Kale Saute with Ham, Persimmon and Fennel

Had some Canadian Bacon, and the persimmon and fennel. Threw this together for a quick meal. It was very tasty!   I am taking the quick and dirty route for posting this. Cut and paste from my Nutri-base program, which I use to get the nutrition info for all of my concoctions.

Saute
Use Pam spray and saute onion, garlic, fennel, ham and persimmon

Add and simmer
Orange juice, vinegar, coriander, turmeric and pepper

Add, cover and wilt
Kale

Serve with
Splash of Worcestershire sauce and sprinkle finely diced nuts on top.

Rated a 4.71 on the Kale Scale.

Kale Sauted with Persimmon and Feta Crumbles

This was a bit different, but very tasty!

Saute
2 tsp olive oil
1/3 cup onion, chopped
3 oz corn, canned
1 persimmon, cut up (the kind that is short and squat)
1/2 tsp Herbs de Provence

Mix up a little sauce and set aside
2 Tbsp mustard
2 Tbsp orange juice
1 oz white wine

Add, cover and wilt
1+ cup kale, ripped to bite size
.75 oz Feta crumbles
and the sauce from above

Rated a 4.5 on the Kale Scale.

Kale Ham with Gorgonzola and Persimmons

Deeeelicious!!

Saute
1/2 cup Onion, chopped
2 brussel sprouts, chopped
1.5 tsp olive oil

Add and keep saute
2 persimmons (Japanese), cored, cut up, with peel intact
2.5 oz ham cutlet (precooked kind), diced


Add, lower heat, simmer, wilt the kale and reduce liquid
1+ cup Kale, ripped to bite size pieces
1 tsp Baharat (a middle eastern spice mix)
1/4 cup pomegranate juice (100% juice)

Add and scramble
1 beaten egg
1/2 tsp ground pepper

At the end, add and mix, melt the cheese
1 Tbsp gorgonzola cheese

Mix it all up and serve. Enjoy!


Rated a 4.74 on the Kale Scale.

Savory Kale with Grapes and Persimmon

Spent the day mowing yard and other work to put the lawn to bed for the winter. Wasn't sure I wanted to bother with cooking, but this turned out so good, I'm glad I did! Very tasty! 

Saute
1.5 tsp olive oil
1/3 cup onion, chopped
1/3 cup fennel bulb, chopped
1 tsp Shiba's Popping Seed
1 tsp Ras el hanout spice

Add and continue saute
18 grapes, halved
1 persimmon, cored, chopped (leave the peel on)

Reduce heat, add, cover, wilt and let the liquid sauce up a bit
1+ cup kale, ripped to bite size pieces
1 oz white wine
1/4 cup soy milk

Mix it all up, serve and enjoy!


Rated a 4.67 on the Kale Scale.

Sweet and Savory Kale

Getting to the end of the week and cleaning out the miscellaneous from fridge. Turned out to be very tasty - the pear and persmisson were a good match for the brussel sprouts.

Saute
2 tsp olive oil
1/3 cup onion, chopped
1/4 cup fennel bulb, chopped
1 fingerling potato, chopped
3 brussel sprouts, chopped

After a bit add and continue saute, lower heat and cover
1 red pear, cored and cut up
1 persimmon, cored and cut up (keep the peel on)
1 oz white wine
2 tsp white balsamic vinegar
1 tsp ras el hanout
1/4 tsp cardamon
1/4 tsp coriander
2 veggie patties (Morningstar), cut up

Steam in microwave
1+ cup of kale

Pile the sweet and savory mix on top of the steamed kale and enjoy!


Rated a 4.79 on the Kale Scale.

Kale with Fruit in Buttermilk Saute

The buttermilk was for some mashed potatoes that I made, and since I had some left, I thought, how can I use that with some kale. This was the result.

Carmelized the onions to go into the mashed potatoes, and I save 1/4 cup to go with the kale.

Saute
2 tsp olive oil
2 Brussel Sprouts, chopped up.
1/4 cup onion (previously chopped and carmelized)

Add, and cover, lower heat
1/4 pear, cored, chopped (leave the peel on)
1 persimmon, Fuyu or Japanese, short squat one, peeled, cored, chopped
Dashes of chili powder, ras el hanout
2 Tbsp water

Steam for 1.5 minutes
1+ cup kale, ripped to bite size pieces

Add, stir in
1/4 to 1/3 cup buttermilk - it just disappears into the veggie mix

Add, cover, wilt as desired
Steamed kale

Mix it all together and serve.

Rated a 4.68 on the Kale Scale.

Can you mix potato, persimmon, corn and kale?

Can you mix potato, persimmon, corn and kale?! Yes!! I had a persimmon to use. I decided not to peel it, just cut out the core and cut it up. I had a couple of fingerling potatoes, an open can of corn, so the mix just kinda came together.  Very tasty!

Saute
2 tsp olive oil
1/3 cup onion, chopped up
1 Fuyu persimmon, cored, cut up
2 fingerling potatoes, cut up small
1/4 cup corn kernals
1/2 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp chili powder

Add, cover and steam to your desire
1+ cup of Kale, ripped to bite size pieces
splash of liquid - water, juice, wine whatever

Rated a 4.67 on the Kale Scale.

Kale Salad with Persimmon, Kiwi and Pineapple

Our long and pleasant run of 70+ F. weather is still with us, and makes for great salad motivation.

Toss, layer or however you like, put these ingredients together:

1 cup Kale, ripped to bite size pieces
1 persimmon, peeled, cored, chopped
1 kiwi, peeled, chopped
1/2 cup pineapple pieces, chopped

Dust with 1 tsp of coconut flakes

Serve with 4 tsp of Cindy's Kitchen Tangerine Vinaigrette.

Rated a 4.66 on the Kale Scale.

Sweet Potato Persimmon Kale Saute

It's sweet potato time, so I decided to do a savory concoction (as opposed to a sweet one). Very filling, and quite tasty. 

Saute:
1/2 cup Sweet potato, raw, diced
1/3 cup Onion, raw. Chopped

After a bit, add a little liquid, cover, lower heat, and continue to cook
1 tbsp Wine, white table

Add, and continue saute:

1 fruit Persimmon, Japanese or Hachiya, raw, peeled and chopped

6 olives Olive, castleverano, pitted, halved

Add, scramble to bits:
1 medium Egg

Add on kale on top, add the liquid, lower heat, cover and wilt the kale as desired:
100 gram Kale, chopped to bite size pieces

2 fl oz Cranberry pomegranate juice, Pom (100% juice)

2 fl oz Water

Rated a 4.77 on the Kale Scale.

Nov Fruit Salad

This was paired with oven baked salmon fillet. Fillet was sprinkled with pepper and Mrs. Dash; some sherry and 2 tiny bits of butter.

Layer or toss to make salad:

1.25 C. Kale, ripped to bitesize pieces

1 apple - I used a small Empire apple, chopped

1 clementine - peeled and chopped

1 persimmon - peeled and chopped

11 grapes - halved

Dress with:

2 Tbsp Olive oil and Balsamic Vinegar (Safeway Select)

Rated a 4.5 on the Kale Scale