Tag: kale

10 Types of Kale You’ll See at the Farmers Market

10 Types of Kale You’ll See at the Farmers Market

Kale might be a humble member of the brassica (cabbage) family, and the mild flavor and hearty texture of this leafy green makes it unique in the vegetable world. Do you know all the different types of kale at your farmers market and the best…

Beet Top and Couscous Salad

Beet Top and Couscous Salad

Recently, when shopping at a farmers market here in Anchorage, I saw these Bulls Blood beet tops, and I knew I had to buy them. And while I didn’t know exactly what I was going to use them for, I did have some pretty specific…

One-Pot Orecchiette with Fennel, Kale, and Sausage

One-Pot Orecchiette with Fennel, Kale, and Sausage

Orecchiete is a fun pasta shape to work with; in Italian, it means little ears. According to my dad, my great-grandmother would make this pasta by hand; I don’t have her skills (yet), so when I was recently at Eataly in Chicago, I picked up a bag of dried orecchiette and set out to make a pasta dish in her honor. I came up with this one-pot orecchiette recipe that’s loaded with fennel, kale, and homemade sausage as an easy date-night recipe that any Italian grandmother would be proud of.

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Italian Kale Soup with Fennel

Italian Kale Soup with Fennel

After I graduated from college, I spent several years in snowy New England, where I was introduced to the awesomeness that is kale soup. There’s a large Portuguese community in Massachusetts, which is where this style of kale soup originates. But I like to put…

Sheet Pan Gnocchi with Roasted Honeynut Squash

Sheet Pan Gnocchi with Roasted Honeynut Squash

Happy new year! Let’s start the new year off the right way with my sheet pan gnocchi recipe, full of roasted honeynut squash, kale, mixed mushrooms, and ground pork. This will make enough for six one-bowl meals, which is great for meal prep and stocking…