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Baby leaf curly kale pasta

Baby leaf curly kale pasta

If you're bored of your usual pasta recipe, try this one - it contains chilli to add heat and capers, olives and goat's cheese burst with flavour in every mouthful

What you need:

  • 500g penne
  • 175 g Baby Leaf Curly Kale
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 green chilli [finely chopped and deseeded]
  • 2 cloves of garlic [crushed]
  • 3 tbsp capers
  • 1 cup black olives
  • 50g pine nuts
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 100g goats' cheese

What you do:

  1. Cook the pasta as according to instructions.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a pan, add the garlic and chilli and sauté for 2 minutes.
  3. Add the Baby Leaf Curly Kale and continue to sauté till wilted.
  4. Toss in the pasta, olives, capers and pine nut and mix well.
  5. Finally add the lemon juice and crumble in the goats' cheese.

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Baby leaf curly kale

Baby leaf curly kale is a leafy vegetable rich in vitamins A and C and contains more calcium than traditional curly kale.

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