Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomato Cream Sauce

Ingredients

• Penne

  High Fiber - Trader Joe's

  8 oz or 224g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Sausage

  Beef, pork, chicken, skinless, smoked

  200g

• Parsley

  Raw

  2 tbsp or 8g

• Butter

  Unsalted

  2 tbsp or 28g

• Garlic

  Raw

  3 cloves, minced or 9g

• Wheat flour

  Whole-grain

  2 tbsp or 15g

• Chicken broth

  Soup, canned, less/reduced sodium

  1 cup or 240g

• Heavy whipping cream

  Fluid

  ½ cup, whipped or 60g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  ⅓ cup or 72g

• Parmesan cheese

  Grated

  ¼ cup or 25g

• Oregano

  Spices, dried

  ¼ tsp, leaves or 0.3g

• Basil

  Spices, dried

  ¼ tsp, leaves or 0.2g

• Crushed red pepper flakes

  ¼ tsp or 0.08g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

Directions

1. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions; drain well.
2. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add sausage, and cook, stirring frequently, until sausage is lightly browned, about 3-4 minutes; set aside.
3. To make the cream sauce, melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes. Whisk in flour until lightly browned, about 1 minute. Gradually whisk in chicken broth and cook, whisking constantly, until incorporated, about 1-2 minutes.
4. Stir in heavy cream, sun dried tomatoes, Parmesan, oregano, basil and red pepper flakes until slightly thickened, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
5. Stir in pasta and sausage until well combined, about 1-2 minutes.
6. Serve immediately, garnished with parsley, if desired.
7. Source: damndelicious.net/2014/12/13/pasta-sun-dried-tomato-cream-sauce/