Papaya and Olive Kale Salad

Another hot day; another simple salad!  Very tasty!!


Toss together, layer, or otherwise put in a bowl and mix
1+ cup kale, ripped to bitesize pieces
1 papaya, seeded, diced (no peel)
2 tbsp olives, sliced
2 tbps tangerine vinaigrette dressing (Cindy's Kitchen)

Top with 
1 tsp of dukkah (egyptian nut topping)

Enjoy!

Rated a 4.64 on the Kale Scale.

Pineapple 'n Apricot Kale Salad

Hot day calls for simple salad. Quite tasty. I really like the Tangerine Vinaigrette Dressing from Cindy's Kitchen from Whole Foods.

Toss, layer or otherwise pile in a bowl and mix up:
1+ cup of Kale, ripped up to bite size pieces
2/3 cup pineapple, freshly cut, cubed
1 apricot, chopped up
2 Tbsp Cindy's Kitchen Tangerine Vinaigrette Dressing

Top with 

1 tsp of sesame seeds

Enjoy!

Rated a 4.6 on the Kale Scale.

Kale Black Bean Salad with Feta Cheese

The idea for this came from a recipe in Cooking Light for black bean tacos. I made significant

variations - like no tortillas; no cilantro = no taco. This was very tasty, and a keeper!

Saute
2 tsp olive oil
1/3 cup onion, diced
2 tbsp green chiles, canned, diced
1 tsp garlic minced

Add and continue saute, adding water, as needed, to keep from sticking
about 1/2 cup of black beans, drained and mashed (i.e. use 1/2 can of black beans divided)
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp Spanish seasoning

Combine and mix up, moisten (big bowl, spoon or clean hands)
1 tsp light mayonaisse
1 tsp vinegar
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 cup angel hair coleslaw
about 1/2 cup black beans, not mashed (i.e. use 1/2 can of black beans divided)
1.25 cups of kale, finely chopped

Combine into big bowl, mix up
Sauteed onion mixture
Coleslaw and kale mixture

Serve and top with
2 tbsp feta cheese, crumbled
 
Enjoy!

Rated a 4.72 on the Kale Scale.

Kale Pear Salad with Strawberry Mustard Vinaigrette

Inspired by, and not a replica of, a recipe in Eating Well magazine. The dressing was tasty - very nice!  Next time, I might use an apple in the salad and maybe some walnuts. But, overall, very, very good!

Use electric hand blender to mix the following to make Vinaigrette
- 3 big strawberries, cut up
- 2 green onions, white part diced
- 1/4 clove garlic, diced
- 2 tsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 3/4 tsp mustard (Portland Mustard, but use any not dijon)
- 5 sprigs of chives
- 3 tsp orange juice, 100% juice
- up to 1/2 tsp ground black pepper

Toss together to make salad
- 1.25 cups kale, ripped to bite size pieces
- 1 pear, cored, diced.
- 6 green olives (castelvetrano), halved
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup angel hair coleslaw (actually finely shredded cabbage)

Mix together and serve
- Veggie mix
- Vinaigrette
- 1 tbsp feta cheese crumbles, sprinkled on top

Rated a 4.53 on the Kale Scale.

Savory Kale Salad with Feta Cheese

Over 90 today according to the thermometer on back porch. Didn't want to heat up the kitchencooking.  I've been wanting to make a black bean taco, but that involved cooking. So, I used the coleslaw and dressing ideas from that recipe for this salad. Worked well. Deelicious!

Steam in microwave 1 and 1/2 minutes
1+ cup kale, ripped to bitesize pieces

Mix together with steamed kale and toss
12 or so grape tomatoes, halved
6 or so green olives, halved (castelvetrano kind)
6 falafel balls from Whole Foods, ready to eat section, quartered
1/2 cup Angel Hair coleslaw (from a package at Safeway)

Make dressing
1 Tbsp non-fat plain yogurt
1 Tbsp white balsamic vinegar
9 sprigs of cilantro cut up
2 green onions, diced
1/2 tsp ground black pepper

Mix the tossed salad with the dressing.

Serve with 1 Tbsp of feta cheese crumbles on top.

Rated a 4.75 on the Kale Scale.

First Summer Smoothie

Hot day. Smoothie dinner. Deelicious!

Put in Vitamix and whirl

1 orange, peeled and sectioned
1/2 cup blueberries
25 raspberries
20 frozen red grapes
6 oz soy milk
1.25 cups kale
1 pkt, Spiru-tein Vanilla, sugar-free protein powder


Serve and enjoy!

Rated a 4.68 on the Kale Scale.