In my regular groceries, I add a head of broccoli, take 1/4 of cauliflower from a head cauliflower I buy for cauliflower - curry, 2 - 3 carrots, and few leaves of
curly kale make a lot of salad.
Not exact matches
I
made a vegan version of this last night - oil instead of ghee, crispy fried tofu instead of paneer, soy milk curdled with vinegar instead of buttermilk - added some
curly kale to the mix - it was delicious!
It's just my preference, but I've found
curly kale to be the best for
making baked
kale chips and more cost - effective for smoothies.
I used
curly kale for the greens this time, but baby spinach, Tuscan
kale (above), and Swiss chard all
make for fine substitutions.
You can
make this salad with any type of
kale, but soft
curly blue baby
kale, cut fresh from your garden, is really the way to go if you can.
I have
made this numerous times with the
curly kale we receive in our CSA share and every time this is a winner with all the members in my family!
We call it
curly kale and I just
made amazing chips with it - yum!
If you are looking for more
kale recipe ideas then check out
Kale and Avocado Burritos and Croatian Soparnik (
Kale Pie) from Amuse Your Bouche,
Curly Kale Risotto from Cook Sister, Chunky Potato &
Kale Soup or Garlicky
Kale Sauce I
made while ago.
I
made this with
curly kale instead of spinach and it was really good!
I
made your recipe using leftover fried chicken,
curly kale and green onions - also my homemade chile negro sauce... PERFECT!!!
Feel free to substitute other types of
kale, such as
curly or Red Russian, but
make sure to pre-dress and massage the leaves as noted in the recipe.
14 ounces (400g) new potatoes 1/3 cup lentils (I used black beluga lentils here but de Puy / green lentils would be good too) 2 - 3 stalks
curly green
kale (or more if you want to
make it more of a green salad) 1/4 cup freshly chopped flat leaf parsley
It's grain and nut free and just sweet enough to
make curly kale appealing rather than a salad - like fiber source.
Prepare the salad: Tear the
curly leaves from the stalks of
kale,
making sure to tear them into bite size pieces.
I've just
made this for supper and it was delicious, I
made some substitutes as didn't have all ingredients - dried chilliest, curry powder as I had no mustard seeds and put some cauliflower in with potatoes and only had half bag of spinach so added
curly kale too.
I
made your recipe using leftover fried chicken,
curly kale and green onions - also my homemade chile negro sauce... PERFECT!!!
With its flatter leaf structure and more tender texture, it's less toothsome and fibrous than
curly or red
kale,
making it an excellent candidate for raw dishes.
Ingredients: 1 1/3 c cooked bulgur (or quinoa or millet to
make it gluten - free) 1/2 c parsley, chopped 5 c
curly kale (about 4 - 5 leaves), cut into thin ribbons 3/4 c organic, non-GMO edamame without the pods 1/2 - 3/4 c pomegranate arils
(You will probably find that
curly kale and chard will
make it taste a little too green!)