Thursday, June 10, 2010

kale

I love it in any form. I do. Around here we tend to cook it, for example, quickly sauteed with garlic over pasta, or gratined with parmesan and cream...or my favorite, kale chips (tossed with olive oil and kosher salt and baked at 400 for 15 minutes or until crispy). But I've recently come to discover that it is so enjoyable eaten raw in a salad. Plum market makes a wonderfully refreshing kale salad with raspberries, blackberries, mandarin oranges and a light citrus vinigrette. This is what turned me on to experimenting with kale in salads at home.



Tonight it was great, thinly julienned and tossed with pine nuts, pecorino romano, extra virgin olive oil, white vinegar, salt and pepper.

2 comments:

Kate said...

Mmmm, kale. If you're in a kate salad mood, try this out: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E5D61331F937A15753C1A9619C8B63

Lilies of the Field said...

i've been daydreaming bout kale. had it written on my calendar. . had some in my fridge .. and left it there ... i think it's a day or so too old now.. i'm a sad girl.