Sausage & Kale Deliciousness!

Time to share my favorite dinner recipe.... ever!

A while back my Husband found an article in Men's Health Magazine on Kale. We of course having lived sheltered childhoods and had never heard of it(it doesn't help that last time we visited home we could not find Kale anywhere in the grocery stores, gotta love small town BFN), so I have to admit I was completely hesitant to cook with it. Since making this recipe Kale is a weekly staple here! I took the recipe in the magazine and altered it to fit our needs better and keep it so I could remember how to make it without following a recipe. If you know me you know I hate recipes and very, very rarely even attempt to follow them. So without further ado... Sausage and Kale Deliciousness!

What you need:

Bunch of Kale
Sausage: I usually use Kielbasa, but ground Italian sausage works well too
Noodles: I use whatever we have on hand, tonight it was spinach stuffed pillows, but I usually use chees stuffed tortellini
1 Lemon
Some grated Parm Cheese
Coconut oil or Olive oil
Optional: Butter, Mushrooms, Onion

Ingredients

Starting off I chop up the sausage and mushrooms and sauté them.

While this is happening I bring a pot of water to boil for the noodles, and tear up the Kale. (Add in  removing Kitty from the counter 500 times, ha!)



Tear Kale in small pieces removing the stem, add coconut oil to help wilt

Once the sausage is done, transfer it to a paper towel to soak up some grease. Add noodles to the water and cook until done.
Place Kale on medium heat and stir frequently to wilt.

Yum!

At this point I take 1/4 cup of water from the noodles and add into the kale This helps it wilt. Once the kale is mostly finished I add back in the sausage and continue cooking for a few.

Then once your noodles are done add them too, you will need a big pan/pot at this point! Turn off the heat.
The recipe finishes off by adding the juice of the lemon, a handful of parm cheese and a TBSP of butter if wanted. Stir and say ta-da! Dinner is served.

We eat this weekly, it is seriously delicious! No spices or flavoring needed, The lemon gives it the perfect mild taste! My Hubby who isn't exactly a fan of "healthier" foods has said that it is one of his favorites. It is light and delicious!

Dinner served!

Tonight it was paired with a new favorite here of baked potato pieces topped with cottage cheese. Don't knock that until you try it, because it too is amazing!

The recipe is no exact science. Take the ingredients and make it something of your own. You won't regret it :)

A blog? Oh ya, I have a blog! :)

Always good intentions, but never enough time. <<Story of my life!
I suck at blogging. I suck so bad at blogging that in my free time tonight after both kids finally went to sleep it took me over an hour to try and remember my e-mail address associated with this blog so I could sign in and create a new post. Pretty bad, huh? Anyhow, it is now May and we have so much to catch up on.

First up, Zoey Lucille. With Lineman-Daughter fashion, Zoey was welcomed into our little world in the middle of a storm on January 17th, right here in our little home. It was -20 degrees with snow blowing sideways. Traffic was backed up on the interstate for hours and many people stranded with roadways impassible. Sounds a little drastic, but hey the news was even saying so. Thankfully our Midwife and Doula were able to make it in plenty of time, even if their commute did take 4 times longer than usual. Her birth story will be saved for another post, but for a few short details. She slipped into the world at 4AM weighing 8lbs 8oz and 21.75in long. Big brother woke up to meet his new sister and we got to share the early morning hours of a family of four.

Zoey Lou, at an hour young

 

 The last four months (has it really been that long already?) we have been getting used to being a family of four, making memories and adjustments as needed. Knox slid into the big brother role fairly well, he loves his Sissy, but still isn't too sure what to do with her yet. She currently watches him attentively and will try to roll or scoot her way towards him whenever he is near. They are pretty darn cute!
Knox is very much a two year old right now. I am pretty sure we have our hands full with this one, and believe it or not I think he may be payback from my teenage years, woops! He sure does keep us on our toes, as we still try to learn how this parenting gig works. We are in the midst of potty training, all of course all on his watch. Some day's he just wants to poop on the floor, well most days, but hopefully that too will pass with time :)

 

 

 

We are still at Griff's RV park in Altoona, IA. We had to make a few small moves here in this park to make room for the seasonal snow birds as they returned, but have settled back in nicely with the big open field behind us and Knox's pond with fishies just a quick walk away. We plan to be here until Levi heads somewhere else. He's still currently working about 45 minutes away, so not too bad of a commute. There is talk we might have a move coming up, but for now we're still here. We have almost been here a year now, the longest period we have ever stayed at a park, so I'm glad we like it! :)

2 yr old attention span fishing :)

As far as other news goes.... Levi is currently a 6th step apprentice, will turn 7 here soon, so he still has a bit to go in the apprenticeship before we see the finish line. I couldn't be more proud of him for the hours he puts in and still coming home with a smile on his face. We sure do appreciate his sacrifice, So much that I let him buy a new car!! I got major wife brownie points there :)

We have had a few visitors this year, two Grandma's got to come meet Zoey and spend some time with us. We took a little weekend getaway to Oklahoma, adding a few more states to Knox's traveled list and adding Zoey's first ones! We had a fun time visiting the Sahara sand dunes and driving though the lovely Kansas and Oklahoma. Not so much the driving parts, but the kids didn't do too bad, after all we drove most of it at night!

We have been enjoying the nice spring days, and trying to get out of the house during the rainy ones. We have had a few tornado warnings, but nothing too exciting. Last weekend we had to wake the kids up around midnight while the sirens were going off to head to the shelter. The storm ended up being nothing at all and we had two cranky kids for the majority of the rest of the night. Note to self, don't wake kids up until the last minute!

Spring Days!

We did some rearranging in the 5th wheel also. The kids both got new beds in hopes to get some of ours back. Knox seems to like to play jump jump and trains on his more than sleeping in it, but its a process in the works!

The everything room..Living/bedroom/playroom



And last but not least, Kitty Kitty- who has yet to be given a proper name, joined us. Knox and her have yet to work out an agreement on sleep/play time, and how to play nicely all of the time, but they are working on it. She is a mixture of a dog and a human stuck in a beautiful little kitty's body. She is quite the little ball of fur. We were hesitant getting a cat living in a trailer and all, but with her non allergenic coat, and the ease of her being bale to take care of herself an not need a potty break while I am busy taking care of kids, she is a great addition to the family! 

Kitty Kitty can climb walls!

 

That's all for now folks! I'll be back in another 5 months or whenever I remember about our blog again. Hopefully it won't be too long :)

Family photo!