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I love sweet potatoes and kale, such a great healthy combination.  How are your winter stores holding up?  The sweet potatoes were in our basement cold storage and holding up really well.  These were potatoes we grew from slips in our garden, so I’m thrilled to have them in such good shape in February.

We have been picking up a market bag from a grocer.  Each week is a surprise, but usually contains greens, fruit (apples, pears, oranges) some sort of grain,  and usually bread and veggies.  Most of it is organic, and as much as possible local – not easy to do this time of year.  Last week we received some dinosaur kale.  Lovely bright and green dinosaur kale.

Recently I saw an episode of The Chew where Michael Symon attempted a 5 in 5 – which he failed to complete on time, but it had the ingredients I love together – sweet potatoes and swiss chard.  I took his idea of grilling the sweet potatoes and sauteeing the chard, but substituted kale.  Instead of a vinaigrette, I squeezed an orange over top and grated orange zest over top.  While the sweet potato was grilling I sprinkled cinnamon over top.  Toasting crimini mushrooms and pine nuts to sprinkle over top for the finish.  My son and I enjoyed this meal a lot, and it was very filling.