This winter penne pasta was impressed by the contents of a produce field. I appear to inherit CSA containers. Buddies and neighbors neglect to place holds on their subscriptions earlier than leaving city, and positive sufficient, they find yourself in my kitchen. Once I was a child there was a home that was all the time completely happy to absorb stray animals, I’ve grow to be the equal for CSA containers. And I’ve to say, it is fairly nice.

That mentioned, cooking via a field is all the time a problem of types. I imply, you need to prepare dinner your method via it earlier than issues begin to go unhealthy, unhappy or wilted. This all the time forces me to adapt and check out concepts I won’t have thought of in any other case. You even have the component of shock that comes together with every field since you by no means know precisely what shall be inside each. Though, there is one factor I do know. The field, whichever farm it comes from, normally contains tons and many greens – kale, spinach, lettuce, chard, arugula. If I’m fortunate, the entire above.

Winter Penne Pasta: Inspiration

Tonights field? A fast look instructed me I would want to place a dent within the greens immediately. That was the tone setter. The whole lot else I grabbed from staples in close by cabinets and the fridge. All of it got here collectively into this straightforward, one-pot, winter penne pasta. The sauce is constituted of one bunch of kale, shallots, garlic, and goat cheese blended.  It creates a vibrant inexperienced sauce to coat the penne, providing a pleasant various to tomato sauce, mushroom ragù, or pesto.

Winter Penne Pasta: Variations

You may tweak it with a special cheese – Parmesan or pecorino, for instance. And even ricotta. You may high it with a some chopped black olives or toasted nuts. I stored it easy right here. You possibly can reheat any leftovers the subsequent day, with a splash of water. The pasta holds up properly. Penne is a pleasant form to carry the inexperienced sauce, however a second favourite selection is definitely a model with gnocchi rather than the pasta.

I do know numerous you subscribe to CSAs and I might love to listen to your favourite methods to make use of up your greens. I’ve a bunch of go-to green-intensive recipes I depend on, however if you happen to’re doing one thing distinctive or sudden with them in your finish please share. I think Melissa Clark’s kale salad will proceed to be in excessive rotation round right here all winter. I maintain making it, partially as a result of not like different inexperienced salads that go south shortly after being dressed, this kale salad likes to celebration. It is scrumptious, and simply will get higher because it sits round, absolutely dressed, ready for folks to note it. Different favorites? You possibly can’t go unsuitable with a hefty pot of Ribollita – I commerce off between that and numerous takes on this lentil soup to which I add a number of chopped kale.

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