Kale salad
Aug. 24th, 2014 02:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
desperanceThis is just a waymarker in the ongoing progression of my kale-salad-for-Karen, where the process is today:
Take a bunch of dino/dyno/lacinato kale (it goes by other names also, but, y'know: even I have too many pseudonyms to list effectively), strip out the stems and chop the leaves to postage-stamp size (bearing in mind that postage stamps come in many sizes, and so do my chopped leaves).
Mix up a dressing of olive oil, lemon juice, cumin, salt & pepper, dress the salad liberally and massage the dressing into the leaves, vigorously. Leave to stand. (I have tried overnight, and I have tried one hour, and I'm not sure there's a significant difference.)
When you're ready, halve a handful of cherry tomatoes, and toss those in. Matchstick a carrot, and toss that in. Peel and deseed half a cucumber, slice into half-moons and toss those in. Roast a handful of pine nuts (last time, peanuts; next time, almonds) and hold those back.
Toss together everything in the bowl, top with a ripe sliced avocado and the pine nuts. Then, if you're us, drape crisp bacon attractively over all.
Take a bunch of dino/dyno/lacinato kale (it goes by other names also, but, y'know: even I have too many pseudonyms to list effectively), strip out the stems and chop the leaves to postage-stamp size (bearing in mind that postage stamps come in many sizes, and so do my chopped leaves).
Mix up a dressing of olive oil, lemon juice, cumin, salt & pepper, dress the salad liberally and massage the dressing into the leaves, vigorously. Leave to stand. (I have tried overnight, and I have tried one hour, and I'm not sure there's a significant difference.)
When you're ready, halve a handful of cherry tomatoes, and toss those in. Matchstick a carrot, and toss that in. Peel and deseed half a cucumber, slice into half-moons and toss those in. Roast a handful of pine nuts (last time, peanuts; next time, almonds) and hold those back.
Toss together everything in the bowl, top with a ripe sliced avocado and the pine nuts. Then, if you're us, drape crisp bacon attractively over all.