Thai Carrot Soup With Kale

This is almost cheating - but it was very good!  RTE (ready to eat) soup from Whole Foods buffet. Thai Carrot Soup. Deee licious. Spicy too. I brought home about 2 cups, heated it up with 1+ cups of Kale ripped to bite size pieces.  No nutrition count on this one.


Rated a 4.56 on the Kale Scale.

Chicken Salad Kale

Simple, if you have the chicken ready. I had made up pound chicken thin breast fillets a couple days ago - dredged with buttermilk, almond meal, wheat germ and spices chili powder, coriander, ras el hanout. Yum!

Layer or toss to make salad:

1+ cup kale, ripped to bite size pieces
1/2 cup pineapple, raw, cut up
1/2 pear, cored, cut up (leave the peel on)
3 oz chicken breast, cut up

Top with dressing:

2 tbsp Fig Balsamic Dressing (Cindy's Kitchen for Whole Foods)

Rated a 4.5 on the Kale Scale.

Whole Foods / Fast Food

Was shopping last weekend at Whole Foods, before dinner, hungry. Walked by the RTE (ready to eat) food bar, and ended up putting together in a pint box - curried potatoes, quinoa with lemon and cilantro, curried tofu, and dal with spinach.

When I got home, I dumped it all into a 4 quart mixing bowl along with 1+ cup of kale ripped to bite size pieces.

Microwave on high for 2 minutes or so.

It was delicious!  No calorie for this one.

Rated a 4.68 on the Kale Scale.

Kale Fruit Salad with Black Apricot

Black apricots were a new one on me, so I bought 2 to try out.  They tasted like regular apricots, but I thought they may be better nutritionally because they have a purple skin.

Layer or toss to make a salad:
1+ cup kale, ripped into bite sized pieces
2 black apricots, chopped
1 nectarine, chopped
1 mango, peeled, chopped

Serve with
2 Tbsp Fig Balsamic Dressing (Cindy's Kitchen for Whole Foods)


Rated a 4.55 on the Kale Scale

Pear Kale Salad with Stonefruits

Here is a fruit salad that perked up a rainy June day. It was paired with a yummy wild salmon filet for my dinner on last Saturday.

Put these items together in a bowl (layer, toss, whatever):
1.25 cups of Kale, ripped to bite size pieces
1 nectarine, chopped
1 kiwi, peeled, chopped
1 apricot, chopped
1 red pear, chopped

Serve with:
2 Tbsp Fig Balsamic Dressing (Cindy's Kitchen for Whole Foods)
3 tsp walnuts, chopped fine

Rated a 4.67 on the Kale Scale

Baked Chicken Kale Salad with Spiced Pumpkin Seeds

With some of the buttermilk marinated baked chicken, I made this salad. It was very good, and nice way to get my protein.

Toss, layer or whatever - make salad with:

1.25 cups kale, ripped to bite size pieces
4 oz baked chicken breast tender, marinated in buttermilk and spices
8 cherry tomatoes, halved
10 black olives, halved
3 tsp pumpkin seeds, spiced (curry, cinnamon, chili)
2 Tbsp Fig Balsamic Dressing (Cindy's Kitchen for Whole Foods)


Rated a 4.7 on the Kale Scale.

Kale Salad with Grapefruit and Melon

What to do to make a kale salad that is different?  Combine watermelon and grapefruit! This combo was ok, but could have used something else to transition between the fruit flavors. Still, it was an effective salad and I ate the whole thing!

Toss, layer or how ever you like, make the salad with:

1+ cups kale, ripped to bitesize pieces
1 grapefruit, peeled and chopped
3/4 cup watermelon, chopped
2 Tbsp sliced olives
2 Tbsp Fig Balsamic Dressing (Cindy's Kitchen for Whole Foods)


Rated a 4.49 on the Kale Scale