kale – Loving Food, Fashion, & Life

Emerald Kale Salad

Posted on July 3, 2014 by LFFL

Emerald Kale Salad with roasted peanut vinaigrette dressing.

What a lovely presentation Houston’s did of a kale salad. I noticed something on the menu I had never seen before—and, of course, I had to try it.

A girlfriend and I decided to split this salad—she wasn’t very hungry and I wasn’t sure how well I’d like it since I’d never had it before. I should have known anything that comes from Houston’s is delicious. This was some nice lovely light eating while out catching up on some girl time.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, doll up a beautiful kale salad to look like a mini mountain then munch away on the crunchy goodness of it.

Take-Away Life Lesson: Who knew kale could be so tasty good once you fancy it up a bit?

Mashed Potatoes With Kale

Posted on October 3, 2013 by LFFL

Made with russet potatoes, kale, minced garlic cloves, butter, onion, chicken broth, Mascarpone cheese, Parmesan cheese, extra-virgin olive oil, and salt & pepper.

Be still my heart! Can you marry mashed potatoes? Oh yeah, baby! Can I just say—these were SO SO SO good that I just plopped a big bowl of these in my lap and ate ONLY this for lunch. This was all I needed. I ate like I would never see mashed potatoes again. This was such a great recipe. Thumbs up.

These are now officially my go-to mashed potatoes to make unless and until I can find something else to top these.

Recipe for—Mashed Potatoes With Kale

So, if you have nothing else to do today, try and find some better mashed potatoes than these. And, if so, post me the recipe. I’m always looking for some hometown mashed potato goodness.

Take-Away Life Lesson: You just never know if a recipe is going to be hit or miss until you try it.

Chicken Teriyaki

Posted on September 12, 2013 by LFFL

Made with diced chicken tenderloins, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, kale, firm tofu, sliced red onions, celery, mushrooms, yellow onions, sweet Vidalia onions, scallions, bean sprouts, and teriyaki sauce; served over brown rice.

I just loved eating this for dinner and it was all due to the teriyaki sauce. That sauce can make anything taste yumalicious!

Just put some assorted vegetables inside a pan and throw a bottle of teriyaki sauce all over them. Yet another way to love life!

I discovered this lovely sauce at the health food store, but later found out you can get this exact bottle at Wal-Mart for at least one dollar (if not more) cheaper.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, try throwing some teriyaki sauce over your favorite meats and vegetables and love every minute of it.

Take-Away Life Lesson: If Wal-Mart is selling the exact product as your local health food store, it’s probably going to be cheaper at a Wal-Mart.

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Oooooo, Look At The Veggies

Posted on August 25, 2013 by LFFL

Sautéed Spinach made with spinach, turkey bacon, fresh garlic, balsamic vinegar, and salt & pepper.

All these little extras made eating spinach taste so much better than eating it plain.

Recipe for—Sautéed Spinach

Broccoli

Squash

Brussels Sprouts

Steamed Broccoli, Steamed Squash with seasonings, Steamed Brussels Sprouts with salt & pepper.

I just love my little steamer basket. You can put it inside any sized pan and make it expand as wide as you need it. I’ve never had one before and you know how excited I get when I get myself something new to try!

Cabbage made with shredded carrots, lots of butter, and salt & pepper.

This was SO good! I attribute a lot of it to the massive amounts of buttery goodness.

Sautéed Asparagus, Peppers, & Onions made with asparagus, sliced yellow peppers, sliced red onions, Parmesan & roasted garlic vinaigrette, and topped with Parmesan cheese.

I used canned asparagus in this rather than fresh and I used a slightly different type of vinaigrette—and it was OH SO delicious!

Recipe for—Sautéed Asparagus, Peppers, & Onions

Sautéed Kale made with fresh kale, chopped garlic cloves, and salt & pepper.

I just love kale made this way.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, get to know your vegetables and play around with them a little. Buy yourself a steamer basket, too—you’ll love it!

Take-Away Life Lesson: Vegetables taste SO much better when you can season and doctor them up just the way you like.