Pasta with Chicken Sausage and Roasted Veggies (5-Ingredients!)

Pasta with Chicken Sausage and Roasted Veggies (5-Ingredients!) is an easy, healthy way to use up all of those summer veggies! Comes together in 30 minutes!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword pesto pasta, summer pasta, roasted vegetables, roasted zucchini

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 25

NA 0

Servings people

Calories 333kcal

Author Nicole

Cost 25

Equipment

Pasta pot

Ingredients

2 cups chopped eggplant (1/2 inch pieces)
2 cups chopped zucchini (1/2 inch pieces)
2 italian chicken sausage links, sliced
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 lb whole-wheat penne
1/4 cup pesto
grated parmesan cheese (optional)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Bring a large pot of water to a rolling bowl. Season liberally salt.
Add veggies and sausage to a medium bowl. Drizzle in olive oil, toss until coated. Sprinkle in salt, a little bit of freshly cracked black pepper and toss until coated. Spread on a large baking sheet. If necessary, use two sheet pans to the veggies and sausage are evenly spread apart. If they are too close together, they will steam and won't roast. Roast for 10-15 minutes, use a spatual to flip the veggies and sausage and cook another 5-10 minutes until softened and caramelized.
Cook pasta until aldente. Rerserve 1 cup of pasta water and then drain pasta. Add pasta back to the pot along with veggies, sausage, pesto and 1/2 cup of pasta water. (Add more parmesan if desired.) Toss until coated. If needed, add more pasta water. Season with salt and pepper.

Notes

Recipe inspired by Pinch of Yum.

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