Good Evening everyone and welcome back to my healthy cooking blog!
As I have said in my previous blog posts, my family and I love pasta dishes and I have been able to find certain recipes that make it healthier! We can’t not eat pasta! So of course, I started my cooking off with Pork Sausage Rigatoni in a Creamy Sauce.
Last quarter I used Elena Osipov’s healthy recipes to guide my meals, but this time I am going to use HelloFresh! My mom and I have been really focusing and eating well balanced meals. HelloFresh is exactly the place to start. HelloFresh is a meal kit delivery service that offers weekly shipments of recipes and groceries that allow you to make easy and appealing meals at home. It’s not only very convenient for our timing and spending, but its healthy! You get to choose which meals you want to make each week and they send you everything in order to make that dish as well as the calorie counts and so forth. Every meal for the most part includes good protein and vegetables. I have never eaten as many vegetables as I have since I started with HelloFresh, the sauces and tips they give you make everything so much better!
The recipe for Pork Sausage Rigatoni in a Creamy Sauce is:
1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry all produce. • Halve, core, and thinly slice bell pepper into strips. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. Dice tomato into ½-inch pieces. Zest and quarter lemon. • Remove sausage* from casing; discard casing.
2. Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add bell pepper and scallion whites; cook, stirring, until slightly softened, 3-4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Add sausage to pan; cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes. • Season with salt and pepper. If you like things spicy, stir in a pinch of chili flakes and cook until fragrant, 15 seconds. TIP: If there’s excess grease in your pan, carefully pour it out.
4. Once water is boiling, add rigatoni to pot. Cook until al dente, 9-11 minutes. • Reserve ½ cup pasta cooking water, then drain.
5. Add tomato to pan with sausage mixture and cook until softened, 1-2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium low. • Stir in cream cheese, sour cream, half the Parmesan (save the rest for serving), ¼ cup reserved pasta cooking water, and 1 TBSP butter until thoroughly combined. (For 4 servings, use 1⁄3 cup reserved pasta cooking water and 2 TBSP butter.) • Season with salt, pepper, and lemon zest to taste. Add drained rigatoni and toss to coat. TIP: If needed, stir in more reserved pasta cooking water a splash at a time until pasta is coated in a creamy sauce.
6. Divide pasta between bowls. Sprinkle with scallion greens, remaining Parmesan, and a pinch of chili flakes if desired. Serve with lemon wedges on the side.
Overall, I loved making this meal because it was quick, easy, and tasted very good! It was a 10/10 in my book.
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