Kale Pepitas Spicy Sauce

After deciding to just have Kale sauted with onion, I couldn't help but keep adding some things on hand to make this more palatable. The end result was delicious!

Saute
2 tsp olive oil
1 tsp Shiba's Popping Seeds
1/3 cup Onion, chopped

Add and continue sauteing
1/3 tsp hot curry chutney
1/4 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp ginger root (from jar)
5 green olives, halved.
2 Morningstar veggie patties, chopped up

Add, mix up
2 tsp balsamic vinegar
1 oz white wine

Add, cover, wilt greens
1+ cup kale, ripped to bitesize
2 tsp pumpkin seeds, roasted

Serve and enjoy!

Rated a 4.65 on the Kale Scale.

Kale with Corn, Egg and Fake Sausage Patty

This meal was delicious and hearty, for kale.  Most important, it was filling and tasty.

Saute
1 tbsp coconut oil
1/3 cup onion, chopped
1/2 red pepper, chopped
3 oz corn kernels
1 fake sausage patty (Morningstar)
1/2 tsp cardamon, ground
1/2 tsp black pepper, ground

Add, wilt as desired
1.25 cup kale, ripped to bite size pieces
1 oz white wine

Make a hole in the middle and fry egg (I prefer over hard)
1 chicken egg

Serve with
1 tsp Worcestershire  sauce


Rated a 4.52 on the Kale Scale

Kale Mashed - Variation

Using leftovers for the foundation of this dinner.  It was very tasty!

Layer and heat in microwave in a bowl and mix up after
1 serving of mashed blue (or purple) potatoes
1+ cup kale, ripped to bite size pieces

2 Tbsp white wine

Cook in microwave, and cut kernels off after
1 ear of corn

Cook in microwave, and cut up
1 veggie patty (Morningstar)

Mix all the ingredients together and top with
8 grape tomatoes, halved (from my garden!)

Deeelicious!!

Rated a 4.74 on the Kale Scale.

Kale Mashed

I was remembering a recipe for Bubble and Squeak from the old PBS show 'Two Fat Ladies,' but it requires using the stove top and fry pan, and it was just too hot today. So this is merely reminiscent of the real thing; not even a knock off.  I used what I call purple potatoes, but discovered they are actually called blue potatoes.

Cook in microwave - till tender
2 blue potatoes, cut up (with peel)
1.5 yellow potatoes, cut up (with peel)



Mash potatoes with
1/2 to 2/3 cup fat free milk
2 tsp butter
1 tsp ground pepper
1/4 tsp dill weed
1/4 tsp Ras el Hanout spice
1 tsp balsamic vinegar

Set aside 1/2 of the mashed potatoes for another meal.

Steam in microwave til limp (in Pampered Chef steamer)
1/3 cup onion
1 tsp garlic

Add and steam another 1.5 minutes
1+ cup kale, ripped to bite size pieces

Separately, heat in microwave 1 min, and then cut up
2 veggie patties (Morningstar)

Assemble in a bowl, and mix up
Mashed potatoes, kale with onion and garlic, and cut-up veggie patties

Serve on plate and splash with Worcestershire sauce  and enjoy!

Rated a 4.71 on the Kale Scale

Corn Kale with Veggie Patties

This mixture was very hearty, filling and delicious! The tomatoes were out of my garden Grow Box which turning out tomatoes more successfully than my other attempts over the last couple years.

Cook 
1 ear of corn (I used microwave)
Cut the kernels from corn
Add butter and pepper to taste.

Steam
1 cup of kale, ripped to bite size pieces

Microwave
3 veggie patties - I use Morningstar Breakfast Patties (flavored like sausage)

Assemble on dinner plate
Steamed kale
Corn Kernels
Breakfast patties, cut up
10 Tomatoes, halved

Splash with Worcestershire sauce, and enjoy!

Rated a 4.7 on the Kale Scale.

Pear and Bacon Kale Salad

The bacon was actually 'fake bacon' or Morningstar veggie strips. While the salad was filling, it was not my favorite. It might have been better with real bacon bits!

Steam in microwave
1+ cup kale, ripped to bite size pieces

Add to the kale, toss or layer
1 pear, cored and cut up
7 fake bacon strips, crumbled
2 Tbsp Fig Balsamic Dressing (Cindy's Kitchen for Whole Foods)


Rated a 4.3 on the Kale Scale.

Quinoa Corn and Kale

The best of leftovers: making meals in minutes. This one was delicious!

Microwave 4 minutes
1 ear of corn
and cut the kernels off the cob after cooking
Add 1 tsp of butter, black pepper and dash of Mrs Dash

Microwave 2 minutes
1+ cup of Kale, ripped to bite size. I put the kale on the dinner plate, cover with a plastic steamer lid. Works great!

Microwave 2+ minutes
1 cup Solar Quinoa
2 patties, Morningstar veggie fake sausage

Assemble
Place the corn kernels on the kale, on your plate
Add quinoa, and cut up fake sausage patties
Top with 2 tbsp. of non-fat greek yogurt.

Add a splash of Worcestershire sauce.

Rated a 4.75 on the Kale Scale.