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- Eve Fox
- August 31, 2012
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Kale Salad with Pine Nuts, Currants, and Parmesan
Another dish that comes up regularly when I ask people for their favorite kale recipe is a raw kale salad. Although kale is a very robust green, if you slice it thin and “marinate” or “massage” it with vinegar or lemon juice, it softens up beautifully. I like the pairing of salty cheese, crunchy, rich pine nuts and sweet currants in this version.
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| Photo by Jamie Chung, courtesy of Bon Appetit |
Kale and Mushrooms with Creamy Polenta
This is basically the ultimate in sophisticated comfort food! You could make this without the chicken stock and pancetta with good results (the mushrooms will provide some meatiness) if those are not foods you eat, too.
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| Photo by Tina Rupp, courtesy of Bon Appetit |
Kale, Corn and Leek Fritters
I first tried kale and corn fritters at Sunfrost Farms here in Woodstock – they’re delicious and a great way to make use of two bountiful late summer crops at once, too.
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| Photo by Vanessa at Just The Tip blog |
One-Pot Kale and Quinoa Pilaf
I learned about this wonderfully satisfying recipe from the Food52 cookbook earlier this year – it was one of their winning recipes and it’s easy to see why. The kale and quinoa are both a tiny bit crunchy and the flavors of Meyer lemon, pine nuts, walnut oil and goat cheese give it a wonderful depth.
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| Photo by Sarah Schatz, courtesy of Food 52 |
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Eve is the creator of The Garden of Eating, a blog about food--cooking it, eating it, and growing it. She has a legendary love of aprons and can often be found salivating over the fruits and veggies at one of the many farmers’ markets near her home in Woodstock, NY. Want even more recipes, photos, giveaways, and food-related inspiration? "Like" the Garden of Eating on Facebook, or follow Eve on Twitter or Pinterest.
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I LOVE kale!
I needed some new inspiration beside just garlic- thanks! :-)
Thanks for the ideas- but I did not see any recipes just recommendations on what to do with Kale. It is a great green & I have even put small amounts in my vegan protein smoothies to get the extra protein & also other benefits. Love it raw too.
thanks
thanks!!
thank you. all hail kale! (sorry)
YUMMMM.... those all look so good! I use kale all the time, and basically it can be combined with just about anything.
I usually just make up a BIG ole stir-fry with kale, broccoli, purple onions, purple cabbage, brussels sprouts, green beans, edamame, cauliflower.... well, anything I've got on hand. I do the stuff in batches in a great big wok, starting out with water-braising and ending up lightly browning the outsides in a little olive oil or coconut oil -- while the veggies stay al dente! It's much easier to do it in separate batches so you don't have to worry about the different cooking times for different veggies, or having the thing get so big you lose control of it.
All you add is a little sea salt.
Once you get the big pot of veggies done, you can do a thousand things with them. You can add them to soups and stews... you can add Asian flavours (& maybe a little chicken) and make a great stir-fry. You can whip up a nice curry sauce, add a few golden raisins and some freshly-nuked yam (etc) and you've got an Indian feast. You can serve it on a bed of rice or cous-cous.... The possibilities are endless! And all of 'em sooooooo good.
Kale chips are the best. I put garlic salt, nutritional yeast, and chili powder on mine.
Wow, this brings back memories. I grew up with my Grandparents on a small farm in Northern Germany (Lower Saxony). Grandpa and I always waited for the day late autumn when Grandma would start picking the Grünkohl. The first night we actually had temperatures around 0 deg.C, the lawn looked a little frosty, that was the day when Oma (Grandma) started picking and preparing Grünkohl dishes and also bottling. I have never eaten any Grünkohl since, that matched her dishes. I live in Australia now and it is difficult to get fresh Kale here. I know, some Dutch people do grow it, but it is hard to come by. Meanwhile, I buy bottled Kale imported from Germany or Holland and experiment to try to come close to my Oma's cooked version. As for her fresh salad versions, so tasty. I could experiment with ingrediants that she grew and I have, but the missing link is still: fresh kale.
Actually, after reading and commenting on this issue I will try to get seeds and grow my own, and I will resurrect some of her rustic Grünkohl dishes.
By the way, Bavarians use Grünkohl to feed their pigs, maybe one day they will aquire a taste for this Kraut.
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