Penne with sausage, white beans, and kale
7
Points®
Total Time
30 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
20 min
Serves
6
Difficulty
Easy
Spicy turkey sausage is what gives this streamlined pasta-and-bean supper its hearty flavor. Add kale and plum tomatoes for texture and color and you’ve got comfort food at its delicious, nutritious best. In order to quickly strip the leaves from kale, Swiss chard, or collards, which can be the most time-consuming part of this otherwise 30-minute, quick recipe, work with one leaf at a time and hold it by the stem. Using the thumb and forefinger of the other hand, pinch the stem and pull down to easily remove the leaf. Any sturdy green can be substituted for the kale. Otherwise, this weeknight-friendly pasta recipe is as straightforward and easy as it gets.
Ingredients
Uncooked penne pasta
½ pound(s)
Olive oil
2 tsp
Uncooked turkey sausage
½ pound(s), hot Italian link variety, casings removed
Kale
¾ pound(s), 1 (3/4 pound bunch), stems removed and leaves coarsely chopped
Chicken broth
14½ fl oz, (1 can)
Plum tomato
4 medium, diced
Table salt
¼ tsp
Black pepper
¼ tsp
Canned cannellini beans
15½ oz, (1 can), rinsed and drained
Grated Parmesan cheese
¼ cup(s)
Fresh basil
¼ cup(s)
