One Pot Pasta with Sausage and Beet Greens - quick and easy pasta for busy weeknights!
This recipe is reason 4657838 why I have the best readers ever. Not only I had and amazing response to my recent personal story blog post, not only I shared this crazy idea of adding raw beets to your smoothie BUT! You guys read it, you left comments and you tried the smoothie! And when I asked what should I do with the greens - so many of you responded on the post and on my social media with your suggestions. THANK YOU!
I read all of them and as soon as I got a new batch of beets for our daily smoothies - I set out to experiment with the greens. I buy organic beets and they are so big and the greens are so full and long! It seems like such a waste to throw them away. I needed ideas and you guys shared yours with me. So many of you use them just like spinach and that was a light-bulb moment for me.
So today's recipe is the result.
Saucy pasta with sausage and green beets. All cooked together in one pot in just 20 minutes. It's hearty, satisfying, absolutely delicious, gluten-free (if you use gluten-free pasta) and kid-approved. A total winner!!
One pot dinners are such time savers but for me they are also a sanity savers. I had such a crazy busy week but thanks to my go-to pasta dishes and slow-cooker meals, dinner time didn't suffer. It was a breeze!
Enjoy!
One Pot Pasta with Sausage and Beet Greens
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 3 Polish or smoked sausages sliced
- beet greens from two large beets washed, chopped
- 1 cup crushed tomatoes
- 1.5 cup chicken stock or water
- 3 cups bowtie pasta uncooked
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over a medium heat.
- Add onion and garlic and sausage and saute for 2 minutes.
- Add beet greens and saute, stirring often, for 2 minutes.
- Add crushed tomatoes, chicken stock or water and dry pasta.
- Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is cooked.
- Remove from heat and let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
Notes
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Audrey says
This may be a dumb question, but, when you say beet greens do you include the stems in the recipe? I have more stems than viable greens. I can't wait to make this.
Thank you
Kim Beaulieu says
Anna, I saw this on pinterest and just fell in love with it. It's absolutely gorgeous. I love one pot meals.
Des says
I love adding any kind of greens to pasta. It makes them so much heartier. I have actually never tried beet greens before though, I should change that!
Alyssa says
I'm always looking for a way to use up my beet greens! I usually just juice them, but I'm definitely going to try making this pasta 🙂
Jennifer Stewart says
What a yummy and satisfying bowl full of food! I love beet greens!!
Debra says
Love beets - I'll use the tops in salads, so love your idea of using them in the one pot meal and 20 minutes start to finish? Fabulous!!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thank you so much, Debra!
Ashley says
Ooh! I love beet greens and one pot pastas... this is the best of both worlds! This sounds wonderful 🙂
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thank you, Ashley!