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Slow-Cooker Italian Sausages and Peppers with Rotini

slow-cooker italian sausages and peppers with rotini Entree Italian
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Slow-Cooker Italian Sausages and Peppers with Rotini
  • Prep 15 min
  • Total 6 hr 15 min
  • Servings 6

Easily enhance jarred pasta sauce with Italian sausages, garlic, peppers and onion.

Updated July 16, 2018

Ingredients

  • Reynolds™ Slow Cooker Liners
  • 1
    package (19.5 oz) turkey Italian sausages, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1
    cup finely chopped sweet onion
  • 4
    cloves garlic, finely chopped (2 teaspoons)
  • 2
    medium yellow bell peppers, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 2
    medium red bell peppers, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
  • 1
    jar (26 oz) tomato pasta sauce
  • 4 1/2
    cups uncooked rotini pasta (12 oz)
  • 6
    tablespoons shredded Parmesan cheese

Steps

  • 1
    Place Reynolds™ Slow Cooker Liners inside a 5- to 6 1/2 -qt slow cooker bowl. Make sure that liner fits snugly against the bottom and sides of bowl and pull the top of the liner over rim of bowl. In cooker liner, mix all ingredients except pasta and cheese.
  • 2
    Cover; cook on Low heat setting 6 to 8 hours.
  • 3
    Cook and drain pasta as directed on package. Serve sausage mixture over pasta; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

  • Serve food directly from the lined slow cooker. Once your slow cooker cools, remove the liner and throw away for easy clean up.
  • Garlic bread and a crisp green salad make great accompaniments to this hearty meal.
  • Sausage is available in several different flavors. Try using something other than turkey sausage the next time you make this dish.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
630
Calories from Fat
180
% Daily Value
Total Fat
20g
30%
Saturated Fat
5g
24%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
60mg
19%
Sodium
1840mg
77%
Potassium
690mg
20%
Total Carbohydrate
86g
29%
Dietary Fiber
6g
25%
Sugars
18g
Protein
28g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
40%
40%
Vitamin C
110%
110%
Calcium
15%
15%
Iron
25%
25%
Exchanges:
3 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 2 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
6
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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