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We’re short on greens in the fridge right now, though there’s kale growing in the yard from last year. My 3 year old and I picked the kale on Monday, and I decided to make it into a green salad. However, I don’t like the taste of raw kale. Cooked kale is so much better to my palette!
Once I decided to saute the kale, the rest of the salad evolved naturally. After all, if I was already sauteing one veggie, why not check the fridge for other veggies needing to be used up? Less than fresh veggies are often better cooked than raw.
Kale, Mushroom, and Celery Salad with Hard-boiled Eggs
Ingredients
Fresh Kale
Sliced Mushrooms
Sliced Celery
Hard-boiled Egg
Cheese of choice (Mine was Kerrygold’s Irish Cheese)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Garlic, optional
Raw Vegetables, chopped, optional
Vinegar of choice, optional (I like balsamic and white wine vinegar)
Method
Prepare the vegetables. Saute in a pan. I like to use bacon grease, chicken fat, olive oil, or butter in a cast iron pan. Transferred cooked vegetables to a dish and add in raw vegetables of your own choosing and the hard-boiled egg. Drizzle a little vinegar over top for extra bite.
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This is SUCH a good idea! Great way to make sure there is No Food Waste for tomorrow, eh? I’ve never, ever thought to put a hard-boiled egg with my stir-fry! I will try that today or tomorrow…when I clean out my fridge! Thanks for this great post!
Cheeryshirley
I have never tried Kale. It is on my to-try list!
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That sounds great. What we call cooked salad around here is collard greens. My young daughter loves green salad but wouldn’t try collards so I told her it’s just like a cooked salad. She tried it and liked it and we’ve had cooked salad ever since. Your version sounds more like an actual salad.
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You know, I saw collard green plants at Home Depot and debated about getting them. I’ve never had them. Do they taste similar to cooked kale? Would I cook them in bacon grease? Is that how they do it down South? Lots of questions!
I have something similar happening for dinner tomorrow–some sauteed onions, baby bella mushrooms and spinach, with some grilled chicken thrown on top and a sprinkle of feta cheese. Yum!
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Ooh, that does sound good! I think I might put portabella mushrooms on our shopping list for this week.
Oh, that looks tempting! Our kale has turned bitter, but when the new batch matures I’ll definitely be trying this.
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It would work just as well with cooked spinach or any other heavy green that can be sauteed.
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I have spinach in the fridge just dying to be used
LOL!
Delicious salad, I have some spinach need to be used.Thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop.
Your salad sounds scrumptious! My kids call my ratatouille “cooked salad”
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