Chicken Sausage Pasta with Creamy Garlic Sauce is a super easy weeknight meal prepared in under 30 minutes or made ahead and stored in the freezer!

There is a white pot with a dark rim filled with pieces of chicken sausage, tortellini, corn, peas, broccoli, carrots. — This post is sponsored by Al Fresco.

Gather round, friends.

Let me tell you about my newest creation. It’s a one-skillet, five-minute prep, fail-proof, make-ahead-and-freeze, dreamy garlic chicken sausage pasta meal.

It involves vegetables and tortellini and the most delicious chicken sausage, then gets coated with the most ridiculously good garlic cream sauce.

Oh man, it is SO good.

And yes. It is a make ahead and freeze meal, too.

In a big, white bowl holds bite-size pieces of chicken sausage, tortellini, broccoli, carrots, peas and corn in a creamy white sauce.

Make ahead freezer meals get a bad rap sometimes.

There is a white decorative bowl with pieces of chicken sausage, tortellini, corn, peas, broccoli, carrots. Above the bowl is a fork with tortellini and a small piece of broccoli. Underneath the bowl is a blue denim napkin under the right lower side of the bowl.

I met someone new this week who asked me about my cookbook and wanted to know what the fuss was about with freezer meals. I could see her eyes start to light up when I told her how it all works. How I make these meals by prepping in the raw state, then freeze to use on busy nights.

And she was like…. Soooooo these aren’t leftover freezer-burnt-tasting meals?

And I was all like.. Heck no! I don’t usually even like leftovers myself. I prefer freshly cooked dinners that taste amazing and fresh. It’s so much more convenient to make up a bunch of meals to freeze so I can just open up the freezer and basically pick out my dinner.

There is a white decorative bowl with pieces of chicken sausage, tortellini, corn, peas, broccoli, carrots. In the bowl is a fork spearing a tortellini and veggies. Underneath the bowl is a blue denim napkin under the right lower side of the bowl.

Of course, she got all giddy and started asking me more and more about it and by the end of the conversation she was so pumped to do freezer meals herself.

Freezer meals have that effect on people.

It’s seriously my favorite thing in the whole world when I get that excited look from people that realize how just how simple and awesome it really is to make freezer meals.

There is a white decorative bowl with pieces of chicken sausage, tortellini, corn, peas, broccoli, carrots. The bottom of the left side is a little piece of a the metal fork.

Okay.. so let’s talk about this new awesome recipe.

It’s sooooo easy! And it only takes 15 minutes. Like from beginning to end. To prep all you’re doing is slicing, sautéing, making a quick sauce and bagging it all up!

It’s seriously the simplest of ingredients, with al fresco fulled cooked chicken sausage, frozen tortellini, some frozen veggies, and a super quick little creamy garlic sauce. And yes, the type of sausage makes a big difference in the flavor of this dish. Make sure and get the al fresco roasted pepper and asiago chicken sausage or the garlic chicken sausage. Both work great for this recipe.

There is a white pot with a blue rim with pieces of chicken sausage, tortellini, corn, peas, broccoli, carrots. In the right hand corner is an unopened package of Al fresco roasted pepper and Asiago chicken sausage.

There’s something about this chicken sausage pasta that is so perfect… whether it’s the creamy smooth garlic sauce, or the mouth-watering bites of alfresco chicken sausage, I don’t know. It just makes me lose my flippin’ mind.

And the whole family loves it too…even the picky ones (which is all of them.) They all say, Mom, it’s really good! And I give them a cool calm nod, but inside am jumping up and down for joy. Holy wow, they like it!!

I love being a lazy dinner mom.

Don’t you as well?

Yeah… we should probably fist bump. Cause we’re in this crazy busy life together. And we GOT this.

A gallon-size ziploc bag filled with pieces of chicken sausage, tortellini, corn, peas, broccoli, carrots. There is a smaller ziploc bag inside with a creamy white sauce also zipped in the bag. There are two hands holding the bag at the bottom and on the right side of the big bag.

HOW LONG WILL THIS KEEP IN THE FREEZER?

This chicken sausage pasta freezer meal recipe is best used within 4-5 months. Make sure and get as much air out of the bag as possible when sealing it to avoid freezer burn.

Pot of colorful garlic chicken sausage pasta.

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Garlic Chicken Sausage Pasta Skillet Freezer Meal

Published By Karrie

Course Dinner

Cuisine American

Keyword chicken sausage, easy freezer meals

Servings

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 10

Chicken Sausage Pasta with Creamy Garlic Sauce and Veggies is a super easy meal prepared in under 30 minutes or made ahead and stored in the freezer!

Ingredients

▢ 12 oz Alfresco Roasted Garlic or Roasted Pepper Asiago Chicken Sausage
▢ 5 cups frozen mixed vegetables including broccoli, carrots, peas and corn
▢ 2 cups frozen tortellini

Instructions

Slice all 4 of the chicken sausages into ¼ inch sized slices. Optional: Saute sausage slices until golden brown edges appear in a skillet, then cool.
In a large bowl combine sliced sausage, frozen tortellini, and frozen vegetables. Toss together to combine.
In a medium bowl combine half n half, olive oil, garlic, parsley and salt. Whisk to combine.

Make It Now

Add frozen vegetables, tortellini and sausage to a large skillet with a lid. Add in ½ cup of water. Heat on high heat until water is boiling, then reduce heat to medium, cover and let simmer for 10 minutes. Then remove lid, add in sauce packet, increase heat to medium-high. Cook, stirring continuously until sauce is no longer watery, and coats the veggies and pasta like a creamy sauce. Serve immediately.

Make It a Freezer Meal

Transfer frozen sausage, tortellini and vegetables to a labeled gallon sized freezer safe bag. Transfer sauce mixture into a quart sized freezer safe bag. Seal both bags together, removing as much air as possible and freeze.

Cook From Frozen

Add frozen vegetables, tortellini and sausage to a large skillet with a lid. Add in ½ cup of water. Heat on high heat until water is boiling, then reduce heat to medium, cover and let simmer for 10 minutes. Then remove lid, add in sauce packet, increase heat to medium-high. Cook, stirring continuously until sauce is no longer watery, and coats the veggies and pasta like a creamy sauce. Serve immediately.

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About Karrie

Food is my love language. But so is saving money. So I like to combine the two a lot and make thrifty make ahead and freeze meals to save time. Because life is busy, and freezer meals can come to the rescue for all of us. And yes, they actually CAN taste good. Read more...

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