25 Days of Christmas Day 24

December 24, 2014-

It is Christmas Eve! Santa comes tonight! Have you been nice or naughty? Will you leave cookies and milk for Santa?......

 

I've made a decision for my holiday meal- and believe it or not- it looks like Christmas too!

Ya ready- here it goes.....

 

KALE SALAD....ok, there are different ways of making Kale Salad but this is what I prefer......

 

Here is the recipe:

 

Ingredients:

Kale ( I like lacinato or Dinosaur kale)but any Kale will do.....

Red Pepper

Tomato

Scallions

Avocado

Olive Oil

Ground Pepper

Salt

 

What to do:

cut the kale into small ribbons- to do this take the kale leaves and roll them like a cigar, and then take a knife and cut the roll into little strips- you determine the width yourself, I prefer them narrow strips......

 

Dice the red pepper, you can cut them however you choose- I prefer them in tiny little rectangular/ square pieces.....

 

Dice up the tomato.....

 

Cut the scallion- cut off the tip and any yucky leaves.....now, cut the scallion from the ball on up- I use the whole thing......

 

Cut the avocado- you will really only be using 1/4 to 1/2 of the avocado- (the pit will help preserve the avocado for next time, and help it from not turning brown and yucky)......

 

Ok, in a bowl put the kale, red pepper, tomato, scallion, and avocado, a dash of salt (to your liking), and some ground pepper, oh yeah and some olive oil (about 1 tbsp. should be enough-if you feel you need more it is up to you or you can leave the oil out all together) I like the flavor that the olive oil adds to the mix.

 

Now massage all the ingredients together, the kale will start to break down and get softer, the avocado provides a creamy texture to the whole thing and the more you massage the avocado and olive oil with the kale the easier it will be to digest.....you'll know you massaged enough when the kale looks like a Christmas tree with the red lights (red pepper) and all the trimmings (everything else)......

 

Pretty easy simple recipe huh?!?!?!? Healthy.....Awesome......

 

A little hint the kale can be tough to digest so cutting it small and really massaging it will help!

 

 

Yes, I admit this is where I got this recipe and if anything is different it just shows you can change any recipe to make it suit you!

 

Tomorrow we'll be talking more about New Year Resolutions!....Are you ready to set your reolutions for the upcoming year?....No, ok we'll do it together!....Yes, alright I will be there to help you succeed in following through and keeping those resolutions!

 

And don't forget to check out my book on amazon.com......



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