Kale Chickpea Mash

Two things I always have in my kitchen: kale and chickpeas. So when I was searching vegweb.com for chickpea recipes one night, I knew I had to make this one. Even if you don't normally like eating greens, this is a good tasty way to do so. The spices and nutritional yeast give this dish so much savory flavor.

Kale Chickpea Mash

Ingredients:

2 Tbsp olive oil
2-3 cloves minced garlic
1/2 half medium onion
1 bunch of kale (I actually didn't have a whole bunch)
1 can garbanzo beans (or 1 1/2 cups soaked beans)
1 Tbsp Bragg's liquid aminos
1 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp cumin
1/4 cup nutritional yeast


Directions:

Heat olive oil in a large pan and sautee the garlic and onions on medium until garlic turns golden brown, just a few minutes.

Add the kale and coat it with the oil and garlic. You may want to add a few tablespoons of water. The kale will begin to wilt.

Add garbanzo beans and cook for about 4 minutes. 

Add remaining ingredients and stir.

Mash the chickpeas with a fork and continue mixing together.

Add more nutritional yeast and sesame seeds if desired.
Remove from heat and serve hot.

Delicious flavor and healthy too!

I've already made this recipe at least three times in the past couple weeks. It's so quick and tasty that I just want it all the time. Last time I added spinach and arugula in there as well. Loading up on greens! Haha so if you're looking for a quick healthy dish with loads of flavor you should definitely try this!

"Garlicky Kale"

This stuff is GOOD.

I'm not even sure how I stumbled upon this recipe. Maybe I was searching for kale recipes, browsing blogs, who knows? But I'm sure glad I found it! I was going through the internet bookmarks on my phone (all recipes btw! haha) and I found this Garlicky Kale Salad I had saved from the blog Eating Bird Food.

Apparently this kale recipe was inspired by Whole Foods (love!). I just recently collected all of these ingredients and knew I must give it a try.


Garlicky Kale Salad

Ingredients:

• 1/2 bunch raw kale (washed, de-stemmed and dried)
• 1 T tahini
• 1 T water
• 1 T lemon juice
• 1 T liquid aminos (tamari or soy sauce would work too)
• 2 T nutritional yeast
• 1 tsp. minced garlic (1 -2 cloves of garlic)
• sesame seeds, to taste as garish (optional)

Directions:

1. Break kale into bite size pieces and place in a large bowl.
2. Puree all ingredients except kale and sesame seeds in a blender or food processor to blend the dressing. (I just mixed it in a bowl.)
3. Pour dressing over kale and massage into the kale with your hands until all pieces of kale are coated. (Your hands will get very messy!)
4. Let the salad sit in the fridge for an hour or so to marinate. You can skip this step if you need to eat right away, but allowing some time to marinate will wilt the kale a bit and make it a little more palatable – particularly for those who are skeptical of eating raw kale.
5. Sprinkle on some sesame seeds before serving if so desired.

The dressing...

Yum yum!



The finished product!


I seriously love this recipe. The texture was great, everything. And kale is SO good for you! Leafy greens are some of the best things to put in your body.

Yay nutrients!