for the second time tonight and this time I added shrimp (uncooked added it right in with the sausage..used turkey smoked sausage) also added mushrooms and used canned tomatoes. Yay!!
i made this for my husband last night with some italian sausage and smoket turkey sausage, and i just italian stewed tomatoes, and then the no bake cheese cake… That food was so good I think i got pregnant last night. lol just kidding and this was the first one of your receipes that ive tried. Keep up the good work.
Another wonderful recipe, Monique. I just got married six months ago and your recipes really are helping me whip up a delicious dinner for my hubby.
I made this recipe it was a hit. I added shrimp to it and had to make it back to back!
Hey!!
I’m a newbie to your site. I just happened to scroll across one of your vids while searching for homeade french fries. I made the fries using the other site but, couldn’t stop searching great home cooked meals on your site. I’ve now added to my favs list!! 🙂 I love the flash freezing idea for the skillet meals. I am so busy and will be using this technique many days… 🙂 For this recipe, I would like to know if you would flash freeze this with the tomatoes as I noticed on the previous vid that the tomatoes were added later. Was there a particular reason for this? Also, if you have additional tips on storing/freezing meals for convenience it would be great! Thanks and keep the great meals coming!
Hi Diva, I’m a subbie and I want to try this skillet meal tonight! I just want to know with the measurements given in the recipe how many people does it serve? I’m cooking for my fiancée and myself and we both like to go back for seconds!