Kale Grape Saute

A delicious side dish for a chicken dinner. Simple, too!

Saute
1.5 tsp olive oil
1/3 cup onion, chopped

Add
30 grapes, halved
1/2 tsp coriander

After a bit, add and simmer a moment
3 tbsp white wine
2 tbsp orange juice

Add, cover and wilt
1+ cup kale, ripped to bitesize

Serve with 
3 tbsp parmesan, grated

Rated a 4.5 on the Kale Scale

Hot Fruit Kale Salad

Looking around for how to complement the salmon fillet for dinner. I latched onto the idea of fruit and kale, but decided to make this as a hot salad. Was pretty good when I got done!

Saute
1 tsp olive oil
3/4 of the segments from 1 medium red grapefruit (I ate the other 1/4 of the segments while cooking)
1 cup, about, of red grapes, halved

Make a simmer sauce with
1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup orange juice
2 Tbsp white wine

Add, cover, wilt
1.25 cups Kale, ripped to bite size pieces
Simmer sauce (above) - pour this over the kale

Serve and top with
2 Tbsp dry roasted, unsalted, chopped almond pieces
2 tsp shredded, unsweetened coconut

Rated a 4.45 on the Kale Scale.

Kale Sweet & Savory with Hot Curry Chutney

I was inspired to keep the stuff accompanying the kale to reasonably small, light mixture. I started by grabbing the dried date crumbles (from Bob's Red Mill), and then the leftover grapes from my lunch supply for the week, and finally, thought, hmmm... what about the Shiba's Hot Curry Chutney that I've not tried yet.  And thus my evening kale side was created.

The addition of the Hot Curry Chutney made for a spicy warm, initially hot, but not too much temperature. The sweet from the grapes and dates paired nicely with this heat.

Saute
2 tsp butter
1/4 cup onion, chopped up
1 brussel sprout, chopped up
 1 tsp Shiba's Hot Curry Chutney

Add and continue
20 grapes, halved
1-2 Tbsp hummus

Turn down and simmer a bit, cover and wilt as desired
1/2 cup milk
2 Tbsp white wine
1 Tbsp date crumbles
1+ cup purple kale, ripped to bite size pieces - put this on top of the mix

Mix it all up and serve.


Rated a 4.66 on the Kale Scale.

Quinoa in a Kale Smoothie?

Yes! Quinoa works great in a kale smoothie. At least with the vitamix, it is blended to smithereens. I used red quinoa, and in the photo, you can see some red flecks in the drink - that's the blended quinoa. As per my last smoothie, I have some work to do to get to a reasonable calorie count with these liquid meals!

Blend as desired - with Vmix - about 1 minute or so
1 cup non-fat milk
30 grapes
3 clementines
1/2 cup cooked quinoa (red, this time)
1/4 cup non-fat plain yogurt
2 Tbsp POM pomegranate juice
3 pitted dates
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1+ cup kale

Serve and enjoy!

Rated a 4.72 on the Kale Scale.

Kale Smoothie with Hummus

After making hummus for my lunches this week, I several tablespoons in the bottom of the vitamix that I couldn't get at. So I decided to just incorporate the hummus into a smoothie to go with my dinner.  The smoothie with hummus undertones - pretty good!  Yet now that I see the calorie count (yikes!), I realize that the salmon, fresh corn and quinoa I made (in the solar cooker) - added up to a significant calorie intake for 1 meal!!

Put into Vitamix and blend to desired consistency:

3 Tbsp hummus
30 grapes
3 clementine oranges (peeled)
1 cup skim milk
1/4 cup non-fat yogurt
1+ cup of Kale


Rated a 4.68 on the Kale Scale.