Kale walnut cranberry
August 17, 2015
Simple kale:
remove Kale from stems, tear, heat in pan (with oil) until bright green
Add roasted walnuts
top with cranberries or pomegranate seeds
White carrot soup
August 17, 2015
- 1 TB butter, 1 Tb olive oil
- 1 onion thin sliced
- 1 LB white carrots, thin sliced
- salt
- ½ tsp sugar (optional)
- 1 sprig thyme
- 4 C chicken broth
- 3 TBs diced colored carrot
- fresh ground pepper
- 1 TB minced carrot tops
Directions
- Warm oil& butter, add carrots, onion, salt, pepper, thyme. Cook on med heat a few minutes.
- Add 1 C broth, boil.
- Heat the remaining 3 C, when hot, add to pot with carrots, simmer 20 min.
- Cool, remove thyme sprig & puree.
- Separately cooked diced carrot in salted water 3 min, drain.
Serve: top bowls with chopped carrots & minced tops.
Purple kale salad
August 17, 2015
Purple or tuscan kale will do.
- 8 kale leaves (8oz) slice leaves off stem, stack & roll, slice thinly crosswise into narrow ribbons.
- 2½ TB olive oil plus extra, sea salt
- 1 clove crushed garlic
- 1 TB apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp mustard
- 2 pinches red pepper flakes
- 2 oz feta
- handful golden tomatoes, halved
- 2 green onions thinly sliced
- 2 tb fresh mint sliced thin
Directions
- Mix 1 tsp oil and ¼ tsp salt and sliced Kale together.
- Mix dressing: mix crushed garlic, ¼ tsp salt until smooth, stir in 1 TB vinegar, 1 tsp mustard, 2½TB olive oil.
- Toss greens with dressing, crumble feta, add green onions, tomatoes, mint.
Kale and Goat Cheese
August 17, 2015
Ingredients
- 1LB or bunch of kale, leaves pulled from stems
- sea salt, smoked salt, pepper
- 2 TB olive oil
- small onion diced
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- goat cheese
- apple cider vinegar
Directions
- cook kale in salted water 8 min, drain. coarsely chop leaves.
- Heat 2 TB olive oil in pan med hi, soften onions 7-10 min.
- Add garlic & kale, toss until heated. season with smoked salt & pepper.
- Plate kale on 2 plates, crumble goat cheese on top, drizzle with more oil. Serve with toasted wheat bread.
Cream Mushroom soup
August 17, 2015
From Alissar Chehab white wine
Ingredients
- garlic clove
- shallot
- 8 cups chopped white mushrooms
- ½ C white wine
- 1 C water
- fresh ginger grated – to taste
- cream or half&half
cooking
- saute garlic & shallots until golden, add 8 cups chopped mushrooms, sauté 5 min.
- Add white wine, reduce.
- Add 1 cup water , better to be thick, can thin soup later. Boil 10 min.
- Add salt & pepper, cover, cook 5-10 min.
- Cool, liquify with processor.
- Add cream to taste.
- garnish with fresh gingeror cilantro
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