Dan's Perfect Creamy Sausage and Tomato Pasta

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

Italian sausage

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Turkey sausage is lower in fat and calories, while ground beef is often cheaper.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free, while pecorino can be less expensive.

Preheat the oven to 400°F.

Place washed cherry tomatoes into a large casserole dish.

Drizzle olive oil over the tomatoes and stir to coat them evenly.

Sprinkle oregano, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt, and black pepper over the tomatoes and stir again.

Add two blocks of cream cheese to the casserole dish, seasoning them lightly as well.

Add smoked sausage around the tomatoes and cream cheese.

Add about five garlic cloves, either whole or minced, to the dish.

Drizzle a little honey over the mixture.

Stir everything together to combine.

Place the casserole dish in the oven and bake for 30-35 minutes.

About 10 minutes before the casserole is done, boil bow tie pasta in salted water until al dente, reserving 1 cup of pasta water before draining.

Once the casserole is done, remove it from the oven and add fresh basil on top.

Mix the baked mixture with the reserved pasta water and the cooked bow tie pasta until creamy.

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