Andouille Sausage Pasta Recipe with White Beans & Delicata Squash

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A healthy Andouille Sausage Pasta Recipe you can feel good about serving your family. A perfect fall comfort food.

Making the Andouille Sausage Pasta Recipe Healthy

This healthy Andouille Sausage Pasta Recipe is made with cajun chicken andouille sausage and gets a nutrition boost from the addition of white beans and freshly sliced delicata squash.  Since chicken andouille sausage tends to be low in fat, the sausage, onions, garlic and delicata squash are sauteed in heart healthy olive oil. They all team nicely with the pasta and make the recipe well balanced.

Andouille Sausage Pasta Recipe: Quick & Easy

Preparing this recipe is quite easy.  Simply slice the chicken Andouille sausage along with the onions and squash, then saute with the garlic and thyme.  Delicata squash doesn’t need to be peeled.  Just a quick swipe to deseed the squash and start slicing. Toss the saute with pasta and dinner is ready.

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Andouille Sausage Pasta Recipe with White Beans & Delicata Squash

Prep Time

7 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

 

A healthy Andouille Sausage Pasta Recipe featuring chicken Andouille sausage, delicata squash and white beans.

Course: Entree

Cuisine: American

Servings: 4

Calories: 616 kcal

Author: Robin Gagnon

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb pasta preferably cork screws or shells
• 2 tsp olive oil regular not extra virgin
• 6 oz chicken Andouille sausage sliced
• 1 small delicata squash deseeded, quartered and sliced
• 1/2 Vidalia onion medium, chopped
• 1 clove garlic minced
• leaves from 3-4 sprigs of thyme
• 15 oz white beans can, drained and rinsed
• sea salt to taste
• grated Parmesan to serve

Instructions

1. Boil the pasta to al dente.
2. While pasta is cooking place large skillet over medium high heat and add the olive oil. Once hot add the chicken andouille sausage, delicata squash, onions, garlic, and thyme. Saute until sausage and squash begin to brown, then reduce to medium low and cover. Stir in a few minutes checking for the squash to be tender.
3. Once the squash is tender, add the drained white beans and stir. Add sea salt to taste.
4. Finally, mix in the drained pasta, and serve with grated Parmesan on top.

Nutrition Facts

Andouille Sausage Pasta Recipe with White Beans & Delicata Squash

Amount Per Serving

Calories 616 Calories from Fat 90

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 10g 15%

Saturated Fat 1g 5%

Cholesterol 30mg 10%

Sodium 464mg 19%

Potassium 2200mg 63%

Total Carbohydrates 109g 36%

Dietary Fiber 15g 60%

Sugars 13g

Protein 28g 56%

Vitamin A 114.6%

Vitamin C 64.3%

Calcium 23%

Iron 41.7%

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

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