Hot Winter Salad with Kale (Deliciously G-Free)
2 T olive oil
1 lb kale greens
2 red bell peppers, thinly sliced
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp black pepper
1 15-ounce can red light kidney beans
1 avocado, diced or 1 C pureed cooked acorn squash
Nutritional Information:
4 servings
Cal: 413
Fat: 14 g
Protein: 18 g
CHO: 58 g
Fiber: 18 g
I’ve made some great salads lately, and thought I’d share them with you.
They’re both from Elizabeth Hasselback’s Deliciously G-Free cookbook, although neither of them have any sources of gluten in them to begin with. (A major pet-peeve of mine is ‘GF’ labeling of items that never had gluten anyway. Truth in advertising, people.)
I whipped up the Hot Winter Salad with Kale one night and served it with roasted chicken. Excellent flavor! Even Andrew liked it, and he’s not a fan of beans. Or avocado. Or kale, really. I loved that it was hot, and the sweetness of the beans and red pepper really stood out.
I also made her Ruby Red Salad and packed two portions in containers to bring with me for lunches this week. I like beets and had some in the fridge, and I also love fennel, and it’s the perfect time for pomegranate. Clearly, I had to make this recipe.
Another huge winner! It calls for a homemade dressing that features basil, but you could really use just about anything on this. I loved the sweetness of the pomegranate arils, the crunchy fennel and herby dressing. So good!
I’m ONE DAY away from the end of my first rotation this semester, and I couldn’t be more excited. One down, two to go!
(I WILL write a blog post about my time at ECMC this past month. I even have photos. Lots of good stuff coming to the blog–and elsewhere–soon!)
…your dinner looks like this:
It’s Kath’s Orangey Bean Salad, only with pintos instead of navy beans (it’s what I had). Actually, it worked out perfectly because I used half the can of beans for Ellie’s sloppy joes, and planned on using the other half for this. I also had an avocado from the Southwestern Barley Salad I made a few nights ago, so it worked out quite well. I put it in my tracker and it was 350 calories.
If you hadn’t guessed already, Andrew was on his own for dinner tonight; he and his dad drove THREE HOURS to go look at tractors today. He would have had a cow if I’d put this in front of him on the table. Seriously. A cow. I’m pretty adamant about serving good, healthy food here in this house and making him (occasionally) eat things he doesn’t like, but even I wouldn’t make him eat this. He would have died.
I also brought these yummy treats to the table:
Strawberries, a bit of honey, cinnamon and some shredded coconut. I took a bite or two, but alas, was too full of beans to eat it! Blame it on this new thing I’m trying, it’s called “stop-eating-before-you’re-uncomfortably-full.”
Guess I’ll just have to save them for later tonight!
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