ONE POT CREAMY CAJUN SAUSAGE PASTA (Medium Spoons)
Adapted from this recipe to fit my needs. I often use recipes as a guideline to create my own recipe. I adapted this to be my own, but still crediting the inspiration. I definitely prefer the asparagus over mushrooms. Next time, I plan to add shrimp!
The OP claims it’s a 30 minute meal, and I’d like to draw attention to the fact that it took me far longer. Between washing things and prep, and cook time, it took a few hours. That’s the reality of cooking with disabilities and OCD, for those of you that haven’t experienced either.
So for this one, I definitely didn’t use gluten free pasta because I can’t do rice ingredients. I used a bag of tagliatelle that you’d find in the refrigerated pasta section. It cooks faster and uses less cooking liquid, so I adapted for that.
I love mushrooms, but wasn’t feeling mushrooms, and I definitely didn’t have the energy for prepping fresh peppers. Actually, I don’t even buy fresh veggies often because they always rot before I find time/energy to use them up. So the veggies I used were pictsweet grilling blend of peppers, onions, and asparagus.
I have different steps than most people, probably, in that I wash all the packages of food as well. So rather than bothering with washing a plate and knife to cut the sausages on, once I washed the package, I ripped them apart by hand, since my hands were washed with the package, obviously. Clean hands, clean package. Saved me some time. I didn’t bother taking them out of the pot while the veggies cooked. I literally just browned the sausages, added the veggies until the liquid cooked down, added the tomatoes, pasta, and chicken broth (of which I used less than half of the 32oz container) and cooked the pasta down. Once the pasta was cooked, I added in most of an 8oz tub of whipped cream cheese. It definitely didn’t need more. I had no need to buy cajun seasonings after looking at the ingredients. I opted for some Montreal Chicken seasoning and chipotle powder. Season to taste, obviously. You do you.
I live alone, and cook just for myself, so I ate out of the pot with plastic fork and spoon. Whatever. Less to wash. Less energy wasted.
1. Johnsonville Jalapeno Cheddar Smoked Sausages, broken/sliced up
2. Pictsweet Farms Veggies for Grilling: Asparagus, Sweet Peppers & Onions
3. 1 Can fire roasted Diced tomato
4. 7oz whipped cream cheese
5. Chicken broth (according to pasta’s need!)
6. Rana Green & Yellow Tagliatelle
7. Chiptle powder (to taste)
8. McCormick Montreal Chicken Seasoning (to taste)