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Monday, April 22, 2013

Oh my oh my April (and Kale Caesar Salad)

As you can tell from my utter lack of posting, this month has been a rough one. Lots of school, and lots of last-minute, sadly thrown together meals. But I am finding my way back to the light, and the end is in sight. So hopefully I will re-appear around these parts....

This is not super exciting if you are not as kale-obsessed (or Caesar-salad obsessed) as I am. But there is a lovely free food magazine around here called Sauce, and they posted a version of this. And it was delicious, so here goes:

-1 bunch kale, rinsed and roughly chopped
-1/2 cup light mayo
-1/4 cup parmesan
-1 tsp. Worcesteshire
-juice from 1/2 a lemon
-3 garlic cloves, chopped
-Anchovy paste (just a tiny bit): or if you have easy access to seaweed, that's what the Sauce magazine recipe actually suggested)

As you can tell, this is not a health food. But the fat might be required to stand up to the raw kale? We made home-made croutons with 1 T olive oil and lots of cracked pepper beforehand (400 degree oven, 25 minutes).

With a little asparagus and a dinner on the back deck, I'm feeling that spring has arrived (sorry Minnesota!)