It does not get simpler than this delicious recipe. You can serve it over paste if you like, but it is actually amazingly wonderful over shirataki noodles. It is also great just by itself!
It makes five one cup servings.
Ingredients
One pound hot Italian sausage
One pack frozen spinach (10 oz)
1/2 of a large to medium yellow or white onion
2 ounces of low-fat mozzarella cheese, chopped fine (or 1/2 cup fat free large curd cottage cheese)
1 bottle/can pasta sauce (24 oz)
Directions
First, you will want to boil the sausage. This will reduce the sausage considerably because you are removing the fat, and in fact you will probably end up with around 10-12 ounces of sausage, meaning you have eliminated a quarter pound of fat. Don't worry--your sausage will still be delicious! If your sausage is not frozen, it should boil for 15-20 minutes, and then drain. If it is frozen, it may need another 10 to 15 minutes. Be sure to break it up with a spoon as it thaws in the water, though.
You may want to go ahead and get your spinach and onions going. Put the block of frozen spinach in about 1 cup of water with the roughly chopped half onion. You want to cover and cook this on medium high. When the spinach is completely thawed, allow it to simmer an additional three minutes. Then strain and press the remaining water out of your spinach and onions.
Combine everything in a pot, add the bottle of pasta sauce, cover, and bring to a boil on medium heat. Because this is so thick, you need to stir every few minutes to ensure that it heats all the way through and the bottom does not burn. We are just cooking this to ensure we bring the pasta sauce we added up to a high enough temperature. We want it to simmer for about six minutes or so, which, since all the ingredients except the cheese and sauce are not, should not take too long.
This would also be great over shredded zucchini or with other vegetables, like yellow summer squash or roasted eggplant, added.
Nutritional Information (using Newman's Own All Natural Sockarooni Pasta Sauce and mozzarella)
1 cup serving
270 Calories
16.6 g fat
13.2 g carbs
4 g fiber
6 g sugars
11 g protein
49 mg cholesterol
120% RDA Vitamin A
24% RDA Vitamin C
16% RDA Calcium
16% RDA Iron
It makes five one cup servings.
Ingredients
One pound hot Italian sausage
One pack frozen spinach (10 oz)
1/2 of a large to medium yellow or white onion
2 ounces of low-fat mozzarella cheese, chopped fine (or 1/2 cup fat free large curd cottage cheese)
1 bottle/can pasta sauce (24 oz)
Directions
First, you will want to boil the sausage. This will reduce the sausage considerably because you are removing the fat, and in fact you will probably end up with around 10-12 ounces of sausage, meaning you have eliminated a quarter pound of fat. Don't worry--your sausage will still be delicious! If your sausage is not frozen, it should boil for 15-20 minutes, and then drain. If it is frozen, it may need another 10 to 15 minutes. Be sure to break it up with a spoon as it thaws in the water, though.
You may want to go ahead and get your spinach and onions going. Put the block of frozen spinach in about 1 cup of water with the roughly chopped half onion. You want to cover and cook this on medium high. When the spinach is completely thawed, allow it to simmer an additional three minutes. Then strain and press the remaining water out of your spinach and onions.
Combine everything in a pot, add the bottle of pasta sauce, cover, and bring to a boil on medium heat. Because this is so thick, you need to stir every few minutes to ensure that it heats all the way through and the bottom does not burn. We are just cooking this to ensure we bring the pasta sauce we added up to a high enough temperature. We want it to simmer for about six minutes or so, which, since all the ingredients except the cheese and sauce are not, should not take too long.
This would also be great over shredded zucchini or with other vegetables, like yellow summer squash or roasted eggplant, added.
Nutritional Information (using Newman's Own All Natural Sockarooni Pasta Sauce and mozzarella)
1 cup serving
270 Calories
16.6 g fat
13.2 g carbs
4 g fiber
6 g sugars
11 g protein
49 mg cholesterol
120% RDA Vitamin A
24% RDA Vitamin C
16% RDA Calcium
16% RDA Iron
