Showing posts with label Kale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kale. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Tahini Bowl

WOW! This dish is soooooo good! So easy, so tasty and so healthy. Do yourself a favor and make this for dinner. Tonight! The following is the recipe the way I was given it (no idea what it is called by the way, someone posted it on Facebook). Under that will be the way I made it and I'm pretty sure I like my way a little better. BTW, kids loved it too!

Ingredients:
1/2 cup tahini sauce
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
2 tablespoons sesame oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 cup kale, chopped
1 teaspoon parsley, finely chopped (optional)
brown rice
black beans (1 can)

Directions:
In a food processor or mortar and pestle, combine garlic and tahini sauce and salt. In a bowl whisk the lemon juice and sesame oil then add the tahini mixture to the bowl and mix. Pour over a big bowl of brown rice, black beans and raw, chopped kale. Top with some parsley and dig in!

*The Jo Way:
Bought my Tahini sauce from Trader Joe's (near the hummus) since the grocery store only sells Tahini paste. Tahini paste is not the same thing and if you don't live by a Trader Joe's or store that sells Tahini SAUCE then there are plenty of recipes on-line for actual Tahini sauce that are simple. Trust me, it makes a difference and you need the sauce not the plain paste. I've tried it with the paste and the consistency was like peanut butter and not that great. I don't have a mortar and pestle or a food processor, only a blender and a Magic Bullet. I used our Bullet and added way more garlic then recipe calls for, about half the amount of tahini sauce (I probably used about 1/4 cup of tahini sauce), 1 tablespoon sesame oil, 1 diced jalapeno (didn't give the jalapeno mixture to the kids) and mixed in the bullet. Then for the lemon mixture I used 1/2 cup instead of 1/4 cup of lemon. Really good meatless meal. My husband even told me he wouldn't mind eating it 2 nights in a row if we have leftovers. :)

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Kale Chips



I know, I know...this just looks like a bunch of leaves BUT, let me assure you that as the saying goes, you can't eat just one of these bad boys. They are pretty addicting. I 1ST heard of them from a couple of friends on FB who shared the recipe. We do love kale in our house, and we've had a lot of it in the fridge this week so I decided to make some use of it and try these chips once and for all. Glad I did! I have to admit, I didn't think the recipe called for enough salt for some reason so I did oversalt mine a little. Stick to the recipe and add more after you taste if necessary. This recipe is also on All Recipes and has many high reviews.


Ingredients:

1 bunch kale

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 teaspoon seasoned salt (I used Lawry's seasoned salt-I imagine sea salt would be good if you don't have seasoned salt)


Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a non insulated cookie sheet with parchment paper.

With a knife or kitchen shears carefully remove the leaves from the thick stems and tear into bite size pieces. Wash and thoroughly dry kale with a salad spinner (I don't have a salad spinner so I just dried with paper towels).

Drizzle kale with olive oil and sprinkle with seasoning salt.

Bake until the edges brown but are not burnt, 10-15 minutes.