RECIPE: CRISPY KALE SALAD WITH CRANBERRIES, SHALLOTS, AND AN EGG

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kale is so effing good, you guys. it's one of the only foods i know that has the addiction capacity of a cheeto but the nutritional facts of the opposite of a cheeto. i feel like i keep talking about kale and how awesome it is and i swear i'm not being paid by, like, the kale association of brooklyn to preach this stuff, but as kale season comes to a close, i figure i'll show you all how i love to eat it so you can have a few last little hurrahs. and then i'll shut up and start planning ramp recipes. 

anywho, meg came over yesterday toting the biggest juiciest dried cranberries i ever did see, along with garlic and her first ever shallot (meg, meet mr. shallot, mr. shallot, meet your future home). over stemming kale and cracking eggs we talked future plans and past lives and pondered what a real academic university experience would have been like. and then despite nearly breaking all of our teeth on the oh-shit-that's-not-burnt-garlic-that's-a-piece-of-the-pepper-grinder, we had a delicious time!

kale salad with cranberries, garlic, shallots, and an egg
makes 2 servings.
this recipe is based off of the gouda life's sauteed purple kale with charred shallots & fried egg, which i am totally obsessed with and make multiple times a week. i started adding dried fruit because i loooove the textural fun and sweetness that it adds.

ingredients
2 tb + 2 tsp olive oil
2 large handfuls of kale, stemmed
1 large shallot, sliced
2 cloves of garlic, sliced
salt + pepper to taste
2 large eggs
2 small handfuls of dried cranberries (or any other dried fruit!)

clues
1. heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. add kale, shallots, garlic, salt, and pepper, and cook until crispy, stirring occasionally. timing will vary based on how crispy you like it.
2. scoot the kale to one side of the skillet (is "scoot" a technical term?) and drizzle in the remaining 2 teaspoons of olive oil on the empty side. let that heat up for a few moments and then crack in the eggs. cook the eggs how you like them (i like to let the bottom firm up and then add a few spoonfuls of water and cover the whole pan until the top of the eggs firm up).
3. divide the kale evenly between two plates and sprinkle on the cranberries. add the eggs on top, add more salt and pepper (and hot sauce) if desired, and enjoy!

-yeh!


RECIPE: CURRY COCONUT MACAROONS

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curry and coconut go together like the ondes martenot and an orchestra: a little bit unusual and totally wonderful. and that was really just a lame attempt at a relevant analogy since i am seeing a concert of messiaen tonight and couldn't be more excited. the idea for these came from all that delicious curry with the coconut milk in it and they are the perfect passover dessert. 

curry coconut macaroons

2 cups sweetened shredded coconut
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 large egg white
a pinch of salt

preheat oven to 350. in a small bowl combine coconut and curry powder. in a large bowl beat the egg white and salt until stiff peaks form. gently fold the coconut into the egg white. spoon onto a prepared cookie sheet* and bake 15-20 minutes, until golden brown.  

*i use an ice cream scoop since i like mine big, but you can use a smaller scoop if you'd like. if you do this, check the macaroons after 10 minutes because they will take a shorter time to bake. 

-yeh!


MOCHI IN THE MORNING

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lately i've been experiencing that annual february feeling of can it please be time for spring or at least a tropical vacation? and since the closest thing to that vacation is a trip home in a month for passover and stoopie's bachelorette party, i decided that the next best option to cure the winter blues would be to paint my nails orange and test recipes for the new music bake sale via making mochi while watching girls. it was a morning not unlike any other. and it yielded really gooey and sticky {albeit yummy} results.

-yeh!

recipe:
i used this for the mochi
and filled them with a spoonful
of peanut butter and jelly.
easy peasy.