Sausage Ricotta Pasta

This Sausage Ricotta Pasta is easy, fun and perfect for ricotta lovers!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American, Italian

Keyword Turkey Sausage, WW Pasta, WW Recipes

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 20

Total Time 25

Servings (1 1/4 cups) servings

Calories 297

Author Emily Bites

12 oz uncooked pasta I used orecchiette (use whole wheat pasta if following the WW Purple plan)
1 ½ lbs uncooked hot Italian poultry sausage removed from casings if present (I used Wegmans poultry sausage, turkey or chicken sausage will work fine)
2 garlic cloves minced
4 cups chopped fresh spinach leaves
1 cup frozen peas
2 tablespoons chopped basil
½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
¼ teaspoon black pepper
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup fat free ricotta cheese

Cook the pasta according to package directions and drain.
While pasta is cooking, bring a large walled skillet or saute pan over medium heat and add the sausage. Cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until the sausage is cooked through and broken into small/bite-sized pieces. Add the minced garlic and continue to cook for another minute until fragrant.
Add the spinach, peas, basil and pepper and stir until combined. Cook, stirring occasionally, for a few minutes until the spinach is wilted and the peas are warm. Add the cooked pasta from step one and stir together. Add the lemon juice and ricotta cheese and stir until well combined.

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WW Points per (1 & ¼ cup) serving: 8 (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)

Nutrition Information per (1 ¼ cup) serving:

297 calories, 38 g carbs, 3 g sugars, 7 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 22 g protein, 3 g fiber (from myfitnesspal.com)

MyWW SmartPoints per (1 ¼ cup) serving: (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)

Green: 8 SmartPoints/ Blue: 7 SmartPoints/ Purple: 3 SmartPoints (if using wheat pasta, if not then use the Blue points)

Weight Watchers Points Plus:

8 per (1 ¼ cup) serving (PP calculated using a WW PointsPlus calculator and the nutrition info below)

Calories: 297kcal