Kale Pesto Pasta

Ingredients:

1 bunch kale, chopped
4 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon grapeseed oil
2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
1/4 cup vegetable stock
1/4 cup walnuts
juice of 1/2 a lemon
salt, to taste
red pepper flakes, to taste
16 ounces penne pasta
2 vegan sausages, sliced
vegan parmesan cheese, to taste

Toss the kale and garlic in the oil and roast until kale is cooked at 375 for 10 minutes. Set aside to slightly cool.

Cook the pasta until al dente. Set aside.

Roast the sausage pieces and set aside.

Transfer kale to a food processor along with the nutritional yeast, stock, walnuts, lemon juice, salt, and red pepper. Pulse until smooth.

Toss the pesto with the pasta and sausage pieces. Sprinkle with the parmesan.