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So easy and a definite crowd pleaser. 5 stars!!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2014-11-15","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"CyanBox"},"reviewBody":"Easy and delicious!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":4,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2014-11-04","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"GreenDucky"},"reviewBody":"Quick, easy and delicious! What else do you want? My family loves this!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2014-10-31","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"PurpleSeahorse"},"reviewBody":"This recipe was quick...easy....and the whole family loved it. Definately a keeper!!!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2014-05-12","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"BlueBox"},"reviewBody":"We have made this dish several times and LOVE it","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2013-11-25","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"GoldBasketball"},"reviewBody":"I have 5 extremely picky kids and they all loved this. I have made it 4 times since I tried it the first time 2 months ago. A definite keeper!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2013-08-29","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"OliveBeer"},"reviewBody":"I am so excited about this recipe! I made it last night in about 15 minutes and it was completely delicious. I substituted bow tie pasta for the tortellini and turkey kielbasa for the chicken sausage because that's what I had on hand. I also used frozen spinach, right out of the bag. Sooooooo yummy with a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese on top and some garlic bread. I will make this once a week! Love the sauce with cream cheese. Never thought of that for a pasta sauce!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2015-09-10","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"OrangeScooter"},"reviewBody":"Tried this not very tasty - rather boring. I won't try this again.","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":3,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2013-10-17","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"RedQuill"},"reviewBody":"I doubles the tomatoes and cheese, we like more sauce. Love this!!!!!!!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2014-10-31","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"PurpleLamp"},"reviewBody":"Exchange the sausage for shrimp.","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2013-09-08","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"OrangeBattery"},"reviewBody":"Think the cream cheese resulted in a sweet sauce that we didn't care for. Perhaps substituting heavy cream mixed with corn starch would result in a more pleasing to our palate outcome.","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":3,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2013-08-14","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"BlueTag"},"reviewBody":"Simple and delicious! I made 2 versions... As written and Tweaked version, both received amazing reviews from our guests.","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2014-11-12","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"PurpleProcessor"},"reviewBody":"Awesome recipe- easy to make and tasty. May try next time to add mushrooms or zuccini for added flavors and textures. It was so good, my picky eater daughter asked for seconds.","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2013-08-28","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"RedButton"},"reviewBody":"Very easy recipe...like that I can keep all but the fresh spinach in my pantry and whip up with little head time. I did add baby bella mushrooms, an onion and some fresh basil to bulk up the recipe a bit. But the flavor was there even without those additions....the garlic canned tomatoes do the trick well!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":4,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2013-08-24","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"BlueCupcake"},"reviewBody":"I made this recipe a few weeks ago. I used half the spinach and more meat than what was called for. I hardly ate any because I used hot Italian sausage and it was too spicy for me, but it tasted good. And my husband loved it too.","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":4,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2015-09-06","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"OliveAnchor"},"reviewBody":"Did I miss something? I can only see 2 ingredients for the sauce - diced tomatoes and cream cheese. The recipe description says there are 3 ingredients. Is it meaning that the sausage or spinach is part of the sauce? 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