What can I do with these veggies?
Early Summer Seasonal Recipes using Kale
Kale is one of the most nutritious vegetables. 2 1/2 cups of Kale have over 1000 mg of calcium, 1 cup of milk has around 400. It is also high in many other important vitamins and minerals.
These recipes were a hit at our Whole Foods Market cooking class tonight. Hope you enjoy them, let us know if you made any of them better!
Kale Puttanesca Fresca
Celeste Davis (serves 6)
This is a pasta salad with a raw tomato sauce, think Italian salsa. We used cilantro by mistake instead of flat leaf parsley and it was great!
1 box Quinoa penne pasta
2 pounds fresh tomatoes (or canned San Marzano)
1 box cherry tomatoes (or grape)
1 medium zucchini squash
1 head lacinto kale (big dark flat leaves)
3 cloves fresh garlic
¼ cup fresh basil leaves
¼ cup fresh parsley leaves
2 sprigs fresh oregano
1 teaspoon – 1 Tablespoon chili pepper flakes
3-4 Tablespoons olive oil (first cold press, Mediterranean)
20 seeded kalamata olives
3 Tablespoons capers
2 ounces Coarse grated or shaved parmesan reggiano (raw parmesan)
Celtic Sea Salt & Ground White Pepper to taste
Instructions:
Rub serving bowl with one clove of garlic, set aside.
Prepare penne pasta according to package directions, cool.
Grate or shave parmesan reggiano (raw parmesan)
Make Sauce: Chop tomatoes in bite sized pieces
Thin slice onion & kale in food processor with slicing blade
Shred zucchini in food processor with shredding blade
Fine Chop garlic cloves, basil, oregano and parsley in food processor with S blade.
Combine vegetables, olives and capers. Put in a colander over a large bowl and allow to drain for 10 minutes or more, save the juice to add to the olive oil.
Combine 2 Tablespoons of the juice from the veggies with the olive oil and whisk.
Combine pasta and veggies with your hands, gently tossing until well mixed. Add olive oil/juice combination and stir again. If you feel like you want it juicer, stir in more juice a little at a time until desired consistency. Serve with grated or curled parmesan reggiano cheese at room temperature.
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Kale Bacon & Tomato Salad/Sandwich
Celeste Davis (serves 4)
Awesome taste and beautiful to serve, make it and take it to parties, barbeques and keep it on hand at home!
Salad Ingredients
1 head lacinto kale
2 handfuls baby spinach
1 pint cherry tomatoes
2 Tablespoons grapeseed oil
1 package turkey bacon
Salad Instructions
Cook turkey bacon in small amount of grape seed oil until crispy, set aside on paper towel in separate container.
Remove Kale stem and thin slice kale with slicing blade of food processor.
Using S blade, chop spinach to coarse chop, pulse 2 times.
Cut cherry tomatoes in half.
Combine all veggies, reserving turkey bacon for later, refrigerate.
Dressing Ingredients
1/4 cup grape seed veganaise
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
¼ teaspoon cetlic sea salt
1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons raw local honey
Fresh ground white pepper or red pepper flakes
Dressing Instructions
Combine all in magic bullet and blend well.
Make the salad:
Pour dressing over salad, toss in bacon bits
Make a sandwich:
Stuff the veggies and bacon bits in a pita pocket and drizzle with dressing.
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Krispy Kale Chip
Healthy potato chip replacement
1 head dark green Kale
Spray grape seed oil
Parchment baking paper
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Wash Kale, remove stems and spin dry, allow to air dry if necessary, the Kale needs to be dry! Tear into pieces about ¼ the size of your palm.
Spray grape seed oil over the leaves and toss with your hands to make sure all leaves are well coated.
Put Kale on parchment paper.
Do not salt before baking as Kale will wilt not be crispy.
Bake about 10-12 minutes until Kale is crispy.
Remove from oven allow to cool and then sprinkle with salt or a seasoned salt like a Mrs. Dash flavor or Herbamare.
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Summertime Punch
Celeste Davis (makes 2 quarts)
¼ small watermelon, use rind and seeds if organic
1 pint strawberries
1 pound white grapes
1 cup pineapple
Wash fruit, cut watermelon to go through juicer.
Leave stems on strawberries.
Pull grapes off stem
Run all through juicer, serve over ice
Tags: gluten free pasta salad, gluten free salads, kale chips, kale salads, pasta salad
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