Winter Walnut Pasta with Butternut Squash, Sausage, and Sage
This hearty pasta dish celebrates the flavors of Fall and Winter with a combination of sweet balsamic roasted butternut squash with fresh sage, savory Italian chicken sausage, baby spinach, and crunchy toasted walnuts. This is a perfect warming meal for a weeknight meal or dinner with friends.
- Time: 35 min
Source: California Walnuts
Ingredients
- medium diced butternut squash
- Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- Tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- teaspoon Kosher salt
- teaspoon black pepper, or more to taste
- Tablespoons chopped fresh sage leaves, sliced into thin strips
- ounces fully cooked sweet Italian chicken sausage* , sliced on a bias
- chopped walnuts
- whole wheat pasta
- fresh baby spinach, coarsely chopped
- Optional: grated Parmesan cheese or Pecorino cheese
- Nonstick cooking spray
- *can swap sausage with white beans for vegetarian modification