Simple Spinach and Kale Fettucine
On Wednesday I picked up my first box of organic from the High Country Conservation Center’s Summit CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). Way back in February, I bought a ‘share’ in this summer’s crop, which entitles me to a weekly box of organic vegetables from mid-June through October.
Now that the vegetables have arrived, I have two reactions:
1) Wow! This is so exciting! Look at these beautiful vegetables, I’m going to
be so healthy. 2) Yikes! What am I going to do with four bags of greens?
For the next sixteen
weeks, I want to share my culinary adventures as I cook my way through my CSA
box each week. Even if you don’t subscribe to the CSA share, you’ll enjoy these
recipes which focus on our summer bounty. I hope you’ll also be inspired to try
more vegetable-centered meals. Now, back to those four bags of greens!
This week’s recipe
polished off two of the bags immediately. You can make this easy and tasty
recipe for two or four people, just increase the amount of greens and the
amount of pasta. Keeping the ‘sauce’ simple allows the taste of the farm fresh
greens to shine through.
Ingredients:
1 bunch of spinach
1 bunch of kale
2 cloves garlic – minced
2 baby onions or 1 shallot minced
1-2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
½ to 1 pound fettucine (to serve 2 or 4)
1 Tablespoon butter
salt, pepper, red pepper flakes to taste
freshly grated parmesan cheese
Directions:
1.
Bring one large pot of salted water to boil.
(you want the water to have enough salt to taste like ocean water, this will
flavor the pasta while it cooks) While the water boils, Add the extra virgin
olive oil, the greens, garlic, and onion to a large pan and begin to gently
sauté.
2.
Once the water has come to a boil, add the pasta
and allow it to cook until ‘al dente’, which means ‘to the tooth’ and refers to
a pasta that is cooked, firm, and not mushy. Drain the pasta, and then add the
pasta to the pan of wilted greens.
3.
Add a tablespoon of butter, a grating of
parmesan cheese, and toss the greens and pasta together. Serve immediately.
Enjoy!
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