Sausage Broccoli Pasta

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This sausage broccoli pasta recipe is great if you want to load up your plate without feeling weighed down. It can be a quick one-pot meal (plus pasta) or a dependable favorite to batch cook and freeze.

Ingredients

• 3 cups uncooked spiral pasta
• 2 pounds smoked kielbasa or polish sausage, cut into 1/4-inch slices
• 2 medium bunches broccoli, cut into florets
• 1 cup sliced red onion
• 2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) diced tomatoes, undrained
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh basil or 2 teaspoons dried basil
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley or 2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes
• 2 teaspoons sugar

Directions

1. Cook pasta according to directions.
2. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, saute the sausage, broccoli and onion until broccoli is crisp-tender, 5-6 minutes.
3. Add the tomatoes, basil, parsley and sugar. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Drain pasta; stir into the sausage mixture.