THE PROBLEM: Dinosaur kale run amok in the backyard
This is what happens when you hate vegetables but like gardening:
Last year’s dinosaur kale run amok
THE SOLUTION: The Ceres Project Tuscan Kale Salad
The Ceres Project is an amazing organization that teaches teenagers how to cook healthful food and delivers the magnificent dishes they create to people recovering from cancer. Cancer-fighting vegetables, like kale and broccoli, loom large in their offerings, and they are expert at making these foods palatable.
Their Tuscan Kale Salad, which is carried in the deli section at Whole Foods throughout Sonoma County, is a case in point. The recipe below is adapted from the Ceres cookbook, Nourishing Connections Cookbook: The Healing Power of Food and Community. Many thanks to Margaret Howe for sharing the recipe. I’ve amped up the lemon and garlic and added pine nuts to suit the sensibilities of vegetable haters, who want all the benefits of eating kale without actually having to taste it.
The Ceres Project Tuscan Kale Salad with thanks to Margaret Howe
5 cups kale, stemmed and chopped into thin ribbons
1/4 cup coarse fresh breadcrumbs
1 clove garlic clove, minced
1/4 cup parmesan
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup pine nuts
STEP ONE: Cut the kale off the tough stems (toss the stems), chop the leaves into thin ribbons, and place kale in a large bowl.
STEP TWO: In a small bowl, combine garlic, 1/2 of the cheese, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper and whisk until it is creamy.
STEP THREE: Pour the dressing over the kale and toss well.
STEP FOUR: Garnish with breadcrumbs, additional cheese, a final drizzle of olive oil, and pine nuts.
Yield: 6 cups
This recipe serves three people. “What!” you say, aghast. “That’s two cups of raw kale per person! Are you nuts?” No, I am not. It’s that good, in part because, well, you can’t really taste the kale for all that lemon and garlic. Vegetable haters unite! This will be one of your mainstay recipes.
So, anyway, does anyone need some kale?
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