Kale Stuffed Manicotti

May 20, 2009 | by Diana

About 2 weeks ago, I had Kale Stuffed Manicotti planned for dinner.  Then my daughter became ill, and I made up a quick dinner using some of the ingredients because I didn’t have time to finish the manicotti.  I finally found time to defrost the fixings and make the meal that I really wanted to prepare that day.  The kale and ricotta were mixed together with the food processor, and gave it a vibrant green color, a really bright contrast to the dark red of the sauce I used on top of the manicotti. (Picture does not do it justice.) I think it’s great to let your food inspire you and my garden is something that helps me to become more creative. I take what I have and see what I can do with it.

kale manicotti Ingredients:

  • 1 lb ground lamb
  • 1 ground sweet Italian turkey sausage
  • 1 onion diced
  • A couple of big bunches of Kale, stems removed
  • 2 boxes manicotti pasta
  • A container …
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    May 4, 2009 | by Diana

    I had big grand plans for tonight’s dinner.  I was going to make a big batch of food that we could eat off of for a few nights.  Track is taking it’s toll on our dinners, and it’s not pretty.  I picked a huge amount of Kale, I cooked up a mixture of ground lamb and sweet italian sausage.  I shredded cheese.  Then, my daughter’s friend called.  They were at another friend’s house, the second friend’s father cooked up some food, and people were getting sick, including my daughter.  So we went and picked her up, got her comfortable at home and then had to turn around and drive a half hour away to the first friend’s house where my daughter spent the night in order to pick up her stuff and the car.  So much for dinner – I didn’t have time to finish up my preparations and bake dinner.  We’d never eat if I went with my original plans.  So I took some of the ingredients and threw together a quick meal and put the rest aside to assemble another day.  Here’s tonight’s dinner that I served, it turned out to be scrumptious.

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    Green Barley & Kale Gratin

    April 21, 2009 | by Diana

    Since I have plenty of Kale, I search for different recipes to try out.  I followed the recipe on this one, thinking, okay, we’ll try it and see.  It looked kind of on the funky side to me with the bright green, but it was very good tasting. My daughter said it reminded her of pumpkin pie.
    This recipe was also from Deborah Madison’s Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone.  This book is one of my favorite resources.  I’m not a vegetarian, but it offers ways of cooking meatless meals that appeal to me.  I actually have a first edition book that I bought twelve years ago and still use today.

    Green Barley and Kale Gratin - Cookerati Ingredients:

    Directions:

    In a saucepan, add the barley to 1 quart …

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