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Sausage Marinara Over Pasta

"My husband and I enjoy pasta, so after I discovered low-fat Italian turkey sausage at the supermarket, I came up with this chunky sauce," says Shirley Meletes of Lehigh Acres, Florida

6 ServingsPrep: 15 min. Cook: 25 min.

Ingredients

1 pound turkey Italian sausage links
4 cups uncooked spiral pasta
1/2 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 large onion, chopped
1 medium sweet red pepper, chopped
1 medium green pepper, chopped
3 large garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon Crisco® Pure Olive Oil
1 jar (26 ounces) meatless spaghetti sauce
1 tablespoon dried basil
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon pepper
1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese

Directions

Place sausages in a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray
over medium heat for 12-14 minutes or until browned, turning twice.
Cool; slice sausages and set aside. Cook pasta according to package
directions.
In same skillet, saute mushrooms, onion, peppers and garlic in oil
until tender. Stir in spaghetti sauce, basil, oregano, pepper and
reserved sausage. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered,
for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drain pasta. Serve sauce over
pasta. Sprinkle with feta cheese. Yield: 6 servings.

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Nutrition Facts: One serving (1 cup meat sauce with 2/3 cup cooked pasta) equals 372 calories, 12 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 48 mg cholesterol, 1,106 mg sodium, 45 carbohydrate, 6 g fiber, 22 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2-1/2 starch, 2 lean meat, 1 vegetable, 1 fat.