Protein Pasta
Pasta dinners with real staying power — chicken sausage protein pasta, Italian grinder pasta salad, BLT protein pasta salad, creamy beef — for busy weeknights.
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dinnerIngredients
- 1 box Protein Pasta
- 4 links Chicken Sausage
- 1/2 Onion
- 1 jar Marinara Pasta Sauce
- 1 tsp Italian Seasoning
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1 tsp Onion Powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Black Pepper
Instructions
- 1Boil the pasta with water over stove.
- 2Heat a pan to medium and pour marinara sauce, sliced chicken sausage, and diced onions into the pan.
- 3Add the pasta to the pan once it’s done and mix.
- 4Add seasonings and stir.
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Pasta night is easy to love and easy to be hungry an hour later. Swapping in a chickpea or protein-blend box and stirring in chicken, sausage, or ground turkey turns the same fast dinner into one that actually holds everybody over.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these on the nights practice runs late, when lunch boxes need filling for the week, or when there's a potluck and they want to bring something that isn't just noodles and mayo.
Every recipe here leans on one box and a good handful of meat or beans: Chicken Sausage Protein Pasta, Ashley's Italian Grinder Protein Pasta Salad with rotisserie chicken and ham, a BLT version with turkey bacon and romaine, Creamy Ranch with seared chicken breast, smoked turkey sausage with Brussels sprouts, and a chickpea-and-cucumber salad for the meatless nights.
Quick Tips
- 1
Salt the water well
Chickpea and lentil pastas taste flat without it — use about 1 tablespoon of salt per 4 quarts of water.
- 2
Undercook by two minutes
Protein pastas go mushy fast, so pull them 2 minutes shy of the box time and taste before draining.
- 3
Save a cup of water
Scoop out 1 cup of starchy cooking water before draining and add it a splash at a time to loosen creamy sauces.
- 4
Rinse for cold salads
For the BLT or grinder salads, rinse the drained pasta under cold water for 30 seconds so it stops cooking and doesn't clump.
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