Spring Challenge Day 10- Pumpkin Kale Pasta Casarole

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Pumpkin Kale Pasta Casarole By- Alicia Silverstone

  • Ingredients
  • olive oil 1 tbsp
  • kale coarsely chopped 8 ounce
  • pumpkin puree 15 ounce
  • reduced-sodium vegetable broth 14.5 ounce
  • sun-dried tomato pesto 2 tbsp
  • almond slices 0.5 cup
  • whole-wheat pasta 12 ounce

Directions

  1. Cook pasta and drain.
  2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  3. Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat. Add kale. Cook until it wilts
  4. about 3 to 5 minutes.
  5. Add pumpkin
  6. broth
  7. and pesto to kale; stir to combine. Bring to a simmer. Season with 2 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
  8. 2.Toss pasta with pumpkin-kale mixture. Transfer to a 9-by-13-inch baking dish or eight individual dishes. Top with almonds. Bake until top is golden
  9. about 30 minutes.
  10. NOTE: You can add spinach instead of kale. Or add spinach to the kale. You can make your own pesto
  11. or add actual basil and sun-dried tomatos. The original recipe called for a 29 oz can of pumpkin but that was overkill.

– Everyone LOVED this dish. Pan didn’t really dig the almonds. He thought the texture contrast was weird. 

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