I like to start with the recipes as written, then modify it the next time I make it. We did enjoy this, but it was a little bland. Next time I will add some spinach and some garlic for added flavor and health benefits to boot!

Very good. Whole family loved this.

The recipe as stated was pretty bland even though I used hot italian sausage. So I added some sun-dried tomatoes, mushrooms and Parmesan cheese, which made it much better.

Excellent recipe. Like others I added a couple veggies - sweet roma tomatoes and peas. I got a wild hair and decided to melt some cream cheese in the brothy bowties and man oh man, was it good. A little Parm on top, and another staple meal was born. Thanks!

Good but with some additions. Veggies, veggies, veggies....minced onion and garlic sauteed with the sausage. Added chopped red roasted pepper and sun dried tomatoes. Instead of cutting up fresh peppers I added a half bag of frozen peppers and onion. Topped with asiago and parmesan cheese.

I was desperate to find something for dinner. I happened to have these ingred's on hand. Want a wonderful surprise. This is really amazing. This will be made again for sure.

This is a really good base recipe...I added some garlic, white pepper, crushed red pepper flakes, and I thickened my sauce a little with cornstarch. Also topped with some fresh grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese...my husband loved it, simple yet tasty!

I would rate this higher and the leftovers were delicious. If prepared the way this recipe is written I can see that it could be bland but I followed what the reviewers suggested and sauteed a medium onion and 2 tbls. of italian herbs in some oil, added the peppers and hot italian sausage (removed from casing). Cooked till sausage was almost done, added the cooked pasta,whole can of beef stock and canned mushrooms. Let it all simmer for about 15 minutes covered. Passed around the Parmasean cheese which was delicious on it. This is a real keeper. Quick and easy to make,low in calories and inexpensive.

This is a really tasty, and easy to make dish. I tried it at home and loved it so much I made it for a friend for a birthday treat! He loved it so much he got the recipe from me. He's a basic level cook, and had no problem following this recipe.

This was great. I used a combination of hot and mild italian sausage and mini lasagne noodles. We will do it again, only used 1 red and 1 yellow pepper and will do a medium dice. Didn't do a parm and it was wonderful. Full cup of beef broth and let is absorb.

This is on my regular menu now!! You can't beat such a low-fat, simple, AND totally tasty dish! Plus it's something you can easily play around with. I added some diced tomatoes, as did others. Who would have known that beef broth would be such a great pasta sauce?!

I am only giving this 4 stars, because as is -- I think it would be pretty blah. I cooked the bowtie pasta in the beef broth, and that made it tasty. I also added broccoli and tomatoes and sprinkled it with crushed red pepper. The kids loved it, and so did we! Pretty quick and easy!

This dish was only a moderate success for me. I added some Hungarian paprika to round out the flavour, but I found the beef broth gave the pasta a strange texture, and it took until I was about halfway through my serving before I could get past it. The leftovers did not reheat well. On the whole, I think I won't make it again, but it gave me a good solution for dinner one night when I had sausages to use up.

This was a good recipe, but a little too salty. A low sodium broth would be best. I doubled the broth as suggested and included onion, garlic, and basil. The flavor was good, just too salty. Will most likely make again.

Might possibly be better with a homemade beef or earthy mushroom stock. As is it lacked any sort of depth of flavor or complexity.

WOW! It seemed way too simple to be a 5-star recipe, but boy, was I wrong! DELICIOUS and SO QUICK! This was a welcomed change from pastas with tomatoes and/or red sauce. Per the suggestion of other reviewers I used more (one full can) of College Inn Beef Broth plus I added about another cup of hot water mixed with 1-2 T of solid beef base. Not sure why others complained about it being too runny? Even with all of the additional liquid I added, it had just the right amount of yummy broth. The other changes I made were as follows: removed sausage from casings before cooking, added sauteed onion, used red and green peppers for color, added a sprinkling of crushed red pepper flakes. Next time I will add more sausage. Oh, one more thing...after combining the pasta with the sausage/veggies, I cooked it on low for about 20 minutes while I waited for the boys to return from football practice. Maybe this helped flavors meld and pasta soak up the broth. Hubby and three kids couldn't stop eating this meal. I can't remember the last recipe I made where everyone cleaned their plate AND asked for seconds (thirds in hubby's case). A KEEPER!

This was a great easy dinner. I never had a pasta dish with a broth before and it was yummy. I doubled the broth like others suggested, I used a red and green pepper, added some fresh sliced mushrooms and some marinated artichoke hearts too. I sprinkled it with parm cheese right before serving. Oh I also added some garlic and basil while the veggies were cooking!

I thought it was great! I too used different color pepppers, and more of the beef broth. It was quick and easy!