One of our go-to dinners is spaghetti, it is always in the pantry and can be made in just a few minutes when both Brad and I are late getting home from work. Sometimes I try to make spaghetti a little bit more exciting through other pasta shapes, flavorful marinara sauce, and other additions.

I really like bow tie pasta. It is just such a fun shape! I generally have a couple boxes of it in our pantry at any given time. For this dinner, I used Mezzetta Sweet Basil & Whole Garlic Marinara Sauce; to spruce it up a little more, I added some chicken & apple sausage that Brad grilled (although it would have been simply delicious with just pasta and the sauce).

The Chicken & Apple sausage was a great addition and complimented the Sweet Basil & Whole Garlic marinara sauce well. Brad and I really enjoyed this for dinner; along with a fresh fruit salad.

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How would you spruce up some classic dinner dishes like spaghetti?