FOLATE-RICH Smoked turkey sausage is lighter than other sausages but is still high in flavour. Look for it in the grocer's deli.
- Portion size 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 smoked turkey sausages chopped (8 oz/250 g)
- 1 1/2 cup chunky vegetable pasta sauce
- 4 cups rigatoni pasta
- 4 cups fresh spinach trimmed and chopped
Method
In skillet, heat 2 tsp (10 mL) oil over medium-high heat; cook onion, stirring often, for 5 minutes or until softened. Add sausage; cook, stirring often, for 5 minutes or just until starting to brown. Stir in sauce; simmer for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, in large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta for about 10 minutes or until tender but firm. Add spinach and drain well, reserving 1/2 cup (125 mL) cooking liquid; return to pot. Stir in sauce and enough of the reserved liquid to coat pasta.
Nutritional facts <b>Per serving:</b> about
- Sodium 1188 mg
- Protein 20 g
- Calories 452.0
- Total fat 12 g
- Cholesterol 36 mg
- Saturated fat 2 g
- Total carbohydrate 68 g
%RDI
- Iron 30.0
- Fibre 0.0
- Folate 49.0
- Sodium 0.0
- Sugars 0.0
- Calcium 12.0
- Protein 0.0
- Calories 0.0
- Total fat 0.0
- Vitamin A 55.0
- Vitamin C 27.0
- Potassium 0.0
- Cholesterol 0.0
- Saturated fat 0.0
- Total carbohydrate 0.0
