Sausage Ragu Pasta Recipe | Easy, High-Protein Comfort Food

Italian sausage

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Ground turkey is lower in fat, while ground beef is often less expensive.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free, while pecorino is often cheaper than parmesan.

Roughly chop 1 onion.

Chop up the beef sausages.

Heat some oil in a large pan.

Add the beef sausages and onion to the pan.

Gently fry on medium heat for about 10 minutes until browned and sausages are crisping up.

Add 1 garlic clove and fry for a further 30 seconds to 1 minute.

Add 1 can of chopped tomatoes, 1 jar of hot salsa, sun-dried tomato pesto, rosemary, salt, and pepper to the pan.

Mix all ingredients thoroughly.

Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for about 15 minutes until tomatoes break down.

Add cooked pasta to the sauce and mix thoroughly to coat the pasta.

Plate the pasta and garnish with fresh parsley and optional cheese.

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