Kale with Carmelized Onions and A Kale Story
Kale is everywhere including in our backyard. The large and hearty plants are growing happily spreading their curly, curvy, purple veined leaves of goodness.
This year’s kale has a story- what I would like to call a kale story. Of course, somewhere in this kale story is my favorite creation with kale. A simple and very flavorful creation with just cumin and lots of caramelized onions.
It is not such a surprise that Kale is quite the trend these days, because for those following a vegan diet or even otherwise, Kale offers you a chock load of calcium, iron and a good balance of Vitamins.
My kale story ties me back to my general emphasis on conscious living. My attempts at conscious living started several years back with a trip to Denmark. I was amazed at how wasteful our lifestyle here in the US was, compared to the general eco-friendly lifestyle there. People instinctively used reusable bags at the grocery store, and men in suits biked to work. Lots of food was eaten raw, and the list could go on. I felt like the big, bad, wasteful American and I wanted to change, just a little, inculcate some of this change into the two young people in our household. There is more to conscious eating, this than stopping by your local farmer’s market, of course, that is always a good start!
Most of this year’s kale has been from my daughter’s tiny patch, and all of this started with the school science fair. I was hardly surprised that after working through quite a few different ideas, her experiment choice was around plants. She wanted to study the effect of light on plant growth. For her experiment, she studied the effects of growing seedlings under red, green and blue filters and concluded that red worked best.
Since, she was going to actually plant some seedlings, we decided to work with Kale. We figured this way, she would be able to complete her experiment and we could use the “fruits” or in this case the leaves of her efforts. The blue plant did need some CPR from dad, before we could move it along further, but all three survived and are still thriving.
Along the way, she informed me that her friends mother had an instagram and would be sharing the science fair on instagram, and inquired whether I might do the same? Well, a few months ago when this was happening, I did not have an instagram account, however now that I do, it is a little too late to share this. I did make a mental note to monitor her play dates a little more closely, as she is anything but social media ready. I am not ready for her to be social media ready.
Working through this kale dish, which has become a family favorite is much simpler. This is something we all agree on. This is a simple and festive dish, with the magical complex sweetness of the caramelized onion, melting into the raisins offering a gentle balance to the light and bitter notes of the kale.
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Kale with Carmelized Onions and Cumin
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
A kale dish with caramelized onions and raisins that takes kale to a very different level.
Ingredients
3 tablespoons oil2 medium sized red onions, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground cumin
1 teaspoon red cayenne pepper
4 cups of freshly chopped kale
2 tablespoon raisins
Instructions
Heat the oil on medium low heat for about 1 minute and add in the onions, cook the onions low and slow and they soften, curl and gradually turn golden brown. This does need some attention and about 10 to 12 minutes to get to the golden brown color.Remove about half the onions with a slotted spoon.
Add in the ginger and cook for another minute.
Add in the cumin and cayenne pepper and mix well.
Add in the kale and stir well, until the kale is wilted.
Stir in the raisins and cook until the raisins are heated through,
Serve hot or at room temperature.Schema/Recipe SEO Data Markup by ZipList Recipe Plugin2.2http://cookinginwestchester.com/2013/08/kale-with-carmelized-onions-and-a-kale-story.html
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