Thursday, March 11, 2010

KID-FRIENDLY KALE SIDE DISH

KID-FRIENDLY KALE SIDE DISH






Ingredients:
(Makes one kid-sized bowl full)

3 large kale leaves, ribs removed and leaves torn into bite size pieces
Garlic powder
Black pepper
1/2 Meyer lemon
Olive oil
Parmesan cheese
2 small fresh sage leaves, torn into small bits

Directions:

1. Heat some olive oil in a wok over high heat.

2. Add kale and toss with tongs. Cook for approximately 3 minutes, stirring to prevent burning or sticking.

3. Squeeze lemon juice over kale and stir.

4. Sprinkle with garlic powder and black pepper to taste.

5. Drizzle more olive oil and add sage leaves.

6. Continue cooking until completely soft and wilted (if your kid is a bit neurotic, like mine, and won't eat anything the least bit raw-like).

7. Serve in kid-sized bowl, sprinkle liberally with Parmesan cheese, and cut into even smaller bites (see number 6 above re: neuroses).

Notes:

*Kids can help by sprinkling on the Parmesan (and then licking it off their palms).

*For bigger kids (i.e., spouse, etc.), add more sage and cook slightly less to retain more of the crunch.

*If necessary, you can disguise the entire dish with pasta sauce.

1 comment:

  1. I just found this blog from another blog! I really want to try some of these recipes! YUM! And I realized that I "know" you! Cloak and Dagger was my very favorite "scary" movie as a kid. :) I try to explain it to my hubby periodically when it comes on TV, but he just doesn't understand. To a kid, the story is scary, and so is a person without 5 fingers on each hand!

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