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Name: Kale Pasta
Cuisine: Italian

Kale Pasta

Type of Cuisine: Italian

Provided By: Braeden Finch

Category: Entree

From: Wailua

Kale pasta is the only way I'll eat vegetables, especially kale. My mom grew kale in her garden boxes in our yard. When COVID happened, our family would get the weekly vegetable/fruit bags at the school and also had boxes delivered to our house during the summer. Those bags/boxes always had a fresh bunch of locally grown kale. I love pasta and kale pasta is easy to make and a great way to use up the big, bushy bunches of kale.

Ingredients:

1 pound	short pasta -- like fusilli, rotini, penne
1 bunch	kale, stems removed and chopped
1 tbsp	olive oil
1 tray	sweet Italian sausage, crumbled
1/2 tsp	minced garlic
1 tsp	red pepper flakes
12-15	cherry or grape tomatoes
1/2 cup	parmesan cheese

Instructions:

Boil salted water for pasta, cook until al dente, keep one cup of the water before draining
Blanch kale and set aside
Heat olive oil over medium heat, add sausage, and add garlic and red pepper flakes
Add kale and cook for 2-3 minutes
Add tomatoes and cook until they soften
Add pasta, pasta water, and parmesan cheese

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