Creamy Lemon Mushroom Kale Linguine pasta is vegetarian, ready in 30 minutes with the best healthy alfredo style white sauce you'll make!
Hello pasta lovers! We are into creamy sauce, greens and mushrooms with lemon and garlic for the best lunch/dinner food today. This is not really a made-for-the-blog recipe kinda day where I end up planning and deciding which recipe I want to share with you. But it's a happy experiment that turned into the best lunch/dinner that we've had in a while. Meaning I had it for lunch and Denver and Pragya had leftovers for dinner. I'm nice like that.
I've never really found kale at grocery stores here, but when I saw it on an online store recently, I obviously ordered multiple batches. Way more than I could handle. Happens to me all the time. I used it up in some Zuppa Toscana (ahhmaaazing), then a salad (ahhmaaaazing) and there was still a bunch, threatening to wilt. Couldn't let that happen, and I was craving pasta for my lonely lunch date. Just put two and two together now. There was a batch of two days old mushrooms, kale and some linguine. What a dream come true this creamy lemony kale mushroom linguine pasta turned out to be.
I was feeling all kind of good feelings as soon as I started sauteing garlic and mushrooms together. It's that you know it's going to turn out well kind of thing. Because can you ever go wrong with creamy white alfredo like sauce, lots of garlic and mushrooms and pasta? With a lot of kale thrown in for good measure. So that the family can still pretend like this is healthy food.
Before we talk about this lemony mushroom kale linguine pasta any further, I have to tell you stories about how Denver had a skateboarding accident today. Some amazing blogger friends were organizing a potluck at Lal Bagh. And you know how I'm always up for good food. We got there famished and ate in silence for like 10 minutes. And Denver decided to try some stunts on a newly acquired skateboard. Stunts he clearly wasn't equipped for. In his defense, he is already pretty good. But it didn't end well. There was blood dripping down the nose, and a lot of wet tissues to stop the bleeding. We laughed of course. So that means he was okay/ nothing serious. And he was ready to do it all over again. OMG I love days like these! And him, because he's such a sport.
I'm really so proud.
And of course we came back to another round of this lemony mushroom kale linguine pasta.
Creamy bowl of deliciousness. Go get some!
More Comforting Bowls Of Pasta:
- Pasta in Jalapeno Pesto
- Chicken Florentine Pasta
- White Sauce Pasta with Vegetables
- Creamy Prawn Scampi Pasta
Creamy Lemon Mushroom Kale Linguine Pasta
Ingredients
- 225 grams Linguine Pasta
- 4 tablespoons Butter divided
- 1 teaspoon Olive oil
- 3-4 Garlic Cloves minced
- 400 grams Fresh Button Mushrooms halved
- 2 tablespoons All purpose flour or Maida
- 2 cups Milk
- 2 cups Kale chopped
- Zest of 2 limes about 1 teaspoon
- 1 teaspoon Mixed Italian Seasoning oregano, basil etc.
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Boil linguine according to package till al dente. Strain, wash with cold water and set aside.
- In a pan, add a tablespoon of butter, a teaspoon of olive oil and the minced garlic. Saute the garlic while the butter heats up till fragrant and add the mushrooms. Saute the mushrooms on medium high heat for 5-6 minutes till golden brown. Remove from the pan and set aside.
- Add remaining butter and flour to the pan. Cook the flour for a minute or so to cook out the raw flour taste. Slowly add milk in a steady stream while mixing continuously till no lumps exist. Keep whisking while the mixture thickens and comes to a simmer.
- Add the kale, mushrooms, lime zest, italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Cook the kale for a minute or two till it wilts and toss in the pasta. Add some more water or milk if the sauce is too thin. Serve hot.
Notes
- Feel free to substitute kale with spinach or your favorite green (even broccoli will work)
- Some freshly grated parmesan wouldn't hurt either!
Nutrition
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Monica says
This looks really yummy! Just curious why it’s called Creamy lemon when it has limes not lemons in it?
Richa says
Haha I don't have an answer for that. Lime and lemons both work here.
Ankita Gupta says
Can I use zoodles instead of linguine?
Richa says
Absolutely! I would cook them for exactly a minute and that would make this low carb too.
Claire | Sprinkles and Sprouts says
Oh man!!!! I am drooling here!
I love creamy pastas and this looks beyond amazing!
And vegetarian which is such a massive plus as I can serve it to several friends who don't eat meat and we always have a meatless meal one night a week.
LOVE IT!!! PINNING IT!!!!
richagupta says
Thanks!
Brian Jones says
What a delicious sounding dish, so simple but loads of flavour... I am sure I remember the days of being a kid and injuring myself and bouncing straight back up and carrying on, I am now perfectly injuring myself getting off the sofa and needing a week to recover 😉
April @ Girl Gone Gourmet says
Glad the skateboarding incident wasn't any worse! And the pasta... I love when a delicious dish comes together from seemingly nothing. A little bit of this and a that can result in a memorable dinner, right? Looks delicious.
richagupta says
Nah, he was okay. In fact he was laughing after he fell. The best dinners are always so spontaneous. Glad you stopped by!
Hannah says
Mmmm that looks absolutely delicious. And you've used my favorite kind of kale! 🙂
xx Hannah // http://www.HomemadeBanana.com
richagupta says
Thank you!
Madhavi says
Sounds so easy... Thanks for sharing... Will try it and let you know. Can you suggest what may taste good as an accomaniment.
Tia
Madhavi
richagupta says
Thanks, I hope you guys like it. You could do a light salad along with it, or even some grilled chicken. This pasta is quite a meal in itself 🙂
Rosemary says
You are so nice sharing your Pasta, I don't know if I would if it tasted this good ;).
richagupta says
Haha I don't either usually 😉