Creating Pumped Up Pasta That Kids Like
Have you ever felt like you make the same dishes over and over again? Do you have a dish that you know your kids will eat and like, but want to pump it some more? Our favorite family dish is spaghetti. Now I’m not sure about you, but just noodles with spaghetti sauce is too boring for me. So what we do in our family is pump it up with Johnsonville Sausage! Those who are craving for authentic italian food may search for a nearby Italian restaurant.
I love Johnsonville Sausage! In fact, we use it on our pizzas, in our lasagna and baked ziti, with eggs for breakfast and even in our spaghetti sauce. The kids love it and Frank and I love it!
When I buy Johnsonville Sausage, I typically put it in the freezer right away. Then when I want to cook it, I just pull it out of the freezer and defrost it in the microwave. Once defrosted, I cook it up in the pot and wah-lah – our sausage is ready!!! Once the sausage is cooked, I simply add our favorite spaghetti sauce and stir it all together.
I’ve made our pumped up pasta two different ways. I make it in the Ninja Cooker, where I add all the ingredients at once (with the sausage cooked). This way is actually the quickest and easiest and results in less dishes. Or I cook the noodles and sauce separately (again cooking the sausage first). Either way, our kids are super happy when it’s spaghetti night and they’re pasta is pumped up with Johnsonville sausage!!!
Do you have a favorite way you pump up your pasta?
That’s a great way to make extra-tasty pasta.
Yum! That looks good. We make two timin pasta a lot. We add chicken or sausages. Kids just love it!
We haven’t tried sausage in our spaghetti sauce before. Hubby would probably enjoy the flavor it brings to the sauce.
I love those pasta shapes!! I have not tried sausage in our spaghetti before it looks delicious!
I’ll have to try ours with the Johnsonville sausage. I love changing or tweeting recipes a little bit.
Looks delicious! My kids love pasta. I will have to try pumping it up with sausage next time I cook it.
Looks like it was a huge hit. I see lots of happy faces!
This looks tasty not only for kids but also for people like me. The sausage makes it extra delicious.
This looks yummy for a whole family. Great way to change it up a bit for variety!
This looks and sounds totally delicious indeed. I love Italian sausage and will be making this for sure. Thanks for sharing.
My husband is Italian, so we always put Italian sausage in our pasta sauce. My daughter, however, will only eat pasta with garlic, parmesan cheese, and butter! No sauce whatsoever.
I love your choice to pump up your pasta. Never considered adding sausage, will have to try this next time I make pasta for the family.
Love Johnsonville.. The best ever. I just tried their shaved beef last night and it was so good. Love their sausages too.
Sausage spaghetti is always good. This looks really good. Your kids seem very happy with this meal idea too.
We prefer adding Italian sausage to our spaghetti sauce, too! I also saute bell peppers, onion, mushrooms, and zucchini with garlic and add that to our sauce. It sneaks in more veggies and gives jarred sauce more of a homemade flavor!
omg this pasta looks pretty tasty! I think not only is it pumped up for kiddos, but for this mom as well! Yummy!!!
That looks good! My kids love pasta too!
Oh! Yes, lasagna is my favorite one to pump up with pasta. Yours looks delicious and tasty, I love all of your photos an makes me hungry right now lol.
Never mind the kids, I’d love a bowl of that for dinner myself 🙂 I need to make this for my little guy, he is SO fussy!
This looks good will fix it for my kids
Love this recipe! Definitely going to have to try it. Love family dinners.