Kale & Sausage Gnocchi
Kale & Sausage Gnocchi
A one pan dinner that will blow your mind with both its simplicity and taste! Three main ingredients and three steps is all it takes!
Ingredients
- 1 bag of Trader Joe's Cauliflower Gnocchi (found in the frozen section) or see note below*
- 1 bunch of kale, leaves torn
- 12 to 16 ounces pork sausage, casings removed
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
- Optional: 1 tsp red chili flakes for seasoning
Directions
- Step 1 Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over a medium heat. Add the sausage, breaking it into small pieces with a wooden spoon. Brown the sausage until mostly cooked through and starting to crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon, keeping the cooking liquid in the skillet. Cover and keep warm.
- Step 2 Add the frozen gnocchi directly into the pan and increase the heat to medium high. Fry the gnocchi for a few minutes until the liquid starts to bubble.
- Step 3 Stir in the kale, add the chicken stock and reduce the heat back down to medium low. Cook for 5 more minutes, until the gnocchi is tender and the kale has wilted. Stir in the parmesan, then season with black pepper and add the crisp sausage back to the pan.
- Step 4 Serve warm with additional parmesan cheese and a light drizzle of high-quality extra virgin olive oil (if desired).
If one of your New Years resolutions was to cook healthier for your family in 2020, then look no further than this recipe. And if your other resolution was to find time to do so, then you are definitely in luck. This is just about the easiest, fastest thing I’ve ever cooked, so easy that you can probably do it in your sleep. Just three main ingredients (cauliflower gnocchi, kale and sausage), 15 minutes, and one pan is all you really need. And if that wasn’t compelling enough, it’s keto and gluten free (which was almost by accident). Do I have your attention now?
As a full-time working Mom, easy weeknight dinners are a game-changer. My go-to’s in this category are sheet pan salmon and cast-iron chicken thighs; the blog has a ton of recipes that support this. But I often get stuck in a rut of doing the same old same old. So one of my blog goals for the year is to try and be more focused on developing other weeknight meal “hacks” that will shake up my line-up. Fellow mamas who are in the same boat are always asking me for these, so I have to deliver!
One type of recipe I’ve been experimenting with is one-pan pasta (like this Skillet Pasta) and this is essential a riff on that. I’m also eager to try lasagna soup (hopefully next week) so keep an eye out for that. The other thing I love to incorporate are themed bowls, like Half Baked Harvest’s Falafel Bowl because they are so creative; you can make them your own with almost any (relevant) ingredient you have lying around. But that is a little harder when you’re running short on time, patience and energy by the end of the day. Hence why this dish is a really good one to have around during crunch time. The only important thing to note is about the gnocchi. When I go to Trader Joe’s, I always load up on their cauliflower gnocchi, because it’s such a great thing to keep in your freezer and have on hand. But if aren’t near a TJ’s, lots of other stores sell regular gnocchi – fresh or frozen – and that’s a fine substitute too. Do not let that be a roadblock (nothing should be!) to you cooking up a meal you can feel good and relax about!
