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 :)