Pasta With Kale Pesto and Roasted Butternut Squash

• 2 to 3 servings
• 45 minutes
• Melissa Clark
• Vegan

Here is a one-pot meal designed explicitly for the hungriness of a long-distance runner, with garlicky kale pesto and sweet roasted butternut squash. Making the pesto with kale instead of basil gives it a structure the basil-rich original lacks, and it interacts beautifully with the crisp-and-soft smoothness of the roasted squash. A terrific dish.