The Awesome & Universal Pasta Recipe with Kale, Mushroom, Garlic & Almonds (Or Walnuts)

SO, I know that in Italian food there is a pasta very similar to this; currently i am just not sure as to the name. I have been doing this recipe three nights in a row now, and the first two nights would have yielded a far better picture, but i have decided to post it before another one of my recipes are lost to all time. Now for the record, i did this using all organic stuff and spent a total of $8 acquiring the stuff i needed. However, not everybody will have exactly every ingredient, nor is this necessary. I used some stinky asagio cheese because it was the cheapest block of gourmet cheese at the store ($2.65!). Which brings me to my next point: there was one cheaper variant of cheese- of the Kraft green canister variety. I don't and wont ever recommend a product like this- but i know some of your kitchens contain generic bottom of the line commonalities (like Heinz 57 with high-fructose corn syrup in it) and before this post turns into a diatribe against Kraft foods and Corn Syrupy Katsup let me just say that a poor substitute is better than no substitute; and yes America, they do make katsup with out corn syrup in it- it has TOMATOES in it instead. If you don't know what High Fructose Corn Syrup is or why we should avoid it, please wikipedia HFCS and do some independent research and get back to me in a week or two- more on that later.
Don't not attempt anything you see here because your ingredients are not the same as mine.


For Last Nights Fantastic Pasta Medley (Ill have to find the original Italian name so it sounds more enticing to attempt; dont let the name fool you its Delicious!) You will need the following:

• Dino Kale (It looks like wrinkly Kale, regular Kale would work, probably so would some broccoli green or green swiss chard)- Chop into little bite size pieces- about the size of a quarter.
  
• Grated or Grateable Cheese- White Kind- Cow or Sheep- Sharp or not.
• Red Sauce- I used some Trader Joes Marinara- but no one noticed!
• Red Wine- I bought a Minin Bottle of Alice Walkers Syrah for $1.98- trust me- any cheapo red will work.
• One handfull of Baby Brown Mushrooms- Dice- just slightly larger than your garlic.
  
• 3 Cloves of Fresh Green Garlic- or four cloves of regular- the fresh garlic is much more potent. Mince.
  
• About 1.5C. of chopped nuts- I used walnuts the first night and slivered almonds the second night- under $1 if you can get these from the grocery bulk bin. Chop Finely but do not Powder!
  
• Pasta- I used rigatoni the first night, angel hair the second and a mix of gemili and angel hair on the third- this sauce withstood my pasta test, will taste good on almost any noodle!
  

Procedure

• Boil Water-
  
• Chop Fast- you want all things chopped by the time the noodles are done, some may want to chop first before boiling the water, others like myself will chop as the noodles cook.
  Chop the Kale.Mince the Garlic
  
• Cook Pasta-
• Drain the pasta.
• In the same pot that the noodles just cooked in toss some oil in (i use half olive half canola because it saves me money not using up all my olive and the canola helps raise the smoke temp, in most restaurants they use 80%canola 20%olive.)
• When the oil is hot toss in your chopped kale and stir for thirty seconds.
• Toss in the mushrooms and let cook for thirty seconds.
• NOW add the garlic and nuts, stir and add the pasta back into the mix
• KEEP A NICE RATIO OF PASTA TO KALE/MUSHROOM MEDLEY- everyone is different.
• Then add 1.5C. Red sauce, let heat.
• Stir, then grate in cheese liberally, it really does wonders for the sauce at this point *keep in mind you will also be putting some atop the pasta- dont use it all*
  
• As you turn off the fire, add 1/4 cup wine. (more or less to taste, i prefer to add after the flame is off so it doesnt cook out, if you not a wine fan- i reckon you could let it boil)
• Serve plates, garnish with more cheese, some salt, baguette, more red wine and optional artichoke hearts (reccomendation from night two)

You may have leftover noodles. Save for later.
Total cook time- 20 minutes!

Good Luck!