Kale with Sun Dried Tomatoes & Onions
I never grew up eating “greens” per se and as a diehard meat and potatoes, grilling everything, American man I’ve never been inclined to pick up kale, swiss chard, or anything “leafy” beyond lettuce. Whether it was because of a failed experience of dumping ranch dressing on greens (those commercials which state ranch dressing makes everything palatable is a bold faced lie) or because I didn’t know how to properly prepare leaves, greens simply weren’t part of my diet…that was until I met my significant other.
Having been force fed a variety of greens over the past few years, I’ll admit that my horizons have been broadened and I’ve learned to appreciate/cook with a variety of leafy things (still not crazy about collard green though).
Today I’ll pass along my preferred preparation for kale, which is basically tossing onions, garlic, and sun dried tomatoes in with the greens. It’s simplistic and produces healthy yet “manly” enough greens that even the most apprehensive American male can appreciate. Of course as you can see from the image above, I still can’t separate myself from my meat and potato soul, as I served the kale with a Hasselback style potato covered in a gravy meat sauce.
Enjoy!
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The Necessities:
- 2 bunches of kale
- 1 medium yellow onion (roughly chopped)
- 3 garlic cloves (diced)
- 1 cup of sun dried tomatoes (roughly chopped)
- Freshly grated Parmesan
- Salt and pepper
- Olive Oil
- Water
Directions:
- Wash the kale and pat dry with a paper towel. Then roughly chop the greens like so.
- In a large frying pan with olive oil, saute up the onions over medium-low heat.
- Toss in the garlic, then gradually add the kale (seasoning each addition with salt and pepper), and stir to assist with the greens cooking down. If the onions/garlic are sticking to the bottom of the pan simply add a slash of water and stir.
- Once you have all the greens in the pan, add a splash of water, cover and simmer for around 10 minutes or so.
- Next up, mix in the sun dried tomatoes and continue to cook for another 5 minutes or so, allowing all the flavors to meld together.
- Finally, season with salt and pepper to taste, plate and top with freshly grated parmesan.
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YUMMM! I am hungry now! This looks incredible. I love kale and the sweetness of the sun-dried tomatoes fits perfectly with ti!
Thanks Jessica! Are you feeling good about your Tigers heading into this weekend?
I love eating leaves (all types of lettuce, rocket etc.) but I admit I have never had or prepared kale. It looks really good (how anything could taste bad when combined with dried tomatoes???). I must check if I can have it on my market. Thanks for a very original idea.
You’re welcome and I hope that you can procure some kale at your local market. Cheers!
Okay so when I make this I’ll have to tell my son that you referred to this as “manly” hopefully then he will eat it!! I love kale and get excited to find new ways to make it. This sounds easy and delicious!!
haha…I stand by this recipe and if it still isn’t “manly” enough for your son, toss in some bacon (always a manly ingredient!).
Looks great! What is on the other side of the Kale?!? Meat on top of a potato? It looks good, like something my husband would like
Thanks Jen!
I will have to try this Hasselback style potato, I have never seen anything like it
Mighty tasty Hasselback style potatoes are. Tons of recipes out there, probably one forthcoming on this site as well.
My family served greens of all kinds but, oddly, kale wasn’t among them. It was only a few years ago that I tried some — and I’ve been enjoying it ever since. Your recipe with sun-dried tomatoes & parmesan is one I have to try.
Nothing but “manly” goodness in this recipe for you to enjoy. Cheers my friend!
I was just joking with my neighbor about the 4 tons of kale and chard we would be getting this season in our csa boxes. I am in serious need of some new “manly” ways to prep it and I never use sun dried tomatoes. This is a great new take on greens. YUM!
My wife and I are in the same position with are csa. But as I said my horizons have been broadened and it simply means more ingredient to experiment with.
Cheers!
Manly indeed! That meal looks absolutely delicious. Is that a hasselback potato behind the kale? Slash what is on top? Because I want to eat that right now. Seriously, right now. Yum!
i’ve never been big on kale, but i’ll have to try this one
Thanks for stopping by Spatoola. That kale looks great. I usually have it as kale chips or in a pasta bake, but will have to try your recipe.
Thanks for checking out my blog as well. Looking forward towards your future posts.
That looks awesome, I have to try it,…great blog!
Thanks Rogue. cheers!
we have piles of kale still in the garden and eat it every night( terrified that it will die when the cold comes) and i also pan fry it with onions and sunflowers seeds and a littlechilli and i love the idea of the tomatoes. i will try it this way tomorrow. It is still growing! and i am not sick of it yet! c
I don’t think I’ve ever been excited to hear that someone has piles of kale…until now.
I think I might even get the picky hubby to eat kale using your recipe…sounds delicious!
98% guaranteed success rate.
Wait do I have to do more pullups or grunt more since I like kale? Anyway, this looks great!
Just unintelligible grunts while eating the kale.
What a phenomenal vegetable dish, I would love that on my dining table
Kale with sun dried tomatoes. I’m in! Hasselback style potato? Never tried…but yours sure looks delish. Post your recipe soon:)
I love love love kale! Never thought to add sun dried tomatoes. I’ll have to try it!
Now that IS manly! Seriously though, we have a year round supply of chard growing in our veggie patch so a new way of using it is always exciting…and with some of the tomatoes I dried over the summer, well this would be perfect!
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Yeah!! Another recipe for my newly found love of Kale! Thank you for sharing