Creamy Sausage Penne Bake

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You guys – we LOVE pasta!

That should be no surprise if you’ve been to the site before. We are constantly sharing delicious dinner recipes, and many of them happen to be pasta dishes. Usually some sort of meat is involved too, and today’s recipe has sausage. I admit I wasn’t a huge fan of sausage growing up, but fortunately my taste buds have changed and I LOVE it!

Today’s recipe was inspired by one I spotted on Allrecipes a few months ago. It had cheese, pasta and sausage which was good enough reason for me to give it a try. I ended up changing a few things and ended up making it even better by adding some cream cheese. You guys – this Creamy Sausage Penne Bake was FANTASTIC! In fact, everyone who tried it (which includes my fam and a family from church) gave it rave reviews. You guys know I’m not only about delicious recipes, but easy ones too and this one is very simple. Here is what you’ll need to make this dish:

Creamy Sausage Penne Bake Recipe

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5 from 2 votes

Creamy Sausage Penne Bake - a simple, delicious and hearty dinner recipe filled with penne, sausage, tomatoes, cream cheese, spices and topped with Mozzarella cheese!

Course Main Course

Cuisine Italian

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 40 minutes

Calories 4698 kcal

Author Lil' Luna

Ingredients

• 12 oz penne pasta
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1 lb mild Italian sausage
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 15 oz tomato sauce
• 14.5 oz tomatoes diced
• 6 oz tomato paste
• 4 oz cream cheese
• 1 tsp garlic salt
• 1/2 tsp oregano
• 1/2 tsp basil
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. Cook pasta as directed on box. Drain and set aside.
3. In a large pan, heat oil and cook sausage until brown. Add heavy cream, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, cream cheese and spices. Simmer for 10 minutes.
4. Add cooked pasta to the sausage/tomato mixture and toss to coat. Pour into a greased 9x13 baking dish.
5. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and bake for 18-20 minutes. ENJOY!

Nutrition Facts

Creamy Sausage Penne Bake Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 4698 Calories from Fat 2619

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 291g 448%

Saturated Fat 132g 660%

Cholesterol 809mg 270%

Sodium 11068mg 461%

Potassium 6428mg 184%

Total Carbohydrates 341g 114%

Dietary Fiber 29g 116%

Sugars 64g

Protein 184g 368%

Vitamin A 252.9%

Vitamin C 160.5%

Calcium 163%

Iron 121.6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Recipe adapted from Allrecipes.com.

Brown your sausage.

Simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add pasta and stir to coat.

Add pasta to your pan.

CANNOT wait to make this again – it was too good, which means it’s automatically on the monthly meal plan!

For more great cheesy, pasta bakes, check out:

Cheesy Bowtie Pasta Bake

Three Cheese Pasta Bake

Creamy Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake

Three cheers for delicious pasta dinner recipes!! 😀

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