Dinner Oct 27, 2023
Note: Rye berries need about and hour and a half to cook and cool, and kale needs about 25 minutes to marinate. Once those two things are made, you can quickly throw everything else together.
Ingredients:
Leftover Sweet Potatoes
½lb Marinated Kale
½ cup cooked and cooled Rye Berries
4 Dates
1 Lime
Mushrooms
Butter
Worcester Sauce
Soy Sauce
Balsamic Vinegar
4oz Lettuce Mix
Goat Cheese
Olive Oil
Directions:
Prepare rye berries and marinate kale.
Rinse and spin (salad spinner) the lettuce.
Finely chop the mushrooms and dates. Zest the lime and cut in half.
Add the dates and half of the lime zest to a small bowl, juice a small amount of lime into the bowl, mix together, and let it sit.
Pan sear the mushrooms in butter. Salt the mushrooms with a little soy sauce and season with vinegar and Worcester.
Dress the berries with olive oil and Worcester.
Toss marinated kale and lettuce mix with remaining lime zest, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, and any extra olive oil needed.
Split salad between two plates
Add sweet potatoes, rye berries, dates, mushrooms, and goat cheese.
Final Notes:
The dates flavored with lime was really good and I'd love to explore those flavors in something else someday. But if I remember correctly, the lime flavor wasn't as strong a day later.
Marinated Kale
Ingredients:
Kale
Extra Virgin Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil
Fine Sea Salt
Pepper
Directions:
Cut out the kale stems and then rinse and spin (salad spinner) the leaves
Cut leaves into bit sized pieces and place in a large mixing bowl
Drizzle some oil over the kale and season with salt and pepper to taste
Roughly mix the kale to get it evenly coated, squeezing/massaging it to help soften it
Cover the bowl with a towel and let sit at room temperature for 20-30 minutes till darker in color and softer in texture
Rye Berries
Ingredients:
½ cup Rye Grain Berries
Directions:
In a medium sauce pan, bring salted water to a boil
Add berry grains, reduce heat, cover
Let simmer for 50-60 minutes, stirring occasionally, until berries are chewy but tender
Let cool to room temperature
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