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Lemon Spaghetti with Kale and Sausage

Lemon spaghetti with kale & sausage

Ingredients

  • 1 lb spicy sausage
  • 1 lb spaghetti
  • 5-ish cups kale (freshly chopped)
  • 5 cloves garlic (minced)
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1 lemon juice
  • 1/4 - 1/2 cup parmesan cheese (freshly grated)
  • olive oil (a little)

Directions

  1. 1

    Cook sausage over medium heat.

  2. 2

    Once browned and broken up, move to a paper towel lined plate and set aside.

  3. 3

    Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water.

  4. 4

    Before draining, remove one cup of pasta water.

  5. 5

    Do not rinse after draining.

  6. 6

    In same pot you cooked the sausage in, add a little olive oil and heat over medium heat.

  7. 7

    Add chopped kale, salt & pepper.

  8. 8

    Cook for a few minutes.

  9. 9

    Add garlic and cook for a few more minutes.

  10. 10

    Remove from heat.

  11. 11

    Add lemon juice, cooked sausage, pasta, and parm.

  12. 12

    Mix very well until all combined (add pasta water as needed. I used 3/4 of a cup).

  13. 13

    Plate, top with lots of pepper, more parm, and a squeeze more of lemon juice!