Kale and Sausage

My husband is eating according to the Paleo diet, so I came up with this recipe as a way for him to eat a filling meal with lots of flavor and nothing he cannot eat.  The flavor comes from the spices in the sausage and there are so few ingredients that each one speaks for itself.  This can be made by anyone not just someone following the Paleo diet.  You can substitute the kale with spinach or collared greens if you don't like kale.  I just find the kale to be heartier than spinach and can make you feel full.

Ingredients:

1 TBS coconut oil or olive oil
1lb sausage, cut into 1/2 inch rounds, use your favorite chicken, turkey or pork. I used pumpkin pork.
1 onion. diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 cups chicken stock, homemade preferred.  Beef stock is OK too.
8 oz kale,cut into 1 inch pieces

Here's how:

Heat the oil in a large, deep saute pan.

Oil in the pan

Add the sausage and brown, about 3 minutes per side.

Sausage browing

Remove the sausage and set aside.

Meat browned and set aside

 Add the onion and garlic.  Saute for 3-4 minutes, until it begins to soften.

Garlic and onion chopped

Garlic and onion in the pan

 Add the stock and use your spoon to scrape the bits off the bottom of the pan.

Liquid going in and pan scraped

Add the kale and mix it into the liquid.

Kale into the pan

Add the sausage back in and stir.

Sausage added in

Kale and sausage in and simmering

 Let the pan simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally to ensure even cooking.

After 30 minutes the stock should all but be evaporated, the kale soft and ready to eat.  Do not let all the liquid evaporate.  You want just a little bit left.

Done

You can see there is still a bit of liquid left in the pan