Pesto Pasta with Chicken Sausage Recipe
 
Ingredients
  • 1 box of dried pasta
  • 4 cups of basil
  • ⅓ Cup of Olive Oil
  • ¼ Cup of Pine Nuts ( toasted - 350 place on cookie sheet for 10 minutes)
  • Zest of Lemon
  • 2 Tablespoons of Sun Dried Tomatoes
  • Pinch of Red Pepper Flakes
  • ⅓ Cup of Parmesan Cheese
  • 2 Garlic Cloves, Minced
  • Pepper
  • 3 Sausage - Cut into Bite size pieces
Instructions
  1. Boil water in a pot and cook all the pasta while the pasta is cooking
  2. Add a small amount of oil to a large skillet - add garlic, sun-dried tomatoes and cook for a minute - add sausage ( you just want to cook it for a couple of minutes) place sausage on plate and turn off heat
  3. In a food processor place basil, salt, Parmesan cheese, pine nuts and lemon zest ( just a pinch) and oil - process till well blended
  4. In the large skillet heat again add pasta, pesto, sausage and everything else --- I added in some basil leaves for more texture
  5. Enjoy
Recipe by Budget Savvy Diva at https://www.budgetsavvydiva.com/2015/01/pesto-pasta-chicken-sausage-recipe/