Spaghetti With Kale and Tomatoes
Spaghetti with Kale and Tomatoes is the perfect weeknight meal. It’s inexpensive, delicious, fills you up and it cooks up rather quickly. The addition of tomatoes to my spaghetti and kale only happened a few years ago. I always keep tomatoes in my house so it was just a natural progression to just throw them in. This is especially good for tomatoes that are almost past their prime. They’re not cute for salads but they cook up great!
This recipe was completely inspired by Cacio e Pepe. Cacio e Pepe is an Italian pasta dish made with grated pecorino cheese and freshly cracked black pepper. I use a little less olive oil and sauté the kale and tomatoes in garlic and crushed red pepper then toss the pasta in it in at the end.
If you don’t like kale (you’ll like it in this guaranteed ;-)) use any greens you like. Hardier greens like kale and swiss chard need to be sautéed in the beginning but if using greens like spinach or arugula then simply toss it in at the end, no sauté required.
This recipe is fairly easy but I’ll give you a few tips to make it even easier. First, always read through the ingredient list and instructions first before cooking. Trust me it helps. For me, when I do that it starts the painting of what the dish is going to look like in my mind 🙂 Secondly, have all the ingredients needed for the recipe in front of you, this makes the process go by faster…which is the goal during the week 😉 Thirdly, while making the sauce, the cheese might clump, its ok… don’t freak. Just keep tossing at medium heat adding water bit by bit till it melts. And if it doesn’t? who cares, clumps of cheese is never a bad thing lol . Now lets make dinner!
If you like this recipe, you’ll love my Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce 😉
Spaghetti With Kale and Tomatoes
Recipe details
- 5 people
- Prep time: 5 Minutes Cook time: 25 Minutes Total time: 30 min
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💋This looks n sounds delicious. Never used greens in spaghetti before. Could I use other forms of pasta, like linguine??
Do you leave the pasta in the water while you make the sauce?