For a fast weeknight pasta dinner, why not cook your sauce and pasta all at once? By using the exact amount of water you need to cook the pasta--no colanders here--the starch that cooks off into your pasta water, which you usually drain away, stays in the pot, giving you delectably creamy results.

One-Pot Italian Sausage & Kale Pasta

whole-wheat rotini

Italian sausage, casing removed, crumbled

kale

tomatoes

onion,

garlic,

pesto

Italian seasoning

salt

red pepper

water

Parmesan cheese

Combine pasta, sausage, kale, tomatoes, onion, garlic, pesto, Italian seasoning, salt and crushed red pepper in a large pot. Stir in water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Boil, stirring frequently, until the pasta is cooked and the water has almost evaporated, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Serve garnished with Parmesan, if desired.


I have made this a few times and loved it, With a few changes. Like others said, we cooked the onions, garlic and meat first and then added other ingredients one at a time so the flavor develops better. Also, we don’t eat pork so I use ground turkey and it works really well. You could probably do ground beef too but I haven’t tried that. I also do one cup chicken broth and the rest water and sometimes use spinach instead of kale. It’s really easy to make it your own.

Basically all the ingredients go in the pot and then you boil and stir. I like the amount of kale &amp; the fresh grated parmesan on top. Easy to make as a recurring meal. My husband added more crushed red pepper, but I’m a wimp so it was a perfect amount of flavor without the pain, for me.

The recipe was very good but I did make changes after reading other reviews.  First, I don’t like boiled meat so I browned the meat, onions and garlic before adding the other ingredients.  Second, I used a roasted chicken broth for half of the water to give the sauce more depth.  I also added a tablespoon of tomato paste.  I always do that with tomato based sauces because it adds richness.  I seasoned to taste rather than by following the instructions.  With those changes, plus a little cayenne, this was a recipe that I will use again and again.  I like spice so the cayenne really isn’t necessary unless you are like me.

I made this last night and it was amazing! I added a little bit of pepper, garlic salt and a whole chilli to give it that kick and also cooked the meat, garlic, onion and chilli first before boiling it all together
Definitely a meal I’ll make all the time from now on!

I just made this with my boyfriend and we are super happy with it. I added a little cayenne pepper for spice. Groceries are expensive and in our area this cost us around $5 per meal/ 6 servings.

Great all around. You have to make it your own. I read comments about how bland and tasteless it was, I simply added my favorite seasonings .

I saw this in the magazine and thought Eureka!, what a great idea, but hesitated after seeing the negative reviews. Made it anyway and glad I did!  I will say that I browned the sausage and half the onion in the pot then took it them out before adding the rest of the ingredients.  Added them towards the end of cooking, otherwise made it exactly as written.  I agreed with another reviewer that I didn't like boiled meat, but it might have turned out fine as written.  That said, was really good and will make again for sure. It seems to be a very adaptable recipe to different flavor profiles so look forward to experimenting with this in future!  Good job!

I wont be making this again. I followed all the instructions to a T and the end product was very bland. I tried adding more seasonings to this but I was unable to salvage this meal.

I will not be making this again. I saw it and thought, "Oh wow, it looks so easy and good." It's easy, but not good. The flavor is just not there for me.

Very good and easy. I fried the sausage up separately and added to the end as I am not a fan of boiled meat.

I love how easy this recipe is! I've tried it with gluten-free pasta and it works just as well (you just have to add a little extra liquid).

In this genius weeknight dinner recipe, just dump all of the ingredients into one pot!

one-pot italian sausage & kale pasta

Total: 40 minutes

Author : Breana Lai Killeen, M.P.H., RD

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