Sausage pasta with a super fast marinara is sure to please everyone in your family. Have it ready in 30 minutes or less with this quick recipe!
Pasta is always my go-to meal after a busy day. I’m really trying to be better at meal planning, but sometimes evening rolls around and I just haven’t really thought about dinner! It’s not just me, right?! Andy isn’t a huge fan of creamy pasta sauce {I know, crazy!} so whenever I make pasta for dinner I try to make his most often requested pasta type, “red sauce with sausage.” I usually change it up a little every time and this Sausage Pasta with Quick Marinara is what I came up with this week!
I was especially excited because my herbs are just barely big enough to harvest and it’s the first meal I’ve made with fresh ones since last summer! Yay! I always dry my excess herbs and that usually lasts me through the winter, but fresh is just so darn good. And pretty. And delicious. And beautiful.
You get the point.
If you’ve never cooked with fresh herbs before, try it! Go to your local nursery {or Walmart} and buy a medium sized planter with a small bag of garden soil. Purchase one sweet leaf basil plant, one flat leaf parsley plant, and one other herb of your choosing, German thyme is always a personal favorite.
Put it in a sunny spot and water it consistently. Your life will be forever changed. I promise, cross my heart!!! If you want to try out gardening, herbs are a fantastic place to start. Email me if you have questions/concerns/need cooking help, I’m totally serious! I am always so sad when I hear of people not loving to cook or be in the kitchen. It’s a magical place!
Now, go make this sausage pasta. Or change it up and let me know how you do!
Sausage Pasta with Quick Marinara
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium onion finely diced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 pound smoked sausage sliced
- 2 medium tomatoes diced
- 32 ounces purred tomatoes 2 cans
- 1/4 cup milk or enough to make desired consistency
- 1 pound pasta
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Put pasta water on to boil.
- In a large skillet, heat olive oil until shimmering. Add onion and salt and cook until almost softened and translucent.
- Add sausage and lightly brown on both sides.
- Add diced tomatoes and cook for about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the cans of tomato sauce and stir until combined. Simmer on low heat while the pasta cooks. Stir occasionally to make sure it's not sticking. It should reduce down and be thicker.
- When pasta is done, drain and set aside. Add milk into sauce until it's your desired consistency. Stir pasta right into the sauce in the skillet.
- Garnish with fresh herbs and parmesan cheese.
Sammi Windley says
Sausage pasta is so gooddddd!
PepiSmartDog says
PepiSmartDog: yum!!! Your food photo looks very tasty! We love food websites. Its nice to meet you and I’m so happy you have joined our blog hop.
So sorry I have been missing in action from commenting, but I am back on board again now. We have had a very complicated rescue going on, for the last four weeks, with our orphaned baby joey kangaroo. Thankfully she is hanging in there and still up and about.
Hope to see you back in our hop again this week. *waves paw* :=o)
Alli says
No worries, thanks!