I can’t believe the advent of spring is officially next week! But before we say hello to everything salad, pasta salad and grilling, you have to make my new Lemon Garlic Shrimp Fettuccine, Swedish Meatballs and this Creamy Tortellini Toscana! I guarantee your family is going to looooove this skillet tortellini and you will love how easy it is with a start to finish time of less than 30 minutes!
Like I previously mentioned, this Creamy Tortellini Toscana idea came from my Zuppa Toscana recipe. If you haven’t tried that soup yet it is amazing along with my other Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup. I wanted to create a dish with a similar flavor profile to my Zuppa Toscana but with pasta – and of course my favorite pasta is tortellini! From my Tortellini Chicken Soup to my Caesar Chicken Tortellini, to my Cheesy Bolognese Tortellini Al Forno, to my Creamy White Bean and Ham Tortellini Soup, tortellini just makes everything better! Because if there is one way to make pasta even more delicious – stuff it with cheeeese!
This Creamy Tortellini is crazy delicious because not only is it bursting with Italian sausage, sweet potatoes, spinach and bacon, the tortellini cooks right in the sauce so all the glorious flavors simmer together and infuse the tortellini and veggies with even more flavor to create a skillet of unbelievable goodness that’s both fresh and comforting at the same time.
HOW TO CUSTOMIZE CREAMY TORTELLINI SKILLET
I’ve kept the bacon as a garnish so that it’s crispy salty goodness doesn’t get lost in the pasta and so you can customize just how decadent you want this Creamy Tortellini Toscana. Here are a few more ways to customize this tortellini recipe:
Use ground turkey instead of sausage (be prepared to add some more seasonings if you do this)Substitute Italian sausage with lean ground beef with a pinch of red pepper flakesAdd fire roasted diced tomatoes or sun-dried tomatoesSubstitute kale for SpinachGarnish with fresh basilAdd/substitute sweet potatoes with your favorite veggies such as zucchini or carrots, etc.
This Creamy Tortellini Toscana is super easy for a weeknight meal but tastes like it’s from a gourmet Italian restaurant. Doesn’t get better or tastier than that!
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