Kale sausage again

I did it again. This time with Nugget's country breakfast sausage (the version that came without the casing) and dino kale. Just as good as it was before, but different. I think I prefer the ginger/soy/pineapple sausage, but they're both tasty :-)

Sausage and Kale

A friend of mine posted a kielbasa and kale pasta recipe on Facebook the other day. Since I'm supposed to be feeding the chinchillas high calcium, relatively low phosphorus greens (for which kale qualifies), I figured I should try actually cooking the stuff for myself.

I bought a bunch of regular kale. About 1/3 - 1/2 of it went to the chins. The remainder got chopped coarsely. Cooked up a couple strips of bacon, sliced up two sausages (I got an Italian sausage and a ginger-garlic-soy sauce-something else sausage at Whole Foods), fried those, added a touch of duck fat (left from the confit a few weeks ago). Added the kale. Added some fresh basil (recipe says julienned, but I just chopped it) and a bit of dried thyme (recipe called for fresh... but I have already learned that I do not have the patience for fresh thyme). Cooked all that up for a few minutes, then added rigatoni pasta. Top with a bit of Parmesan cheese.

Tasty. I think I like Dino kale better - maybe next time do half a bunch of each? For two sausages, I did not use enough kale anyway - could easily double, and probably triple, the amount of greens. The ginger/soy sauce/whatever sausage is really tasty - don't bother with the Italian next time. Overall a quite satisfying meal.