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| Tuscan kale (also called dinosaur kale) at the Santa Monica farmers' market |
Kale has never been so popular. It's today's culinary little black dress. It's everywhere. You can't turn around without a kale recipe smacking you in the face.
That's a good thing in my book. I've had kale on my table at least once a day for months. It's one of the most nutritious greens available, rich in vitamins A, C, and K, plus calcium, potassium, iron and fiber. Plus I really like it - and so does my family. We eat it raw in salads, blended into smoothies or soup, sauteed over pasta, or baked into crisp "chips."
I can get fresh kale all year in southern California, but in other parts of the country it's a spring crop. Bring home some kale and try it in a recipe or two. Here are a few of my favorites. Enjoy!
- Creamy kale soup
- Green smoothie with kale
- Grilled cheese with kale-pistachio pesto
- Kale pesto
- Kale salad with radishes, avocado and toasted breadcrumbs
- Quiche with kale and bacon
- Roasted kale chip tomato quinoa salad
- Scrambled eggs with kale and provolone
- Simple kale salad
- Superfood smoothie
- Sweet potatoes with kale and walnut cream
- Tuscan kale chips
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