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Pumpkin Penne with Sausage and Sage

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This Pumpkin Penne with Sausage and Sage is creamy, delicious, and ready in just 30 minutes! It’s a perfect fall meal for busy weeknights!

Pumpkin Penne with Sausage and Sage

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful hubby! It was actually yesterday, but since I didn’t post, I’m saying it today! It’s been three years since our perfect Cape Cod wedding, and what a fast three years it’s been. We celebrated last night with a nice dinner out, at a new-to-us place that showered us with free apps, champagne and dessert! Champagne and dessert are the way to my heart. It’s a new favorite.

Wedding

Nick and I met almost six years ago, and back then I had about three things that I cooked. That’s not entirely true– I was good at following recipes and would make something new about once a month or so. But I definitely got stuck in ruts of making the same things over and over. Lots of pasta with jarred sauce and chicken breast. Buffalo chicken salads. In fact, I’m pretty sure those were the only two things I ever made in my college kitchens.

About a week or so after Nick and I met, I wanted to impress him, so I invited him and his buddy over for dinner. And I made this pasta. Not exactly the same one, but it was a similar pumpkin pasta. They both scarfed it down. Years later, Nick’s friend told me that pumpkin is one of the three foods he hates… but he ate it to be nice! That’s true friendship.

Pumpkin Penne with Sausage and Sage

Nick does like pumpkin though, and somehow I haven’t made a pumpkin pasta (with the exception of this lasagna) since then. So being that fall is just around the corner, it was time.

The best part about this recipe is how quick and easy it is to put together. The longest part is boiling the pasta, and that can be done while you’re working on the sauce. It’s perfect for a busy weeknight. Especially on a Thursday after a hectic week!

Pumpkin Penne with Sausage and Sage

Pumpkin Penne with Sausage and Sage
 
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Recipe type: Entree
Cuisine: Pasta
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
  • 1 lb whole wheat penne
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 5 cloves garlic, minced
  • ¼ tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1 lb bulk mild Italian sausage
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 1 (15 oz) can pumpkin puree
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • ⅛ tsp ground nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
  • Salt & pepper, to taste
  • 1 tbsp thinly sliced fresh sage leaves
  • ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
  1. Cook pasta according to package directions, drain.
  2. While the pasta is cooking: Heat olive oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook until beginning to soften, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and red pepper flakes and cook and additional 2 minutes.
  3. Add the sausage and break it up, cooking and stirring until cooked through, about 5-6 minutes.
  4. Add the chicken stock, pumpkin, cream, nutmeg and cinnamon. Stir and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for about 8 minutes. Season to taste with salt & pepper.
  5. Remove from heat and stir in sage, Parmesan and cooked penne.
  6. Serve topped with extra Parmesan!

Some of my blog friends and I decided to start 30-Minute Thursdays. The first Thursday of every month, we’ll bring you some quick and delicious 30-Minute Meals. And September is the perfect time to start, since quick meals are especially useful with back-to-school craziness.

30 Minute Thursday Check out these other amazing 30-Minute Meals from some of my favorite talented food bloggers!

One Pot Chicken Chow Mein from The Recipe Rebel

Honey Garlic Shrimp and Cilantro Lime Rice Bowl from Pumpkin ‘N Spice

Easy Skinny Skillet Lasagna from Life Made Sweeter

Kale Caesar Salad with Lemon Parmesan Chicken Strips from Sweet Peas and Saffron

30-Minute Summer Vegetable Tostadas from She Likes Food

Stovetop Broccoli Chicken Mac ‘n’ Cheese from Whole and Heavenly Oven

Spicy Chili Garlic Grilled Trout from Bake.Eat.Repeat

30-Minute Creamy Pesto Tortellini Skillet from Flavor the Moments

Crunchy Couscous Sweet Potato Salad from Sweet and Delish

30-Minute Chicken Cacciatore from A Latte Food

30 Minute Smoked Turkey Sausage Tortellini from Mariah’s Pleasing Plates

Baked Corn, Mushroom and Sausage Risotto from Floating Kitchen

BBQ Chicken Sliders with Cheddar and Spinach from Kristine’s Kitchen

Roasted Cauliflower and Hazelnut Spaghetti from Savory Nothings

Italian Sausage Quesadillas from My Sequined Life

And be sure to check back next month for more 30-minute goodness. What are your favorite quick and easy meals? I’m always looking for new ones, so let me know!

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Comments

  6. Aw happy 3 years to you both! It sounds like you had a perfect evening. Champagne and dessert are the way to my heart too lol Love the wedding pic! You were such a gorgeous bride!!
    I love all things pumpkin and am swooning over this dish! 😉

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  7. Happy Anniversary Jess! I used to be the same way when my hubby and I got married. I never cooked. It was frozen lasagna and hamburger helper. That’s horrible huh? This pasta looks amazing. I love pumpkin and never thought to make a pasta dish using it. Great idea! 🙂

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  8. Happy anniversary, Jess! That’s so funny, because I barely cooked when I got married, and it’s nice that some things do change isn’t it? 😉 This pumpkin penne looks delicious! Pumpkin is so great in savory recipes and I need to do that more often. 🙂

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  9. Happy Anniversary!! That is awesome they gave you all that free food! I just bought my first can of pumpkin today! I really want to experiment more with using it in savory dishes like this! This pasta looks so so good! And I love the sage in there 🙂

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  10. Happy Anniversary! That is such a cute wedding picture, Jess. I love pumpkin, so adding it to pasta sounds perfect to me! I love that you added sage too, such a fun idea.

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  12. Happy Anniversary! Pumpkin is my absolute favorite flavor. I cook with it all year long. I just don’t admit it on the internet! 🙂 This pasta sounds fantastic and I love the 30 minute meal collaboration! I need fast and easy in my life!

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  14. Aww happy anniversary! The first meal I ever cooked for Ben was packaged Pad Thai, and then I found out his step-mom is not only Thai but used to own a restaurant….d’oh! This pasta looks so delicious, love all of those fall flavors you have in there. Yay for fall produce!

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  16. Happy Anniversary 🙂 Sounds like you had a great night out! This pasta is calling my name. I’ve never tried pumpkin and pasta before but with fall around the corner I’ll have to try!

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