Sausage, tomato & spinach pasta
An easy tomato pasta with crumbled beef sausage, onion, garlic and wilted spinach.
At a glance
All meals · 10 minutes active preparation · 30 minutes total · meal
Method range: 4–4 servings.
Contains: wheat, gluten. Check individual packaging and cross-contact information; this is not an allergy-safety guarantee.
Estimated per serving
- Energy
- 2168 kJ
- Protein
- 24.3 g
- Carbs
- 56.1 g
- Fat
- 20.4 g
- Iron
- 3.3 mg
- Calcium
- 81.2 mg
- Folate
- 85.6 µg
- Vitamin C
- 14.8 mg
* Partial ingredient data. Additional cooking losses may not be included. Open recipe for all vitamins, minerals and calculation notes.
Ingredients
Nutrition weights for 4 servings. Changing the batch size keeps the per-serving nutrition the same.
- Egg-free wheat pasta, dry280 g
- Beef sausages, raw, casings removed360 g
- Olive oil10 g
- Brown onion, peeled and diced150 g
- Garlic, peeled and finely chopped10 g
- Canned tomatoes in juice, no added salt, undrained400 g
- Baby spinach120 g
- Ground black pepper1 g
Method
- Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil. Cook the dry pasta until tender with a slight bite, then reserve 125 ml of cooking water and drain.
- Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Squeeze the sausage meat from the casings, add it to the pan and break it into small pieces. Cook for 6–8 minutes until browned, no pink remains and the thickest pieces reach 71°C.
- Add the onion and cook for 4–5 minutes until softened. Stir in the garlic for 30 seconds, then add the canned tomatoes and black pepper.
- Simmer for 8–10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sauce thickens enough to lightly coat a spoon. Stir in the spinach until fully wilted.
- Add the drained pasta and toss well. Loosen with only as much reserved pasta water as needed for a glossy sauce, then serve hot.
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Nutrition
Macros and selected micronutrients. Open All nutrients for the full nutrient and food-component profile. Availability varies by ingredient. Select a nutrient to see which ingredients supply it.
| Nutrient | Amount | Reference comparison |
|---|---|---|
| 2168 kJCooking estimate incomplete | — | |
| 24.3 gCooking estimate incomplete | — | |
| 20.4 gCooking estimate incomplete | — | |
| 5.3 gCooking estimate incomplete | 21%AI · reported contribution only | |
| 56.1 gCooking estimate incomplete | — | |
| 81 mgCooking estimate incomplete | 8%RDI · reported contribution only | |
| 13 µgCooking estimate incomplete | 9%RDI · reported contribution only | |
| 3.3 mgCooking estimate incomplete | 18%RDI · reported contribution only | |
| 2.07 µgCooking estimate incomplete | 86%RDI · reported contribution only | |
| 86 µgCooking estimate incomplete | 21%RDI · reported contribution only | |
| 14.8 mgCooking estimate incomplete | 33%RDI · reported contribution only |
Estimates from the identified food records, including dated product labels where specified. “Not reported” is unknown; partial totals may be incomplete. Whole-batch amounts are not compared against one person’s daily reference. Per-serving percentages compare one serving with daily RDI/AI targets for Women 31–50 years, not upper limits. Values use foods in their recorded states; additional cooking losses are not modelled unless you select a supported method when editing ingredients.
About this recipe
Editorially reviewed with measured ingredients, practical timings and explicit doneness cues. Ingredient identity evidence does not certify allergen-free manufacture.
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Original AI-assisted recipe development for MorselMetrics. Editorially reviewed. Nutrition calculated from attributed food-composition sources.
Calculation assumptions & recipe adaptations
Estimated from weighed edible ingredients using existing AFCD/AUSNUT records. All listed ingredients and seasoning are counted; unknown nutrient values remain unknown.
- Egg-free wheat pasta, dry: Whole-recipe edible weight.
- Beef sausages, raw, casings removed: Whole-recipe edible weight.
- Olive oil: Whole-recipe edible weight.
- Brown onion, peeled and diced: Whole-recipe edible weight.
- Garlic, peeled and finely chopped: Whole-recipe edible weight.
- Canned tomatoes in juice, no added salt, undrained: Whole-recipe edible weight.
- Baby spinach: Whole-recipe edible weight.
- Ground black pepper: Whole-recipe edible weight.
AFCD attribution, data & methods
Food matches used for nutrition
- Egg-free wheat pasta, dry: Pasta, white wheat flour, dry
- Beef sausages, raw, casings removed: Sausage, beef, raw
- Olive oil: Oil, olive
- Brown onion, peeled and diced: Onion, mature, brown skinned, peeled, raw
- Garlic, peeled and finely chopped: Garlic, peeled, fresh, raw
- Canned tomatoes in juice, no added salt, undrained: Tomato, whole, canned in tomato juice, no added salt, undrained
- Baby spinach: Spinach, baby, fresh, raw
- Ground black pepper: Pepper, black, ground
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