Sunday Dinner Tuscan Sausage Pasta

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and adds umami flavor.

Get a pot of water and bring it to a boil for the pasta.

Add rigatoni pasta to the boiling water.

Heat a pan and add 2 tablespoons of olive oil.

Cut 1/2 onion and add it to the hot pan with the sausage.

Slice the precooked Italian sausage into bite-sized pieces and add to the pan.

Warm the sausage in the pan until heated through.

Add 1 cup of chicken broth to the pan, scraping the bottom for flavor.

Add 1 tablespoon of minced garlic and 1 tablespoon of Italian seasoning to the pan.

Pour in 2 cups of heavy whipping cream and stir.

Chop 1/2 cup of sundried tomatoes and set aside.

Chop fresh basil to add before serving.

Prepare a salad with croutons, black and green olives, and pepperchinis.

Slice 1 tomato into quarters and add to the salad.

Mix the salad ingredients together with dressing just before serving.

Check on the pasta, then add it to the sauce without fully draining it.

Stir the pasta into the sauce, allowing it to thicken.

Add the chopped sundried tomatoes and basil to the pasta before serving.

Combine the salad and serve croutons on top.

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