- 1 bunch of kale greens
- handful of dried cranberries or currents
- handful of sunflower seeds and/or pumpkin seeds
- 2 T olive oil
- 2 T fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1 T raw honey
- pinch of so of cayenne pepper
- Begin by taking the kale greens off of the mid-rib and breaking into bite size pieces. Wash well
- Make your salad dressing by mixing the olive oil, lemon juice, honey and cayenne pepper in a small bowl
- Pour the dressing over the kale greens and "massage" them. What I mean is just squeeze the greens with the dressing for about 30-60 seconds. This will allow the lemon juice to begin to break down the fibers in the kale so that they will be easily absorbed in your body.
- Add the sunflower, pumpkin seeds and cranberries or currents
- mix and enjoy
- the salad can be stored in your refrigerator for a day or so and just gets better and better
4 Comments
Carol Cunningham
Your recipe sounds yummy. I am not sure whether we can get kale here in Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia .. But you will send me on a mission this weekend to go and check the farmers markets for some. Will let you know if I find some . Is there a substitute you suggest?
Bonnie Rogers
Carol, Let me know if you can find it, if you can’t my guess is that you can grow it, it’s pretty simple. What other greens can you get and I’ll let you know what you can substitute, post here or email me at [email protected]
Toni Nelson
The photo makes the Kale look so delicious! Someone mentioned Kale Chips. Hmmm I guess you would just bake the Kale?
Bonnie Rogers
you can take the kale, strip it off the midrib, put some olive oil on it, a little sea salt and put it on a cookie sheet at 375 for 10 minutes.
The Famous Ashley Grant
Thanks for the post! My favorite way to eat Kale is as Kale chips. Yum!
Bonnie Rogers
Ashley, I love kale chips – I make them in the oven and sometimes I make wonderful “Cheesy Kale” which are dehydrated vegan chips ymmmm
Eydie
Love Kale – but have the bad habit of cooking it in a way that makes it not so healthy. ;( I thought kale was harvested after the first frost. Is that a myth? Eydie :)
Bonnie Rogers
Eydie, you can harvest kale all season long, it gets a little sweeter after the first frost. Why do you say your kale isn’t healthy, how do you cook it?