This easy creamy sausage pasta made with vegetarian sausages is such a delicious, cozy weeknight dinner that comes together in less than 20 minutes. It’s creamy, packed full of flavor, and one of my favorite recipes to have on our regular meal rotation.

This is a great recipe when you want a protein-packed dinner that feels like a real treat – the creamy sauce pairs perfectly with the crispy, crumbled sausage and pasta. For more recipes using vegetarian sausages, try these incredible sausages and peppers in a crusty roll, this creamy marmite mushroom pasta, or this cozy sausage and bean casserole.

What’s more, this vegan creamy pasta recipe is super versatile – you could swap up vegan sausages for mince or vegan chicken chunks, add in as much veg as you’d like (red peppers, zucchini and mushrooms would be great), or even top the pasta with more cheese and breadcrumbs to make it into a pasta bake.

Ingredient Notes

This recipe uses the following ingredients – scroll down to the recipe card for the exact quantities along with the recipe instructions!

• Vegetarian sausages: Being vegetarian, I obviously used vegetarian sausages for this recipe. My favorite brands to use are the Richmond meat-free sausages or the Beyond Meat ones. Both are vegan-friendly.
  
• Onion & Garlic: This recipe begins with sauting diced onion and garlic in oil until soft and fragrant. I used a white onion, but shallots or a red onion will also work!
  
• Tomatoes: This recipe contains tomato paste for a kick of flavor, as well as fresh chopped tomatoes which were harvested from the allotment! If you are making this recipe at a time of year where tomatoes aren’t in season, feel free to use some passata or tinned tomatoes as a substitute.
  
• Cream Cheese: To make this recipe vegan, you could use the plant-based Philadelphia for this recipe, but a plant-based single cream could also work. Alternatively, I’ve also used a lighter creme fraiche in this recipe and that works equally well.
  
• Pasta – I used spirali pasta in this recipe, but other acceptable pasta shapes include tagliatelle, giant pasta shells, and mezzi rigatoni.
  
• Seasoning – I use salt and pepper, oregano, dried sage, rosemary, and a sprinkle of chili flakes to really set this dish off.

How To Make This Easy Creamy Sausage Pasta

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This vegan creamy sausage pasta is ready in under 30 minutes and is a wonderfully hearty meal that your whole family can enjoy together. Here’s how to make this recipe.

Step 1) Saute Onion & Garlic

To make this creamy sausage pasta, start off by heating a little olive oil in your pan, and then tip in the onion and cook on low heat for a couple of minutes. Then, add in your minced garlic.

Step 2) Add Sausages

Chop up your sausages into chunks and then add them to the pan and turn up the heat. Use your spoon to mash the sausages while cooking, cutting them into smaller “crumble” pieces – this helps the sausages get extra crispy and delicious!

Step 3) Add Fresh Tomatoes & Seasonings

Next, tip in the tomatoes and seasonings and stir them into the sausage and onion mixture. Use your spoon to crush the tomatoes as they cook.

Step 4) Deglaze the Pan

Pour in the white wine and use your spoon to scrape any black bits off the bottom of the pan (this is flavor!), then add the tomato puree and stir into the pan.

Step 5) Add Cream Cheese & Pasta

Add the cream cheese into the mixture along with a splash of the water from your cooked pasta, then tip the pasta into the pan too.

Stir the pasta into the sausage sauce, adding more pasta water as needed to achieve a thick and creamy sauce.

Storage

This is a great recipe for meal prepping, so you can enjoy your sausage pasta leftovers for a couple of days after cooking! This should last in the fridge between 3 – 5 days in an airtight container.

You could also cook the sauce/sausage mix and freeze it – it’s best to prepare your pasta fresh separately if you’re planning on freezing this recipe, however.

Frequently Asked Questions

What’s the best vegetarian sausage for this recipe?

I used the Beyond Meat vegan sausages for this recipe and I love the deep ‘meaty’ flavor these sausages have. However, any vegan sausage that you love should work great!

How to make a vegan creamy pasta?

To make your vegan sausage pasta beautifully creamy, you’ll need to add one of the following:

• Vegan cream cheese (that’s what this recipe uses)
• Vegan creme fraiche
• Vegan single cream
• Vegan cashew cream (soaked cashews and a little water blended together)

You could also blend up some roasted butternut squash to add to your sauce which adds a wonderfully cream flavor. Take a look at this creamy butternut squash pasta sauce for some inspiration!

Is this a one-pot sausage pasta recipe?

This recipe technically uses two pots – one for the sauce, and one for the pasta. I haven’t tried just adding the pasta into one pot, so I’d recommend sticking to the existing instructions (it’s only one extra pot anyway!).

How to make this creamy sausage pasta gluten-free?

You could substitute the rigatoni pasta for gluten-free pasta to make this recipe gluten-free.