One Pot Spinach Chicken Sausage & Feta Pasta

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A little bit of Sunday meal prep goes a long way in this one-dish pasta recipe. Cooking the pasta ahead and refrigerating it saves time here—or use any leftover cooked pasta you have on hand. Chicken sausage with feta is especially good in this recipe.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 3 links cooked chicken sausage (9 ounces), sliced into rounds
• 1 cup diced onion
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (8 ounce) can no-salt-added tomato sauce
• 4 cups lightly packed baby spinach (half of a 5-ounce package)
• 6 cups cooked whole-wheat rotini
• ¼ cup chopped pitted kalamata olives
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper
• ¼ cup water, plus more as needed
• ½ cup finely crumbled feta cheese
• ¼ cup chopped fresh basil

Directions

1. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large straight-sided skillet over medium-high heat. Add sliced sausage, 1 cup onion and minced garlic; cook, stirring often, until the onion is starting to brown, 4 to 6 minutes. Add 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce, 4 cups spinach, 6 cups cooked pasta, ¼ cup olives, ¼ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper; cook, stirring often, until the mixture is bubbling and the spinach is wilted, 3 to 5 minutes. Add ¼ cup water, or more as needed, to reach desired consistency. Stir in ½ cup feta and ¼ cup basil.