Pasta with kale, garlic & chilli

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  14 January 2011

  vegetarian recipes commented on this recipe

  a good filling dish low in calories ideal for those watching their weight wanting a healthy balanced meal.

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• Folko Ono

  17 January 2011

  Folko Ono commented on this recipe

  Erm, 520 calories is not *that* low in calories really. Looks tasty though.

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• andycrofts

  17 January 2011

  andycrofts commented on this recipe

  OK, I'll wait for more reviews, but this looks as appealing as a car crash. If I make it, I'll serve it on its own when the kitchen lamp has failed. Sorry. I'm afraid I'd think tasteless, but maybe...sun-dried toms, (salt+pepper, natch) tom. paste, maybe a bit of sage might kick it into shape. The suggested canneloni bean thingy accompaniment should work, if the beans were main, and this was an accompaniment.

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• Fran

  18 January 2011

  Fran rated and commented on this recipe

  

  1. I steamed the kale for 4 mins (I presume he means to pour boiling water from a kettle over the kale). This is because I love curly kale, but unless you are using the hearts or the side shoots, the leaves can be tough. 2. Instead of the red chili, (cos I didn't have one), I dry fried 100g of smoked lardons & then added a tablespoonful of olive oli to stir fry the kale, then added a lot of freshly ground black pepper. 3. Tossed the spaghetti in olive oil too, plus the 2 spoonfuls of water from cooking. Result- a really tasty dish. You could also add some grated parmesan/romano for more flavour.

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• Danielle

  19 January 2011

  Danielle commented on this recipe

  This was really lovely, although i did tweak it a little. I added fresh lemon & rind, fresh parsley, Quorn and lots of black pepper. I also steamed the kale to make it a little less tough and it went down a treat. My other half even went back for seconds. The chilli adds a great kick.

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• Mrs Biscuit

  01 February 2011

  Mrs Biscuit rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Great recipe - we decided to add bacon to it though as we think it would have lacked flavour...it was yummy.

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• nomnom

  13 September 2011

  nomnom commented on this recipe

  Tasted a lot better than I expected! We tossed the pasta in some olive oil before adding the kale and added a little lemon juice for a bit of zing. Next time might try adding a small amount of parmesan rather than lemon. Nom!

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  13 September 2011

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  ...forgot to rate it!

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• Alessandra

  23 November 2011

  Alessandra commented on this recipe

  This is a great pasta dish if you can live with pasta without creamy sauces. In Italy we add grated parmesan cheese and it makes it even better.

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• bigsayer

  24 January 2012

  bigsayer rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Filling, tick! Healthy, tick! Tasty? No so sure, bit bland and samey, really needs something to give it a kick. Just tastes of Kale and spaghetti. I won't be doing this one again, which is a shame as the other 26 recipes I've done from her have been great.

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• Gail

  04 May 2012

  Gail rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Added bacon and butter beans (in the absence of the suggested cannellini beans) and it was totally delicious! I warned the family - this recipe might be a bit weird - but it was amazingly tasty and went down really well with everyone. Chilli made it nice and poky, and we added some parmesan and black pepper to serve. Surprisingly scrumptious!

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• eleanor73

  09 November 2012

  eleanor73 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  So much tastier than I expected-I didn't realise that the flavour of pasta in italian restaurants is just better bbecause of the olive oil and garlic! I added feta as i had some leftover from another meal but would enjoy it without. Mine was really garlicky and tasty from the chilli.

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• nimmy

  27 November 2012

  nimmy commented on this recipe

  Cooked follwing recipe it was very nice full of flavour, filling yet healthy.... Yummy!!!!!

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• rockhag

  04 February 2013

  rockhag commented on this recipe

  Nice but needed seasoning. I also added the juice of half a lemon, some seaweed flakes, some nutritional yeast and a teaspoon of olive oil and it made this dish so much nicer. If you follow the recipe to the letter then it's ok but a bit bland imo.

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Ingredients

• 200g spaghetti
• 150g curly kale , chopped
• olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves , finely sliced
• 1 red chilli , sliced

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Serves 2

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Prep 5 mins

Cook 10 mins

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Ingredients

• 200g spaghetti
• 150g curly kale , chopped
• olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves , finely sliced
• 1 red chilli , sliced

Per serving

520 kcalories, protein 14.9g, carbohydrate 75.9g, fat 19.5 g, saturated fat 2.6g, fibre 5.4g, salt 0.09 g

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