Regale Your Dining Table With Kale This Spring

Regale Your Dining Table With Kale This Spring. With these 3 recipes. Hello friends, so how are you today? Today I am sharing 3 tasty Kale recipes with you to try out this Spring. With an earthy, fresh and vibrant flavour and brimming with health benefits, kale is a delicious addition to a host of spring dishes.

Its versatility and flavour profile means it complements a range of cuisines; from the Mediterranean to Moroccan. For colourful, easy and healthy dining options this spring, bag some kale and regale your dining table with the green this spring.

Kale This Spring

Regale Your Dining Table With Kale This Spring:

Lemon And Kale Chicken Tagine:

Prep: 20 minutes | Cook: 20-25 minutes

Serves 4

You Will Need:

2 preserved lemons, roughly chopped (50g)

28g pack coriander

2 cloves garlic

150g Leeks, sliced (approx. 1 medium)

250g pack Kale

200ml chicken stock

500g chicken breast fillets, cut into large chunks

200g couscous

Fat-free natural yogurt and pomegranate seeds to serve

Method:

1. Firstly, preheat the oven to 200oC, gas mark 6.

2. Place the lemons, coriander including the stalks, garlic, leek and 50g kale into a food processor with the stock and blitz to give a coarse paste.

3. Heat the paste in a frying pan with the chicken for 5 minutes and transfer to a casserole dish, cover with a lid and cook for 20-25 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.

4. Meanwhile, blanch the remaining kale in boiling water for 3 minutes and then stir into the chicken tagine.

5. Place the couscous in a small bowl and pour over 200ml boiling water, cover with clingfilm and leave for 5 minutes, fluff up with a fork and serve with the tagine and a spoonful of fat-free natural yogurt.

Cooks Tip: Also try using chicken thigh fillets instead of breasts and add some green olives.

Regale Your Dining Table With Kale This Spring

Kale And Walnut Pesto Pasta:

Prep: 15 minutes | Cook: 15 minutes

Serves 4

You Will Need:

300g wholewheat penne pasta

500g pack Kale

250g cherry tomatoes, halved

150g walnuts

100g vegetarian Parmigiano Reggiano, grated

2 cloves garlic

2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

25g mixed nuts, chopped

Method:

1. Firstly, cook the pasta in a large saucepan of boiling water for 11 minutes, adding 300g of the kale for the last 3 minutes, drain, reserving 250ml cooking water and return to the pan with the tomatoes.

2. Meanwhile, place the walnuts, cheese, garlic, oil and the reserved cooking liquid in a food processor and blitz, adding the remaining kale in batches to give a paste, season.

3. Add to the pasta and heat through for a minute or two. Serve sprinkled with chopped nuts.

Cooks Tip: Also, try other nuts like cashews or pine nuts instead of walnuts.

Kale This Spring

Kale And Feta Tabbouleh:

Prep: 15 minutes | Cook: 5 minutes

Serves 4

You Will Need:

200g bulgar wheat

250ml chicken stock

250g pack Kale

4 tomatoes, diced (400g)

25g pack parsley, chopped

200g pack feta, crumbled

75g pomegranate seeds

Zest and juice of 1 lemon

Method:

1. Firstly, bring the bulgar wheat and stock to a simmer and cook for 2-3 minutes, covered.

2. Remove from the heat and keep covered until cool slightly.

3. Meanwhile, cook the kale in boiling water for 5 minutes, drain well and roughly chop.

4. Mix the kale into the bulgar wheat along with the remaining ingredients and season to taste. Serve warm or chilled.

Cooks Tip: Also, try using couscous instead of bulgar wheat and remove the feta for a great fresh side salad.

Regale Your Dining Table With Kale This Spring

Regale Your Dining Table With Kale This Spring:

Regale Your Dining Table With Kale This Spring. Recipes and images courtesy of Discover Kale. So what do you think about these recipe? Do you also fancy trying them? Because I do.

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Thirdly, Salmon And Kale Filo Pie. So, for your mid-week meal, are you searching for something a little different? Do you want to make a Filo Pie with Salmon and Kale? This fish pie dish will also become a family favourite, and you can eat it knowing that it’s low in saturated fat and salt. If you want, you can substitute spinach for the kale, or go half and half. Salmon And Kale Filo Pie. So good.

Five Tasty And Easy Weekday Meal Ideas For Vegetarian Week:

Fourthly, Five Tasty And Easy Weekday Meal Ideas For Vegetarian Week. Discover Great Veg has also shared five tasty and easy weekday meal ideas for Vegetarian Week (16th-22nd May). Ready in 30 minutes or less, these recipes are perfect for busy weekday evenings. Each contains kale, cavolo nero or spinach, so benefit from the nutrients in the veg that are important for a healthy balanced diet.

Kale and cavolo nero are both high in vitamins K, A and C, lutein, calcium and folic acid as well as manganese, copper and iron. They are also rich in lutein, an antioxidant that can help to keep the eyes healthy. Tasty And Easy Weekday Meal Ideas For Vegetarian Week. So many ideas.

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