Dec 142010
Check out this good lookin’ lunch.
Half kale with star fruit salad and half roasted calabaza over fresh lettuce with some fresh organic goat feta from the St. Augustine Farmers Market.
I did my roasted calabaza again but this time I added apples too. I also toasted the seeds for the kale salad.
YUM.
Do you watch the Food Network? Have you heard of the new show Aarti Party? One of her recipes is this massaged kale salad with mango but I added my own twist by adding star fruit, roasted calabaza seeds from my CSA squash and, for lunch, a few raisins too.
**Check out the vitamin A and vitamin C from the kale and mango in this recipe below.
Massaged Kale with Star Fruit, Mango and Roasted Calabaza Seeds
Altered from Aarti Sequeira’s Massaged Kale Salad
**5 WW Pts Plus
Serves 4
Ingredients
1 bunch kale, washed, destemmed and chopped
1 star fruit, sliced
1 mango, peeled, seeded and sliced
Handful of toasted squash seeds
1 lemon, juiced
2 Tbsp olive oil
Coarse sea salt
Fresh ground pepper
1 Tbsp agave or honey
Directions
1. Add the kale, half of lemon juice, 1 Tbsp of oil and a bit of coarse sea salt to a large bowl. Massage the kale for about three minutes until starts to soften and wilt. Add the mango and star fruit then set aside while you make the dressing.
2. Pour the rest of the lemon juice, a nice amount of pepper, 1 Tbsp olive oil and honey into a smaller bowl. Taste and adjust seasonings to taste. Pour over the kale mixture, add toasted seeds and toss gently.
Nutrition Info
4 Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 167.6
Total Fat 8.2 g
Saturated Fat 1.2 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.2 g
Monounsaturated Fat 5.3 g
Cholesterol 0.0 mg
Sodium 640.3 mg
Potassium 498.5 mg
Total Carbohydrate 23.4 g
Dietary Fiber 5.0 g
Sugars 11.7 g
Protein 4.3 g
Vitamin A 450.7 %
Vitamin B-12 0.0 %
Vitamin B-6 15.0 %
Vitamin C 144.0 %
Vitamin D 0.0 %
Vitamin E 14.0 %
Calcium 12.5 %
Copper 16.9 %
Folate 7.6 %
Iron 9.3 %
Magnesium 11.0 %
Manganese 35.5 %
Niacin 5.7 %
Pantothenic Acid 1.8 %
Phosphorus 5.5 %
Riboflavin 8.6 %
Selenium 2.6 %
Thiamin 8.1 %
Zinc 5.2 %
This salad looks so fresh and healthy!
This looks so refreshing. I am still leery about massaged kale though. I like mine COOKED LOL.
I love that we are eating the same foods at the same time! We too have been enjoying star fruit from our CSA this last week. Great job with the salad!
I just happened to watch this show at the gym yesterday. I enjoyed it, and I love this salad so I'll probably be tuning in again! Thanks for sharing, sweet girl. I hope you have a lovely afternoon!
What a great salad, Dawn, and so very useful to me right now. My star fruit tree is loaded down with fruit, my neighbor has mangoes, and I've got young collard greens (close enough) and romaine in my garden. All I need is to pick up a squash, or buy ready made pepitas, and I'm good to go!
Oh I'm so jealous about the star fruit tree!!!I LOVE star fruit.
That is a beautiful salad, I have never heard of massaged kale but that is such an interesting way to prepare it. I love seeing so many colors and fruit on salad in the dead of winter, it made me smile!
P.S. I don't know if I have ever seen it either and I have no idea how I came up with it but I LOVE zucchini in tacos! I also make zucchini and bean enchiladas, I just love how you can season zucchini and make it taste like anything
calabaza? that's a new one for me!
That is gorgeous! I actually remember watching this episode, but yours is what is really making me want it!
so yummyy..
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I love kale. It's totally underrated, too!