Can’t get enough pumpkin this time of year? Then you’ll definitely want to make my Creamy Sausage and Pumpkin Pasta Bake a part of your meal plan this week! It’s cheesy, creamy, and full of all that pumpkin flavor you’re craving this fall.

Orecchiete is a fun pasta shape to work with; in Italian, it means little ears. According to my dad, my great-grandmother would make this pasta by hand; I don’t have her skills (yet), so when I was recently at Eataly in Chicago, I picked up…