Chicken & Sausage Spaghetti Alfredo

This recipe is something I developed on my own. This recipe is for my fellow moms out there who love Fettuccine Alfredo but either 1) forget to buy fettuccine, or 2) want to add a little spice to the normal recipe.

This one is a combination, adding in peas, sausage and chicken to the normal recipe. The other big change is fettuccine. The reason I don't use fettuccine is because it takes so much longer to cook fettuccine, and when you're in a rush (because kids don't always let you cook leisurely), spaghetti is a faster noodle to cook. And my kids will actually eat it.

Chicken & Sausage Spaghetti Alfredo

Ingredients:

1 12oz pkg of spaghetti noodles
1 8oz pkg of pork sausage
2 chicken breasts (thawed)
1 cup of frozen peas
1 15oz creamy Alfredo pasta sauce (Bertolli, Ragu, Classico, etc.)
Parmeson cheese
1 Tsp Olive or Vegetable Oil
Dash of salt
1 1/2 Tsp smoked paprika
1 1/2 Tsp garlic powder
1 Tsp onion powder

(Don't you love how few ingredients there are for this recipe? Me too)

1) First, start off my thawing out the chicken breasts in the microwave and cutting them up into cubes (or buy them pre-sliced or pre-cubed from the grocery store). If you freeze your sausage after buying it - I do this - start thawing it out in the microwave too.

2) While your chicken and sausage are thawing out, start boiling water. I always add a dash of salt and oil into the pot of boiling water.

Cook peas with spaghetti noodles

3) When the water is boiling, add your noodles. I break the spaghetti noodles in half before cooking them because I've found it's easier for little kids to eat. Not to mention the noodles (drenched in sauce) don't end up leaving as many stains.

4) Add frozen peas into the boiling pot to cook with the noodles.








5) Cook the cubed chicken breasts and sausage in a frying pan and add in the seasonings. Ground up the sausage and mix together with the chicken.

Cook chicken with sausage meat

6) Once the noodles are soft and peas are cooked, drain water and set said.

7) Once the chicken and sausage are thoroughly cooked, add into the noodles and peas mixture.

8) Add in the Alfredo sauce and cook for 5 minutes on the stovetop.

9) Serve in bowls and sprinkle parmeson on each serving.

10) Enjoy!

Why do I love this recipe?

It's easy, it's fairly healthy. Alright, the sausage and Alfredo sauce aren't that healthy, but at least it has a vegetable, meat, and carbs combined in a meal that kids will eat.