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pasta recipe with spinach and sausage

Popeye's Surprise

This meal in a bowl is super easy and budget friendly.

Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword budget friendly, meal in a bowl, pasta
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground sausage
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • 1 box frozen spinach thawed (or use one bunch of fresh)
  • 3 cans diced tomatoes and green chilis Rotel or generic - makes no difference
  • 1 15 ounce can black olives sliced
  • 1/2 tablespoon salt
  • 1 pound macaroni (I used elbows but most any shape is fine) cooked according to directions then drained

Instructions

  1. Put macaroni on to cook according to directions on package.

  2. Cook onion and sausage together in skillet.

  3. When sausage is cooked add spinach and cans of diced tomatoes with green chilies.

  4. Stir together in skillet on medium heat till spinach is cooked.

  5. Once macaroni is cooked and drained, return it to the pot and add sausage mixture, black olives, and season with salt.

  6. Stir together well and serve straight out of the pot.

Recipe Notes

This meal in a bowl is good topped with shredded Cheddar cheese on top. It keeps well in the refrigerator and reheats nicely in the microwave - which is great since it makes a good quantity.