Kale is great in salads, stirfrys, soups, and stuffings. It’s a great substitution to pretty much any recipe where you would use spinach. On it’s own it can be tough and a little bitter in taste. I recommend cooking it to soften it up or adding an acidic dressing which will break it down and start “cooking” it on it’s own.
Sesame Ginger Kale
Serves 4-6
2 Bunches of Kale1 Small Piece of Fresh Ginger (about 1 ½ T)
2T Sesame Oil
1T Braggs Liquid Aminos (or Soy Sauce, Shoyu, etc)
1t Siracha Hot Sauce
1T Sesame Seeds
Prepare kale by washing and pulling the stems off. Break or cut it into large pieces.
Heat a saute pan and add all the ingredients except the sesame seeds. Cook until all of the greens are dark green. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve.
Kale and Fruit Smoothie
Makes 1 large smoothie
1 Banana2 leaves of kale, stems removed and ripped into pieces
½ C Frozen Cherries
½ C Frozen Peaches
½ C Frozen Blackberries
1 C Unsweetened Almond Milk
*I like to drink this along with a piece of multigrain toast with peanut butter
*use any fruits that you like as long as a few of them are frozen. Also any type of milk or juice works well.
Chopped Kale Salad
So….this isn’t so much a recipe as a suggestion of something healthy to throw together. Kale needs to either be cooked or be dressed with an acid. Vinegars and citrus juices are acids that can break down or “cook” the greens to make them easier to eat.
This particular salad is chopped kale, spinach, mango, raspberries, green onion, chopped fennel, chopped cilantro, almonds with fresh lime juice.
You can use any fruits, vegetables, and herbs that you like. Nuts and seeds add some protein and make it heartier. Any dressing will work well but I prefer not to have the oil.
Bunny Time!
And of course Bunnies Love Kale! This is my bunny and I can’t resist showing her to you eating her favorite vegetable.
