Slow Cooker Italian Sausage Pasta Sauce over Spaghetti Squash
from Tiffany at eatathomecooks.com
Servings: 3 to 4
Calories: 579kcal
Ingredients
- ¾ lb. sweet Italian sausage links
- ¼ cup water
- 1 green pepper chopped
- 1 small onion chopped
- 2-3 cloves garlic crushed
- 14 oz. can crushed tomatoes
- 8 oz. can tomato sauce
- 1½ tsp. oregano
- 1½ tsp. basil
- 1 tsp. thyme
- salt & pepper to taste
- 1 spaghetti squash cooked and scraped out
Instructions
- Brown sausage links in a non-stick skillet.
- Add water to the skillet and continue to cook sausage over medium heat for 5-7 minutes.
- Remove sausage from skillet and slice into rounds – it’s okay if it’s not cooked all the way through, it will finish cooking in the slow cooker.
- Add peppers, onion and garlic to the skillet and cook until its tender-crisp.
- Put the sausage, veggies and remaining ingredients except the spaghetti squash into the slow cooker.
- Cook on high for 4-5 hours or on low for 7-8 hours.
- Serve over spaghetti squash.
Nutrition
Calories: 579kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 86mg | Sodium: 1577mg | Potassium: 1313mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 1338IU | Vitamin C: 63mg | Calcium: 216mg | Iron: 6mg