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Kale Recipe

Kale is a great veggie - it's versatile and nutritious. When you buy kale, you should make sure there are no holes or yellowing. The kale should have a rich dark color, and the stems could be moist and hardy. Don't wash it before you store it or it will go limp on you.

Kale is a pretty hardy leaf veggie -- that means you can cook it a bit without it turning completely to mush like more delicate greens. One of my favorite ways of preparing kale is pretty easy:

Ingredients

1 bunch of chard, cleaned, trimmed and sliced into 1" strips
1 red onion sliced into thin crescents
2-3 Tb olive or sesame oil

Combine in a bowl & set aside:

2 Tb sugar
2 Tb soy
2 Tb sake or mirin
pinch of salt
raw cashews

Directions

Dry toast the cashews in the skillet and set aside.
Put half the oil and the onions in the skillet & cook med-high until the onions start to carmelize.
Add the rest of the oil and the kale and toss until the chard starts to wilt.
Whisk the remaining ingredients and add to the kale & onions, sprinkle the cashews and toss until the liquid cooks down and evenly covers the kale.
Don't let the kale get over cooked.

You can vary this by adding some mushrooms and some red pepper flakes - very delicious and quick.

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5 star rating April 14, 2007 Haru K.
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Even my junk food friends like kale

I was introduced to kale not that long ago. I was attracted to it because I have high cholesterol and it just looked so amazingly healthy and I was curious. I saw my coworker eating it with something that smelled like soy sauce (I'm japanese) and so I figured I'd buy it and try it the next time I went to the market. I bought an organic bunch of kale, steamed it and poured some soy sauce on it. It was OK, felt healthy. Then I tried it in this salad while I was at Esalen and needed to have it again. I made it twice for friends and both times was asked for the recipe: equal parts olive oil, soy sauce or braggs) and lemon juice for the dressing. destemed, well washed kale leaves, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, an avocado, red onion and add shitakes if you have any around. massage the kale with your hands so that all of the kale is in the dressing to help soften it. I'm telling you, it's a hit and it's healthy, organic and natural!

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