Kale is so nutritious. The problem is it is not always the easiest thing to eat. In this video Elizabeth from redouxu.com and I share how make kale more palatable and make it actually enjoyable even for non-kale eaters. These Three Ways to Love Eating Kale make it easy for you to incorporate kale into your daily cooking and finally enjoy kale for its taste and nutritional value.
Kale salad with toasted pecans, dried cranberries and blue cheese
Ingredients
- 1 bunch of lacinato or dinosaur kale, stems removed, rinsed and patted dry
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 teaspoon fresh minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon fresh minced ginger
- ½ cup toasted pecans or try walnuts, almonds or pine nuts
- ? cup sweet dried cranberries or try currants or chopped raisins
- ¼ cup crumbled blue cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
Cut the kale using the chiffonade technique in the video to make ribbon-like pieces. In a large bowl coarsely tear the ribbons and drizzle leaves with lemon juice, olive oil, honey, garlic and ginger. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt and pepper and using your mange toss and massage the ingredients into the leaves until they are softer and slightly silky. They will lose about half their volume. Mix in toasted nuts, dried fruit and blue cheese. Divide on salad plates and enjoy.
Feel free to mix in half romaine or spinach to this kale salad for those new to trying kale.
I hope you enjoy this salad.
For more recipes and ways to love eating kale check out this article on making the perfect kale chips.