What to make with kale: 15 easy dinners
Every dinner here is built on kale, easiest first. The quickest is Lemony kale and chickpea pasta, on the table in 25 minutes, and the cheapest is Lemon garlic orzo with white beans and kale at $2.09 a serving. Six of them are simple enough for a first try.

Tuscan sausage and white beans
$3.23 a serving
35 min

Warm lentils and quinoa with kale and feta
$3.01 a serving
35 min

Creamy sausage, potato and kale soup
$3.44 a serving
45 min

Air fryer stuffed sweet potatoes with kale and white beans
$3.37 a serving
50 min

Chicken and white bean soup
$2.69 a serving
50 min

Instant Pot wild rice pilaf with cranberries and pecans
$2.39 a serving
60 min

Lemony kale and chickpea pasta
$2.71 a serving
25 min

Lemon garlic orzo with white beans and kale
$2.09 a serving
35 min

Butternut squash and ground beef skillet
$3.22 a serving
40 min

Chicken thighs with white beans and kale
$3.01 a serving
40 min

Sheet pan harvest farro bowls
$3.04 a serving
45 min

Sheet pan harvest chicken salad
$3.42 a serving
50 min

Roasted garlic white bean soup
$2.13 a serving
65 min

Stuffed acorn squash with wild rice, cranberries and feta
$3.28 a serving
75 min

White beans and greens over creamy polenta
$2.20 a serving
45 min
Costs are estimates for one serving at typical US grocery prices, counting only what each recipe uses.

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