Fun Foods ~ Creamy Bowtie Pasta and Smoked Sausage

So I was trying to figure out what to make for sinner the other night, and since I hadn't gone shopping all week (I'm like a thousand months pregnant, ya gotta give me a break) the only thing in my freezer was a package of Hillshire Farms Smoked Sausage.  So I went on-line to http://allrecipes.com to look for a recipe to use but I just couldn't find one that sounded good.  I did find 3 different ones that had parts of it that sounded good though, so I took a little from this one and a little from that one and made my own! It came out really good and will now be a regularly prepared meal in my house.

 Here is how to make it ~

1/4 cup butter
1 small white onion-chopped/diced (depending on how u like it
2-3 garlic cloves-diced
1lb Hillshire Farms Smoked Sausage-cut into thin slices
3.5oz pkg.  sun-dried tomatoes (I used the vacuum pack/ready to eat kind, but you can use dehydrated ones, just soak them in boiling water for about 20 min)
1 cup broccoli-cooked
1/8 tsp red pepper flakes (or more if you like spicy things!)
1 cup shredded mixed Italian cheese
1 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream (use more if you want it really creamy)
3/4 of a 16oz package of bowtie noodles
salt & pepper






*Prepare pasta according to package
*Drain noodles when done (add a little olive oil to keep them from sticking together if your sausage mixture is not done)


*Melt butter in pan
*Saute onions and garlic in butter
*add smoked sausage when the onions are kinda soft but not totally done
*add sun-dried tomatoes, mix well
*add broccoli, mix well
*add red pepper flakes, mix well
*turn heat to low
*add 1/2 the cheese and mix well
*add cream slowly and mix well

*Mix pasta and sausage mixture together, top with the rest of the cheese
*salt and pepper to taste