Plant Your Seeds!
Here is a great, free, and super creative way to start a garden from CK Worley's Grow It First Blog. Plus, you are recycling your eggshells - and they help the seeds grow. If you have kids, this is a fun way to get them involved in gardening.
Planting Kale in Your Garden?
I am always looking for great recipes to use this incredibly nutritious vegetable. I promise that this kale salad is really, really good. I always test out my recipes on my husband - he'll tell me if it's good enough to share. This one got his approval.
Kale packs in tons of vitamins and minerals, helps to detoxify the body and helps lower your risk of cancer. Remember that ADDING healthy foods into your diet is the first step towards creating lasting nutritional changes. Cutting foods out of your diet can sometimes be too drastic of a step, and will often lead to bingeing. Kale is definitely a good one to add into your diet.
This recipe is from Whole Foods. It's Vegan, healthy and low fat. Mediterranean Crunchy Salad
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Ingredients
1 (15-ounce) can no salt-added garbanzo beans
1 cucumber, chopped
1 cup small broccoli florets
1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
1 cup finely sliced kale, tough stems removed
1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
2 tablespoons finely chopped Kalamata olives
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 small garlic clove, minced
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
1 cucumber, chopped
1 cup small broccoli florets
1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
1 cup finely sliced kale, tough stems removed
1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
2 tablespoons finely chopped Kalamata olives
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 small garlic clove, minced
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
Method
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Chill at least 1 hour before serving.
Nutrition
Per serving: 130 calories (35 from fat), 4g total fat, 0g saturated fat, 0mg cholesterol, 140mg sodium, 21g total carbohydrate (5g dietary fiber, 3g sugar), 6g protein
This recipe is also from Whole Foods... I haven't tried it but it looks amazing! Kale Pesto
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Ingredients
1 (8-ounce piece) 365 Everyday Value Feta Cheese (half of the 16-ounce block), drained and patted dry
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for the baking dish
1 1/2 teaspoons 365 Everyday Value dried Rosemary
1 bunch kale, thick stems removed, leaves roughly chopped
1/3 cup 365 Everyday Value Unsalted Pine Nuts, toasted
1 clove garlic, roughly chopped
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 whole wheat or traditional baguette, sliced
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for the baking dish
1 1/2 teaspoons 365 Everyday Value dried Rosemary
1 bunch kale, thick stems removed, leaves roughly chopped
1/3 cup 365 Everyday Value Unsalted Pine Nuts, toasted
1 clove garlic, roughly chopped
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 whole wheat or traditional baguette, sliced
Method
Preheat oven to 400°F. Place feta in a small oiled casserole dish with rosemary scattered on top. Bake until warm throughout, about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, pulse kale, pine nuts and garlic in a food processor until finely chopped. With motor running, drizzle in oil and lemon juice to make a pesto. Spoon pesto around feta and bake 5 minutes more. Serve with baguette slices.
Nutrition
Per serving: 300 calories (110 from fat), 12g total fat, 4g saturated fat, 15mg cholesterol, 680mg sodium, 36g total carbohydrate (3g dietary fiber, 1g sugar), 13g protein
Sources: www.kalenutrition.net
www.wholefoods.com
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