Pasta with Hillshire Farms Gourment Creations Sausage

Pasta with Hillshire Farms Gourment Creations Sausage

Ingredients:
1 package Hillshire Farms Gourmet Creations Sweet Italian Style Sausage
1 Tbsp. oil olive
1/2 package fresh mushrooms
1 small onion chopped
1 Tbsp. garlic powder
1 jar Ragu Sweet Tomato Basil Pasta Sauce
3 cups dried pasta (any style)

Directions:
1. Saute sausage, mushrooms and onion in olive oil until browned.
2. Add pasta sauce and garlic powder; simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Cook pasta per package directions while pasta sauce mixture simmers.
4. Drain pasta.
5. Combine pasta with sauce mixture and simmer for 5 minutes.
6. Serve.

The verdict: 
The sausage smelled awesome when cooking but I didn't get the great flavor I expected based on the smell.  I believe the tomato sauce overshadowed the sausage.  In the future, I will save some dough and use regular Italian sausage in my pasta.  The Gourmet Creations sausage smelled so good that I will try it in another dish, perhaps a sausage skillet.