Creamy Sausage & Spinach Pasta | Weeknight Meal

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

Chop onion and add to a skillet with olive oil, salt, and pepper; sauté until browned.

Chop garlic and add to the skillet in the last few seconds of cooking the onion.

Add fennel seed, oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, and red pepper flakes to the skillet.

Add ground pork to the skillet and cook until browned, breaking it apart as it cooks.

Bring a pot of water to a boil, season with salt, and add pasta; cook until al dente.

Measure out heavy cream and add it to the skillet with the sausage mixture; let it bubble and thicken slightly.

Add a little pasta water to the skillet to help build the sauce.

Drain the pasta and add it back to the pot; pour the sauce over the pasta and stir to combine.

Add grated parmesan cheese and fresh spinach to the pasta; stir until the spinach wilts.

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