You’ll never miss the beef in this hearty and flavorful spaghetti prepared with Italian turkey sausage, artichoke hearts, spinach and mushrooms.
This is by far one of the healthiest spaghetti recipes I’ve ever made! I was craving Italian last night and remembered this recipe I posted in the first month of starting the blog. My awesome healthy-eating friend (her name is Amy, too!) told me about it and I’ve always loved it.
This spaghetti is so hearty, flavorful and full of Italian turkey sausage, artichoke hearts, mushrooms and spinach. I used half of a five ounce bag of spinach in this recipe (about 2 1/2 cups), but if your grocery store has a salad bar you can buy just enough spinach for the recipe. (I’ll eat my leftover spinach later in a salad!)
And did I mention that it comes together in just 30 minutes if you have your pasta going while making the sauce?! Even better!
This is no doubt a healthier compromise if you’re a spaghetti lover like me. Enjoy!
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Turkey Sausage Spaghetti
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Description
You’ll never miss the beef in this hearty and flavorful spaghetti prepared with Italian turkey sausage, artichoke hearts, spinach and mushrooms.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces whole grain spaghetti noodles, cooked according to package directions and drained
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 pound Italian style turkey sausage links, casings removed
- 1 1/2 cups chopped yellow onion
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic
- 1 (24 ounce) jar traditional spaghetti sauce
- 1 (4.5 ounce) jar sliced mushrooms (drained weight), drained
- 1 (14 ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained and roughly chopped
- 1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- Salt and black pepper, to taste
- 2.5 ounces fresh baby spinach leaves (about 2 1/2 cups, tightly packed)
- Grated Parmesan cheese for topping (optional)
Instructions
- Begin cooking pasta according to package directions.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add turkey sausage and onions and cook, crumbling turkey sausage as it cooks, for 5 minutes (stirring constantly). Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Add spaghetti sauce, mushrooms, artichoke hearts, cherry tomatoes, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Stir well to combine.
- Bring to a gentle boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Add spinach and stir well to combine. Cook for an additional 2 minutes, or until spinach has just wilted.
- Serve over pasta. Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese, if desired.
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Boil
- Cuisine: Italian
Keywords: turkey sausage spaghetti
Originally published January 11, 2012. Updated with new photographs and text March 5, 2017.
Melissa says
Delicious! My children and my husband loved it! I was a little hesitant because my little ones do not like artichokes but they did not even realize it was in the food and they said they liked what I made. This is definitely a winner in my family and a keeper! 🙂
Amy @ The Blond Cook says
Thanks so much, Melissa… so happy everyone enjoyed it and the artichokes were missed by the kids (LOL!). Happy New Year! 🙂
Lauren says
My husband and I really enjoyed this! We especially liked that the ingredients were (mostly) on hand.
Amy @ The Blond Cook says
Thanks so much, Lauren. So glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Cheryl Salter says
This looks yummy ! This will a perfect recipe for my households love for turkey sausage ! Thanks for the share .
The Blond Cook says
It was REALLY good! Hope you all enjoy it as much as we did!