Kale and Sausage Pasta
This kale and sausage pasta dish came about almost by accident. When I started cooking, I was planning a completely different pasta dish, something full of bacon and kale with loads of Parmesan and a rich creamy sauce. But I was feeling creative and in need of a something healthier so found myself cooking this dish. I’d picked the kale earlier in the day so it was a given. The broccoli in the fridge called out to me as did the leftover sausages from the girls dinner and I thought it would all work together well. A new dish was born!
Even when cooking, it was one of those meals where I threw in a bit of this and that along the way. I didn’t really have a clear vision at any stage of what it was going to turn out like but knew the flavours all worked together. My husband called it a classic mystery box cook. And the end result was delicious – some thing I know will get cooked again often, especially while my kale is growing out of control!
One surprising thing to mention is the fact that I didn’t have Parmesan cheese on mine. I will ALWAYS have Parmesan on pasta, probably too much if I’m honest! But this dish just didn’t need it and it actually didn’t occur to me until I was half way through eating my bowl. So for the first time in memory, I now have a pasta dish that I prefer without cheese – amazing!
