Sausage Spinach and Marinara Tortellini is a super easy, deliciously flavorful one pan dinner! It’s brimming with flavorful cheesy tortellini, hearty sausage, rich tomato flavor and fresh herbs. A weeknight recipe you’ll want on repeat!

A Great Way to Use Cheese Tortellini!

A go-to main ingredient for a quick and easy dinner at my house is so frequently tortellini. I love love love tortellini! I mean cheese stuffed in pasta, how could you go wrong with that?

I’ve been eating it as long as I can remember, my mom often served it growing up because like I just mentioned, it makes for an easy meal and she was a full-time working single mother of six.

We usually just had it with some sort of tomato sauce and cream mixture but I was perfectly fine with that as a kid. Now I add in allll the garlic, tomatoes, basil…you know, the good stuff :).

Someday I’d like to try making tortellini from scratch, but this is real life and who has time for such things? One day I’ll make the time but until then I’m really just pretty content with the tortellini in the refrigerator section at the grocery store.

Ingredients for This Recipe

  • Olive oil
  • Garlic
  • Turkey sausage (pork sausage will work too)
  • Marinara sauce 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • Canned tomatoes
  • Low sodium chicken broth
  • Refrigerated 3 cheese tortellini
  • spinach
  • Fresh parsley and fresh basil

How to Make This Easy Tortellini Recipe

  • Saute sausage and garlic in a skillet in olive oil until sausage is cooked through.
  • Add in marinara sauce, tomatoes, chicken broth and water and bring to a light boil.
  • Add in tortellini, toss and press tortellini down into sauce, reduce heat, cover and simmer until tortellini is cooked through.
  • Stir in spinach and parsley, season with pepper to taste. Let spinach wilt.
  • Stir in basil and serve warm.

A 25 Minute Dinner!

It uses both the store-bought tortellini and a store-bought marinara sauce so it comes together so quickly (you can have it ready in 25 minutes or less), and it’s made more flavorful and filling with the sausage.

Then the basil, parsley and spinach offer it that wonderful fresh flavor. This is a recipe you’ll want to make again and again and it’s something the whole family will likely agree on! This is definitely my kind of dinner!

More Easy Dinner Recipes to Try!

  • One Pan Creamy Gnocchi with Sausage and Kale
  • Creamy Spinach Tomato Tortellini
  • Instant Pot Spaghetti
  • Pasta Primavera
  • Pasta e Fagioli Soup

4.84 from 6 votes Review Recipe

One Pan Turkey Sausage, Spinach and Marinara Tortellini

A super easy, deliciously flavorful one pan dinner! It’s brimming with flavorful cheesy tortellini, hearty sausage, rich tomato flavor and fresh herbs. A weeknight recipe you’ll want on repeat!

Servings: 7

Prep10 minutesCook20 minutesReady in: 30 minutes

Ingredients1 Tbsp olive oil2 cloves garlic, minced1 lb hot or sweet turkey sausages, casings removed1 (24 oz) jar jar marinara sauce (I like Classico Four Cheese)1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes3/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth1/2 cup water1 (20 oz) pkgs. refrigerated three cheese tortellini4 cups packed fresh spinach, roughly chopped3 Tbsp chopped fresh parsleyFreshly ground black pepper3 Tbsp chopped fresh basil

InstructionsHeat olive oil in an extra-large skillet or a pot over medium-high heat. Add garlic and saute 30 seconds then add sausage break it up a bit and cook, stirring and breaking up sausage occasionally, until sausage has cooked through. Add in marinara sauce, tomatoes, chicken broth and water and bring to a light boil. Add in tortellini, toss and press tortellini down into sauce, reduce heat to medium-low, then cover and simmer until tortellini is cooked through, about 10 minutes, stirring once halfway through. Stir in spinach and parsley, season with pepper to taste (season with salt only if needed, if you used the brand I mentioned you likely won’t need it) and toss gently to allow spinach to cook through and wilt. Stir in basil and serve warm.

Notes Recipe source: inspired by Buitoni

Nutrition Facts One Pan Turkey Sausage, Spinach and Marinara Tortellini

	Amount Per Serving

Calories 413 Calories from Fat 126

% Daily Value*

Fat 14g22%Saturated Fat 3g19%Cholesterol 79mg26%Sodium 1352mg59%Potassium 728mg21%Carbohydrates 44g15%Fiber 5g21%Sugar 7g8%Protein 22g44% Vitamin A 2345IU47%Vitamin C 21.2mg26%Calcium 181mg18%Iron 5mg28% * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition values are estimates only. See full disclaimer here.

Course: Main CourseCuisine: ItalianKeyword: Sausage, Tortellini Author: Jaclyn

4.84 from 6 votes

Review Recipe

Nutrition Facts One Pan Turkey Sausage, Spinach and Marinara Tortellini

	Amount Per Serving

Calories 413 Calories from Fat 126

% Daily Value*

Fat 14g22%Saturated Fat 3g19%Cholesterol 79mg26%Sodium 1352mg59%Potassium 728mg21%Carbohydrates 44g15%Fiber 5g21%Sugar 7g8%Protein 22g44% Vitamin A 2345IU47%Vitamin C 21.2mg26%Calcium 181mg18%Iron 5mg28% * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition values are estimates only. See full disclaimer here.

Nutrition Facts

One Pan Turkey Sausage, Spinach and Marinara Tortellini

	Amount Per Serving

Calories 413 Calories from Fat 126

% Daily Value*

Fat 14g22%

Saturated Fat 3g19%

Cholesterol 79mg26%

Sodium 1352mg59%

Potassium 728mg21%

Carbohydrates 44g15%

Fiber 5g21%

Sugar 7g8%

Protein 22g44%

Vitamin A 2345IU47%

Vitamin C 21.2mg26%

Calcium 181mg18%

Iron 5mg28%

  • Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Course: Main CourseCuisine: ItalianKeyword: Sausage, Tortellini

Author: Jaclyn