Pear Parmesan Kale Salad

A simple salad and convenient side for a salmon steak. Quite tasty!

Toss as desired:

1+ Cup Kale, ripped to bite size pieces
1 pear, cored, diced - unpeeled
2 tbsp toasted almond slivers
3 tbsp grated parmesan
2 tbsp fig balsamic vinegar dressing


Enjoy!

Rated a 4.7 on the Kale Scale.

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

Kale Scamble with Brussel Sprouts Pepper, and Parmesan

Great mix of veggies and protein for dinner - very good!

Saute
2 tsp olive oil
1/3 cup onion, chopped
2 brussel sprouts, chopped
1 sweet red pepper, diced
1/2 tsp cardamon
1/2 tsp black pepper

Add, cover and wilt Kale
1 cup Kale, ripped up to bite size pieces
2 tbsp white wine
2 tsp balsamic vinegar
3 tbsp orange juice

Add and scramble
2 eggs, beaten with 2 tbsp milk
1/2 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp turmeric

Serve with 
3 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese

 Rated a 4.54 on the Kale Scale

Saucy Kale

I had some of the sauce leftover from yesterday's Squash It entry which formed the starting point for tonight's meal. Sautéing the veggies in the sauce and then the kale - umMm good!

Saute
3 tsp coconut oil (this is solid at first)
1/2 cup onion, diced
1/2 tsp garlic, raw, diced

Add and continue sautéing
10 grape tomatoes, halved
4 slices of lean Canadian bacon, cup up

Steam 2 minutes
1+ cup Kale

While kale steams, add and simmer sauce made from (about 2+ Tbsp total)
- Hoisin sauce
- wine
- balsamic vinegar
- soy sauce lite

I was going to put the ham and tomato mix on the kale, but instead I added the kale to the sauté pan and mixed it all up.

Serve with parmesan cheese (about 1 Tbsp)

Rated a 4.69 on the Kale Scale.

Squash It

I bought a squash - looked like an acorn, but it was all yellow. The label said Swan Winter Acorn and as I google, I find it is also called White Swan Acorn Squash. The link goes to a web page with a picture of what my squash looked like.

So thinking I'd go simple tonight.

Cook the squash in microwave, scoop out the seeds and then scoop out the flesh.


Steam 1+ cup of kale (ripped up).

Put the squash on top of the kale and served with a little sauce.

Mix to your desire and pour over the squash/kale:
- Hoisin sauce
- wine
- balsamic vinegar
- soy sauce lite

When all was done, I used about 2 tbsp. of this sauce mix.

Top it all with 1 Tbsp of Parmesan cheese.

Rated a 4.5 on the Kale Scale.

Simple Salad with Pineapple, Green Olives and Kale

Simple and quick. Tasty.

Mix together, how you like for a salad:

1 cup Kale, ripped to bite size pieces
1/2 cup Pineapple, raw, diced up
8 Olives, green castelverano, halved (pitted)
1 tsp Dukkah (minced nuts, Egyptian style)

Top with:

2 Tbsp  Fig Balsamic Dressing (Cindy's Kitchen for Whole Foods)
1-2 tsp shredded Parmesan cheese

Rated a 4.6 on the Kale Scale

Spiced Acorn Squash with Kale

Another squash recipe from my archives, to which I embellished a bit. The squash recipe is a keeper!

Bake the squash this way:
Cut the squash in half; bake acorn squash with some 100% orange juice in the cavity of each half; along with ground ginger, nutmeg and ras el hanout. No butter. No sugar. No oil.

When it has about 15 minutes left, I added couple tablespoons of buttermilk to each cavity. Mostly because I had some, and thought it might add something. It didn't hurt.

Once the squash is done, let it cool a bit. Then scoop out the squash meat and put in a bowl.

Add to the squash meet, some dukkah and some parmesan cheese.

Steam
1 cup kale, ripped to bite size pieces

Mix up
Half of the baked spiced, squash meet
Steamed kale pieces

Serve with a topping of
1.5 oz of greek non-fat plain yogurt



Rated a 4.7 on the Kale Scale.

Kale with Broccolini and Brussel Sprouts

Started out thinking I didn't have any kale tonight, and given that what was the next best thing - brussel sprouts... not the next best thing, like a favorite, but the next best thing nutrition wise. After more than a year of this, I can say that I like kale better than something ... brussel sprouts!

After I got everything going, simmering, I remembered - I froze some kale before my last vacation in October!  I pulled that out of the freezer, and voila - another kale concoction was created.

Saute
2 tsp olive oil
1/3 cup onion, chopped up
3 brussel sprouts, chopped up
1 small sweet red pepper, chopped up

After a bit, add
2/3 cup pineapple, raw, unsweetened, chopped up
1/2 cup broccolini florets
2-3 Tbsp water or other liquid
Dashes of each - chili powder, ground pepper, turmeric, Mrs Dash

Serve with
2-3 Tbsp non-fat greek yogurt, plain
1-2 tsp dukkah
1-2 tsp parmesan cheese, grated
1 tsp worcestershire sauce


Rated a 4.59 on the Kale Scale

Kale Steamed With Parmesan and Dukkah

A quick side dish to go with a hunk of salmon. Very good, fast food!

Steam
1 cup kale, ripped to bite size pieces

Toss steamed kale with
7 grape size tomatoes, halved
8 green olives - castelvetrano, halved
2 tsp capers
2 Tbsp shredded parmesan
1-2 tsp Dukkah (see previous blog entries too)

Serve with
1.2 tsp worcestershire sauce

Rated a 4.68 on the Kale Scale.