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Buttery zucchini pasta with Italian sausage

Buttery zucchini pasta with Italian sausage

Ingredients

  • 1 lb pasta
  • 1 lb hot Italian sausage
  • olive oil
  • 2 zucchini (medium, sliced)
  • 2 tbsp butter (salted)
  • 4 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 2 tsp dried oregano
  • 1/2 cup basil pesto (i used the one from TJs)
  • 1 cup parmesan (freshly grated)
  • basil (chopped)
  • lemon juice

Directions

  1. 1

    Cook hot Italian sausage on a skillet while you bring your pot of salted water to a boil.

  2. 2

    When hot Italian sausage is browned all over and cooked to your liking, set aside on a paper towel lined plate.

  3. 3

    When water is boiling add pasta.

  4. 4

    While pasta is cooking add olive oil to same skillet you cooked the sausage on over medium heat and add zucchini, salt, and pepper.

  5. 5

    Cook for about 5-10 minutes.

  6. 6

    Add butter, garlic, and oregano.

  7. 7

    Cook for a few more minutes until butter is all melted and covers the zucchini.

  8. 8

    Once pasta is cooked, set aside 1 cup of pasta water, and drain pasta.

  9. 9

    Add about 3/4 of the pasta to the skillet with cooked zucchini.

  10. 10

    Add back in the Italian sausage, Parmesan, and pesto.

  11. 11

    Mix very well and add pasta water little by little as needed.

  12. 12

    Plate and top with fresh basil, more parm, pepper, and a squeeze of lemon juice! Enjoy:)