Here are 3 easy to make kale recipes and cabbage recipes to show the versatility and ease of cooking with kale and cabbage can be. We make a kale pesto pasta, an asian style charred teriyaki cabbage and delicious kale crips. These are all so tasty and easy to make.
Prep time : 10 mins | Cook time : 45 mins | Total time 55 mins Makes: 10 Servings | Difficulty: Medium
Kale is one of our favourite veg and is the no 1 food on the nutrient density aggregate index as its so packed full of nutrients. Both kale and cabbage are from the brassica family and can have a sulphur like note to them that can mask as bitterness. In these kale recipe and cabbage recipe we really focus on elevate these veg so that they taste fantastic and that everyone wants to eat more of these nutritious power houses!
The kale pesto is so easy to make, use wholemeal pasta as it will be higher in fibre and better for you and to make it lower in fat just substitute half the oil with water so that you use 75ml of water and 75ml of oil thus reducing the added oil by 50%. All our kids love this dish as its super tasty, simple and no one knows that they are eating kale! The Asian style charred cabbage dish is Steves favourite way to eat cabbage – its quick so tasty and really shows how delicious cabbage can be. Lastly the kale crisps might sounds a little far fetched but they work wonderfully and really make kale taste so good!