5 sweet broccoli pine nuts Recipes

sweet italian sausage (i like turkey or chicken sausage), broccoli rabe (bunch or bag) or 1 lb kale (bunch or bag), olive oil, garlic cloves, water, pesto sauce, low fat cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, egg, slightly beaten, no-boil lasagna noodles, mozzarella cheese (low fat or fat free is fine), pine nuts (optional)

dried wagon wheel macaroni or 6 oz rotini pasta (about 2 cups), boneless skinless chicken breast halves, cut into 1 inch pieces, refrigerated pesto sauce, fat free sour cream, chopped fresh vegetables (such as red, yellow or green sweet pepper, broccoli florets, zucchini or cucumber), tomato, chopped, toasted pine nuts or 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted (optional)

olive oil, stalks broccoli, peeled,trimmed and cut into 1/2 inch slices, red onion, sliced into very thin wedges, garlic, minced, sugar, balsamic vinegar, fresh coarse ground black pepper, salt, pine nuts

asparagus spears, peeled and cut 1 inch, carrot, thin sliced, broccoli floret, sliced yellow squash or 1 cup sliced zucchini, tomato, cubed, fresh peas or 1/2 cup frozen peas, celery rib, thin sliced, scallions, thinly sliced, pine nuts (optional), minced dill, fresh tortellini, see note or 1 lb sweet potato, gnocci see note, garlic cloves, diced fine, fresh lemon juice or 3 tbsp rose s lime juice, red wine vinegar or 1 tbsp red wine, olive oil (optional), sugar, salt or 1/2 tsp no, fresh ground pepper