Pesto Sausage Pasta

Ingredients

• 1 lb Italian sausage
• 12 oz Penne pasta
• 0.5 cup Prepared pesto
• 1 pint Cherry tomatoes
• 5 oz Baby spinach
• 0.5 cup Parmesan cheese
• 1 tsp Garlic powder
• 1 tsp Italian seasoning
• 0.5 tsp Black pepper
• 0.25 tsp Red pepper flakes
• 0.5 tsp Kosher salt

Directions

1. Cook pasta and reserve a small amount of pasta water.
2. Brown sausage, breaking it into bite-size pieces; confirm 160°F in the center with an instant-read thermometer.
3. Wilt spinach and warm tomatoes briefly in the skillet.
4. Toss pasta with pesto and enough pasta water to coat smoothly.
5. Add sausage and vegetables and finish with parmesan.

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