Italian Recipes - Spicy Turkey Pasta Sauce

Ingredients        

• 1 9-ounce package refrigerated fettuccine or linguine

• 8 ounces uncooked turkey Italian sausage (remove casings, if present)

• 1 cup cut-up pattypan squash or yellow summer squash

• 1 small red sweet pepper, cut into thin strips

• 1/4 cup chopped red onion

• 1 14-ounce jar tomato-base pasta sauce

• 2- tablespoons shredded Parmesan cheese (optional)

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Method:

1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain. Return pasta to hot saucepan; cover and keep warm.

2. Meanwhile, in a large skillet cook sausage, squash, sweet pepper, and onion over medium heat until sausage is brown; drain off fat.

3. Stir pasta sauce into sausage mixture in skillet; heat through. Serve sausage mixture over pasta. If desired, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.