Kale Corn 'n' Ham Hot Salad

Yes, I'm still eating kale.  Just not posting the daily doings.  But, here is an easy summer dinner.

• Kale - 1+ cup, ripped up to bite size. Microwave on dinner plate, 2 minutes. 
• Corn on cob - 1 ear.  Microwave 4 minutes, cut the kernals off the ear and put on the kale.
• Add 1 tsp butter, cut up to the corn/kale.
• Ham 'steak' - 1 slice.  MIcrowave 1 minute. Cut up and put on the kale, corn mixutre.
  

Serve with ground pepper (1 tsp) and splash of Worcestershire sauce (1 tsp).

Enjoy!

Rated a 4.68 on the Kale Scale.

Kale with Moroccan Chickpea Soup (or Garbanzo Bean Soup)

Late winter soup. Very quick, easy and delicious.  This soup recipe makes 4 servings. For each serving, steam 1+cups of kale and mix in.

Make stock
1.5 cubes of vegetable bouillon
3 cups of water

Saute in a dutch oven or soup pot
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 carrot, grated
1 cup broccoli slaw
2 cloves garlic
1 medium onion, finely chopped

While this sautes, puree in Vita-mix or food processor
15 oz canned garbanzo beans (or chickpeas), drained and rinsed
1/3 cup tahini
1 cup of the vegetable stock
2 Tbsp lemon juice

Stir into the soup pot with the sauteed vegetables
Pureed mixture
Rest of the vegetable stock (about 2 cups)
1.5 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp thyme leaves, dried
.5 tsp ground turmeric
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1/2 tsp cayenne
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 
1/2 to 3/4 tsp Ras el Hanout
1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 Tbsp cried chopped parsely 

Cook 5 minutes or so, until heated through.

For each serving, ateam
1+ cups of kale, ripped to bite size pieces

Serve 
Put steamed kale in bottom of soup bowl, and add 1 serving of the soup. Mix up. 
Can garnish with toasted sesame seeds, or nuts.

Rated a 4.6 on the Kale Scale.

Yam and Split Pea Soup with Tarragon and Kale

Another winter soup. This one comes from the Joy of Mindful Cooking - a food blog network basedout of Portland. I didn't realize they were so close. I had gone looking for a bean soup recipe and they had several including this one. I added spices, wine, vinegar, ginger.  The soup, when simmered to completion was DELICIOUS! Wow!

So how does this relate to kale? Well, as I've mentioned, my kale recipes have turned into "kale carriers" - a way to get kale down the gullet in a more tasty fashion. I steamed a cup of kale and mixed it into my serving of soup.

Put in a soup pot and bring to boil, then simmer for 40 minutes:
- 4 cups vegetable broth (low sodium, nonfat)
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup yellow split peas
- 1 0z white wine
- 1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 ba leaf
- 1/2 tsp dry mustard
- 1/2 tsp turmeric, ground
- 1 tsp herbs de provence
- 1 tsp chives
- 1/2 tsp ground pepper

Add and continue to simmer for another 30 minutes or so, till thick and done:
- 1/2 large onion, chopped up
- 1 tsp ginger root, fresh, minced
- 2 cups diced yam (1.5 to 2 smaller yams). Organic / wash / don't peel
- 1 tbsp or so of fresh tarragon (or 1 tsp dry)
- 1 cup of water, more, enought o help cover the yams a bit

Steam 1 cup of kale and mix that with 1 serving of the soup.

Rated a 4.69 on the Kale Scale.

Kale with Burrito and Eggs

This one requires cooking Amy's Southwestern Burrito first; and then cutting it up for the saute.  End result was pretty good. Not my favorite, but adequate.

Saute
2 tsp olive oil
1/3 cup onion, chopped
2 brussel sprouts, chopped

Cook separately, cut up and add
1 Amy's Kitchen Southwestern Burrito

Add, cover and wilt
1 cup Kale, ripped to bite size
1/4 tsp Cayenne
1/3 cup Salsa
Add other liquid as needed to wilt

Mix it all up, and then make space to
2 eggs, scramble into the mix

Rated a 4.2 on the Kale Scale.

Kale Salad with Pineapple and Pomegranate

A quick salad for a Friday night. Tasty. The yogurt works well for a dressing.

Microwave 1 minute
- 1 cup of kale, ripped to bite size pieces

Cut up
- 2/3 cup raw pineapple chunks

Prepare pomegranate
 - Use 'ready made' or dig out arils from 1/2 pomegranate

Toss all together.

Dress 
- Use up to 5 oz Dannon Light n Fit Vanilla yogurt. [ I use 5 oz which drenched the ingredients and then some - using up what I had.]

Top with
- 1/2 oz. chopped up hazelnuts

Rated a 4.6 on the Kale Scale