Our best kale pasta recipes - 3 recipes

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VIDEO: Cheesy Quesadillas

Who wants cheesy, delicious quesadillas for dinner?

Slice the cherry tomatoes and black olives in half.
Lay out a quesadilla, and top with baby spinach, cherry tomatoes, olives, feta and cheddar.
Fold in half.
Heat a pan and drizzle with olive oil.
Cook quesadilla on both sides, until golden.
Enjoy!

By Sodernsilly

Prepare all of your vegetables by washing them as needed

8oz. hot Italian sausage
1½ cups baby portobello mushrooms, roughly chopped
2 large shallots, chopped (about 1 handful)
2½ cups kale, torn into large bite-sized pieces (from about 3 large stalks)
2 to 3 cups baby spinach, loosely packed
1 cup asparagus, chopped (about 5 to 6 spears, feel free to use more if desired)
1½ cups fresh broccoli florets
1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil, plus more if needed
6 cloves garlic, minced
⅓ cup white wine (I used Chardonnay)
juice from one lemon (about 2 to 3 tablespoons)
2 tbsp butter
pinch of fennel seed (optional)
pinch of cayenne pepper, plus more if needed
¼ to ½ tsp crushed red pepper
kosher salt, to taste
freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1 box dried pasta (bowtie, penne, rigatoni, ziti, or corkscrew shapes work fine), cooked al dente in salted water
⅓ cup reserved pasta water, just in case you need it to moisten the dish
⅔ cup Parmegiana-Reggiano cheese, plus more to garnish
flat leaf parsley to garnish

4.5/5 (4 Votes)

By Deborah Deprez

Have you tried eating these foods to get rid of extra flab?

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By Smokey1999

A unique twist on a traditional favorite

4.1/5 (17 Votes)

Stay trim and toasty with soup!

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By azniv66

Heat a pan with 2 tbs of olive oil and saute the sliced sausages until cooked ( they should produce some liquid) ,...

3 sausage links, any kind
3 cups chopped kale, regular or baby ( can use any other green like spinach or swiss chard)
¼ cup white wine
Olive Oil
salt
200-250 grams pasta (orecchiette is best for this one)

4.1/5 (18 Votes)