This was very good! I only had plain sausage so I 'Italian'ed it up myself with Italian seasoning, crushed red pepper, onion and garlic powders, and chili powder and a little sage. It turned out great! Made a ton, too...thanks for a great recipe.

I rate this 5 stars because of the taste, but had these observations: the recipe doesn't say if the sausage should be whole, sliced, ground, etc. I found that ground or sliced works well. 1/2 c oil is way more than I thought necessary so I reserved the pan drippings from the sausage and added about 2 T of olive oil to that, maybe 1/4 cup max combined. If you don't have cavatelli pasta, really any short pasta will do: penne, gnocchi, rotelli, etc. My family loved the flavors! A wonderful recipe and easy to make...thanks!

I've made this many times. I've tried other variations too. Asparagus instead of broccoli and shrimp instead of sausage. Most of the time I make it just like the recipe, except I use a shredded 6 italian cheese mix from my grocery store (parmesan, mozzarella, romano, asiago, fontina, provolone) and I use quite a bit more than 1/4 cup.

Finally, a meal that both my kids enjoyed.

Super yummy! Couldn't find cavatelli so I just used rotelle pasta. Everything I kept the same. Quick and easy to make. Also, makes a lot! Will be making this again.

I thought it was a little dry, even when adding more cheese. Good for lunch at work the next day, since it packs up nicely, and easy to re-heat. I would add more vegi's next time (i.e. peppers, tomatoes) and fresh herbs.

This was really good. My whole family loved it! My dad was in town and he ate it late night, cold, with italian dressing on it. He loved it! Thanks for posting

This had excellent flavour, and was easy to make. I sauted the sausage with a dash of chilli oil, and caramelised onions, and garlic paste; boiled penne pasta, adding frozen peas for the final 2 minutes. I added the pasta and peas to the pan, with sesame seeds and parmesan, and stirred to mix evenly. I served with parmesan and freshly grated black pepper.

This is a great recipe. I used a hot italian sausage, casing removed, and did not add the additional red pepper flakes as the sausage was very spicy itself. I also used fresh broccoli. This is a wonderful, quick, weeknight meal!

I am a big fan of Italian sausage, and this had a lot of great flavor from the garlic and sausage, but we didn't care for the broccoli in this dish. Will probably not make again.

This is one of our favorites. I add a chopped onion and two cans of diced tomatoes. It is good cold, too!

This is a great recipe! I am an organic gardener and had a bumper crop of broccoli to use. When searching for a different way to use broccoli, I chose this recipe to try - they say variety is the spice of life! I added the fresh broccoli at the end of the pasta cooking time as per instructions but only for about one minute to turn the broccoli bright green. I did add one can of fire roasted diced tomatoes and cut back a tad on the olive oil. I also made this using old-fashioned smoked link sausage, cutting the sausage in thin rounds and browning the sausage to render all the fat (discard fat), This change also makes a very good dish. I have used several different pasta shapes to use what was in the pantry with equal success. Try this - I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

love it! Tasted great and was easy. I omitted the red pepper flakes (boyfriend hates spicy food). Instead of frozen, I used fresh broccoli, parboiling it for five minutes before adding it to the pasta.

I added some chopped red bell pepper for a little more color- it was excellent!

This was excellent! This made about 7 pretty big servings our way. We did a few things differently: we used turkey sausage instead of pork (which we sauteed and crumbled), we used 1 lb 3 oz of fresh broccoli instead of frozen, we only used a little more than 1/4 c of olive oil to save cals, and 14.5 oz of penne pasta (dried), and we also added about 1/2 jar of sundried tomatoes packed in oil. I think this would be just as good without the tomatoes. Will definitely make this again! Oh, and be sure to use a good quality olive oil since it is the sauce. :)

This was delicious. This recipe I will make again. Thank you for a great recipe.

This is so tasty! This is a really fast and easy recipe for a weeknight meal. Only changes - I