Monday, May 16, 2011

Purple and Red

A sauted mix to go with a hunk of baked salmon.

Saute:


2 tsp olive oil
1/3 cup onion, chopped
1/4 cup red cabbage, chopped
1/4 cup sweet red pepper, chopped
6 grape tomatoes, halved
1/2 tsp cinnaomon
1/2 tsp cardoman
/4 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar


Add, cover, wilt:


1 cup, purple kale, chopped to bite size pieces
1 oz white wine


Serve with non-fat greek yogurt (about 2 oz)



Rated a 4.2 on the Kale Scale.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Trader Joe Kale

This was a very simple recipe, but not my favorite. The reason - the Trader Joe's Lentil Soup wasn't as good as I remember it being. This comes in the can that is shaped like a kettle, and a couple years ago, it was delicious. But, I found it a bit flat this time.


  • Heat Trader Joe's Lentil Soup in a pampered chef microwave cooker



  • Parcel out the soup so that your serving size remains in the pot. (Put the rest in container and save for later.)



  • Cut up and add to your soup serving, 1.25 cups of kale.



  • Microwave until kale is wilted.



  • Stir, and serve with a dollop of non-fat plain greek yogurt.
Rated a 3 on the Kale Scale.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Kaled Burrito

A variation on a theme of the Burrito and Kale I did some months ago.

Saute:
1 tsp olive oil
1/4 Cup onion, chopped
2/3 cup small purple potato, chopped
4 cherry tomatoes, quartered
1/2 tsp black pepper

Add and heat through:
1 Amy's Breakfast Burrito (I thought I pulled out a black bean b from the freezer, but found that I didn't. This adds about 70 calories over the other types of burritos that Amy's Kitchen makes)

Add, cover, wilt:
2 Tbsp white wine
1 cup kale chopped to bite size pieces

Rathed a 4.5 on the Kale Scale

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Sunday Kale


A quick saute for a Sunday evening.
Saute:

2 tsp olive oil
1 Yukon potato, cut up (about 1 cup)
1/3 Cup onion, chopped
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp sage

Cover with lid, continue saute. When the potatoes are somewhat done, and the onions have color, but not burned, then proceed.

Add and continue saute:
1 small yellow pepper (or 1/2 large one), chopped
5 cherry tomatoes, halved

Add, cover, wilt:

1 oz white wine
another 1/2 tsp pepper
1.5 Kale, chopped up
Serve with non-fat greek yogurt (optional). Calorie count doesn't include the yogurt.

Rated a 4.5 on the Kale Scale.