Name: Pesto Sun Dried Tomato Pasta Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Ingredients: olive oil; 1 pound ground Italian sausage (optional); 6 to 8 cloves garlic; 1 (32-ounce) jar marinara sauce; 1 (8-ounce) jar pesto; kosher salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, crushed red pepper flakes; 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese; 1 (6-ounce) jar sliced sun dried tomatoes (tomatoes only, not the oil); cooked pasta of choice (I served this over regular pasta for my family, and low carb/ low calorie shirataki noodles for me)

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This is an easy peasy pasta sauce recipe that basically combines a few store-bought ingredients to put a little personality into pasta night, you gotta make this Pesto Sun Dried Tomato Pasta Sauce!

I made regular spaghetti for my family, but used low carb and low calorie shirataki noodles for mine.

We added Italian sausage, or you can leave that out for a vegetarian or meatless meal.

How to make Pesto Sun Dried Tomato Pasta Sauce

Start with a large pot or saucepan over medium heat.

Add some olive oil and ground Italian sausage if using.

Cook that for a few minutes and break the sausage apart with spatulas and then add some minced garlic.

Cook the garlic for 2 minutes and add in some marinara sauce, a jar of pesto, kosher salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, and crushed red pepper flakes.

Let the sauce simmer for 10 minutes, stirring a few times.

As the sauce simmered I boiled thin spaghetti noodles.

And started draining and rinsing my shirataki noodles.

Finally, stir in 6 ounces of sun dried tomatoes, mine were packed in oil but I did not add the oil.

Also stir in 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese.

Serve Pesto Sun Dried Tomato Pasta Sauce over noodles of choice 🙂

These were my low carb noodles.

And the fam got spaghetti with a side of ciabatta garlic toast.

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