More Kale… and Friday Links

May 18, 2012

Alissa shared a fantastic-looking recipe for kale pesto on Tuesday, and while we’re on the topic, I thought I’d tell you how much I’ve been digging another kale recipe — this one by Heidi Swanson in her newest cookbook, Super Natural Every Day. (Heidi, by the way, just won a prestigious James Beard Award for that beautifully shot book.) Here’s the recipe:

Kale Salad

by Heidi Swanson, Super Natural Every Day

1/3 c olive oil
1 tsp toasted sesame oil
2 Tbsp shoyu, tamari, or soy sauce
3 1/2 c lightly packed kale leaves, large ribs removed, torn into small pieces
1 1/2 c unsweetened large flakes coconut (I used finely shredded)
2 c cooked farro, or another grain

Preheat the oven to 375. Place the olive oil, sesame oil, and shoyu sauce in a small jar with a lid and shake together. Add shredded coconut to the torn kale leaves and toss with the oil mixture. Spread it out on a cookie sheet and roast it in the oven for approximately 12 minutes. Then mix it with the cooked farro (have you ever had farro? It’s one of my favorite grains)with a bit more olive oil and you’re good to go. Super healthy and yummy! The kale by itself was delicious; it can be eaten like chips. I bet kids would dig it.

Got anything good cooking in the kitchen this weekend? Or any exciting plans? I don’t know about you but my weeks feel like they’re flying by too quickly these days. Sometimes I wish I could grab the hands of the clock and stop them from moving, just for a while.

Here are some items that caught my eye this week:

Anne Lamott hates Mother’s Day.
Interesting take on why local wines are not more popular.
Congrats to the Blairs on their sweet new web TV series, Olive Us.
Good reflection in Mothering Magazine about the American public’s problem with breasts and the media’s exploitation of it.
Moonshine is hot stuff these days!
Cooks Illustrated‘s new iPad app.