Kale and Tomato Gnocchi

One day I may up my gnocchi game and try homemade, but for now I'll stick with store bought.

Ingredients:

4 slices bacon
1 lb gnocchi
1/2 tsp sugar
2 cups diced canned tomatoes
pinch red pepper flakes
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 - 1  1/2 cups chopped kale and/or spinach
a few chopped basil leaves
3 garlic cloves minced

Begin by cooking the bacon in a skillet until crispy, remove from pan and drain off all the bacon fat except for about 1 tablespoon. To the same skillet add the diced tomatoes, sugar, red pepper flakes and balsamic vinegar. Deglaze the pan and cook on medium heat 5 minutes.

Chop the bacon and return it to the pan.

Boil the gnocchi as per package directions. Mine was 3 minutes so at the same time I also added the kale/spinach mix to the sauce and cooked it an additional 3 minutes.

Have the basil leaves chopped and the garlic minced so that when you rinse the cooked gnocchi you will toss them with the sauce, add the basil and garlic and serve warm.

This serves 2-3

I may just have to pick up another package of gnocchi!