Drunken Kale

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drunken kale, Garlic, Kale, Olive oil, Onion, sun dried tomatoes, wine

First, I would just like to take this time to shout from the rooftops, “I LOVE KALE!” I really, really do. I don’t know what it is about this particular cruciferous green, but I love it. I ate an entire bunch of it for dinner the other night, and it was glorious. Also, kale is extremely healthy. There’s like, a thousand kinds of vitamins in it, antioxidants, fiber, omega-3’s, and detoxification aids. New Year’s Resolutioners, this here seems to be your superhero food.

What’s better than kale? Kale cooked in wine. Oh yeah, I went there. I concocted this little recipe and I could not be any more excited about how it turned out. Kale, caramelized onions, and sun-dried tomatoes have one glass too many and start a little dance party in your mouth. Grab a bottle, and get this party started!

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Squash and Kale Pasta

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Avett Brothers, Cheese, Fall, I and Love and You, Kale, Leaf vegetable, Pasta, Squash

Wanna know what fall tastes like? Keep reading then.

It tastes like hearty, warm, squashy, kale-y, cheesy, melty goodness.

Here’s how this thing went down. On a whim, I bought an acorn squash and a bunch of purple kale. I love squash and kale. In the words of my loving roommate on my kale fetish, “I don’t know what your fixation is with this vegetable.” I don’t know what it is either. Something about coaxing delicious flavor out of a potentially bitter and fibrous leafy green fascinates me. As for the squash, I bought it with the intention of making my childhood favorite: steaming a squash half in the microwave with heaps a bit of butter and brown sugar. However, I didn’t feel like making something sweet at the time, but I did feel like squash. I browsed trusty ol’ foodnetwork.com and found a recipe that I changed up a little to conform to my ingredients, and here’s what I came up with.