Garlicky Kale and Sausage Pasta

This pasta dish came from a night cooking with my son. I was going to make a (boring) tomato sauce to go with our pasta and Tofurky Italian sausage. Mikey wanted a garlicky sauce and kale, so, we made it happen. 

We started out making a roux, like we would for mac-n-cheese. We wanted a sauce full of garlic and herbs that would be great with the kale. We also wanted it to be creamy like an alfredo sauce. This is our creation. It was easy, full of garlic, creamy, and perfect with kale.. just what we were looking for on this cold night.

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GARLICKY KALE & SAUSAGE PASTA:

Ingredients :

1 (1 lb.) box pasta

1 package of Tofurky Italian Sausage ,  cut into bite sized pieces*

4 cups chopped kale

3 Tbsp vegan butter 

3 Tbsp of flour

5 cloves of garlic, crushed 

3 cups unsweetened plant milk 

1/2 cup nutritional yeast 

1 Tbsp Italian seasoning 

Salt and Pepper to taste 

Paprika to garnish 

Method:

Cook pasta according to package & drain well.

Sautée Tofurky Italian sausage* & kale over medium heat until sausage is brown and kale is tender.

In a skillet over medium heat, melt butter and flour. 

Allow flour to cook throughly, then add garlic . Cook about 2 minutes. ( Don't allow garlic to burn.)

Add plant milk, nutritional yeast, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Whisk continously while milk comes up to a boil to avoid lumps in sauce.

Cook sauce an additional 5 minutes after it boils.

Toss sauce, sausage , kale and pasta together. Garnish with paprika before serving . 

Makes 5 servings . 

* You can use 2 cups chopped mushrooms if you don't want to use the Tofurky Italian Sausage.