Categories: Main Dish, Pork, Weight Watchers

Ingredients

• 3 cups small shell pasta
• 8 ounces sweet Italian sausage or 8 ounces hot Italian sausage
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 teaspoons dried sage
• 1 (19 ounce) can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
• 3 cups torn spinach leaves
• 2 cups low sodium chicken broth
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper (or to taste)

Directions

1. Cook pasta according to package directions; drain.

2. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; add in the sausage; brown the sausage, breaking it apart with a spoon; drain browned sausage on a paper-towel lined plate.

3. Add garlic and sage to the same skillet; stir/saute for about 30 seconds or until fragrant.

4. Add in the beans, spinach, and broth; bring to a boil.

5. Lower heat and simmer about 5 minutes or until the spinach is just tender.

6. Add in drained pasta, sausage, salt, and pepper; simmer until well heated; adjust seasoning to taste.

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