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Roasted Cauliflower Kale Soup Paired with Pinot

February 11, 2016 By Cooking Chat 19 Comments

Roasted Cauliflower Kale Soup paired with a Pinot Noir would make a great start to a Valentine’s Day dinner, and is also hearty enough to be enjoyed as the main course for a weeknight supper. We received a complimentary sample bottle of the Hahn Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir. As always, the opinions here are…

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Filed Under: healthy cooking, soup, soups, starters/soups/sides, vegetarian, wine, wine pairing Tagged With: cauliflower, kale, Pinot Noir, soup

Kale Pesto Lasagna

January 27, 2016 By Cooking Chat 14 Comments

this kale pesto lasagna recipe is so tasty!

Kale Pesto Lasagna is a delicious way to eat some healthy greens into you family’s diet. Kale pesto cooks along with noodles, plenty of cheese and garlic for some serious green comfort food! “One of my favorite recipes you make”, Jodi said of this one. And she has sampled pretty much everything on Cooking Chat!…

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Filed Under: dessert, winter recipes Tagged With: dandelion greens, Dolcetto, greens, Italian recipes, Italian red wine, kale, kale pesto, lasagna

Kale Pesto Crostini Wine Pairing That Sparkles #winePW

December 12, 2015 By Cooking Chat 23 Comments

Kale Pesto Crostini recipe pairs very well with a good sparkling wine.

Kale Pesto Crostini is an easy recipe that presents very nicely around the holidays! We enjoy it with sparkling wine to add to the festive aspect of this one. Sparkling wine can go with all kinds of food, but I’m particularly fond of serving it with appetizers to start a festive occasion. So when Cindy…

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Filed Under: appetizers, vegetarian, wine, wine pairing Tagged With: bubbly, holiday food, Italian wine, kale, kale pesto, pesto

Grilled Pork with Portuguese Potatoes and Kale for #winePW

August 8, 2015 By Cooking Chat 19 Comments

Pork with Portuguese Potatoes and Kale recipe.

I’m a big fan of Portuguese wines, so I was excited when Christy from Confessions of a Culinary Diva  suggested that we focus on Portugal for our Wine Pairing Weekend this month. Portugal offers good tasting wines at a great price, made from a variety of native grapes that you don’t typically find elsewhere. Definitely a…

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Filed Under: starters/soups/sides, summer recipes, wine, wine pairing Tagged With: grilling, kale, Portuguese wine, potatoes, side dishes

Turkey Sausage with Kale and Quinoa

June 27, 2015 By Cooking Chat Leave a Comment

Turkey Sausage with Kale and Quinoa, healthy recipe from Cooking Chat

I wasn’t always a fan, but now I’m keen about quinoa! This hearty, healthy grain has a nuanced consistency, and absorbs flavors of your dish well. It’s a bit plain on its own, so the key is to cook something flavorful along with it that has some liquid for the quinoa to absorb. This time,…

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Filed Under: entrees, healthy cooking Tagged With: Gruner, kale, quinoa, skillet meals, turkey sausage

Grilled Swordfish with Kale Pesto

June 17, 2015 By Cooking Chat 13 Comments

Grilled Swordfish with Kale Pesto

Grilled Swordfish with Kale Pesto is a go to meal in our house! Here’s our basic recipe for the combination; we also like to combine grilled swordfish, pesto and pasta. Check out our Best Grilled Swordfish recipes for more recipe ideas with grilled swordfish. I grill swordfish quite often, so it was a matter of…

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Filed Under: healthy cooking, quick/easy, summer recipes Tagged With: giveaway, grilling, kale, pesto, seafood, swordfish

Kale Pesto Tortellini Paired with an Arneis #winePW

June 13, 2015 By Cooking Chat 23 Comments

kale pesto tortellini recipe from Cooking Chat

Happy birthday, Wine Pairing Weekend! Last June, we started the monthly #winePW event to bring together bloggers who like to focus on the interplay of good food and wine pairings. Today we kick off the second year of Wine Pairing Weekend with something new–focusing on a specific grape varietal. Nope, not a household name grape…

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Filed Under: entrees, healthy cooking, quick/easy, vegetarian, wine, wine pairing Tagged With: #winePW, arneis, Italian white wine, Italian wine, kale, pasta, pesto, Piedmont

Skillet Chicken with Baby Kale

April 7, 2015 By Cooking Chat 2 Comments

Skillet Chicken with Baby Kale recipe.

Skillet Chicken with Baby Kale recipe cooks quickly along with red bell peppers and onions for an easy, healthy meal. You can never have enough quick, healthy meals that come together easily on a weeknight, right? Today you can add Skillet Chicken with Baby Kale to your list! I’ve been grabbing containers of baby kale leaves fairly…

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Filed Under: entrees, healthy cooking, quick/easy Tagged With: chicken, healthy, kale

Italian Wine for Indian Curry #ItalianFWT

March 7, 2015 By Cooking Chat 15 Comments

Kale Butternut Curry paired with an Italian wine.

This recipe also appears in our Collards & Kale Cookbook, check it out for more healthy and tasty recipes like this one! I know, I know. Italy has so much great food, why am I sharing an Indian curry recipe for the Italian Food, Wine & Travel (#ItalianFWT) monthly event? This month’s #ItalianFWT focusing on…

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Filed Under: entrees, healthy cooking, vegan, vegetarian, wine, wine pairing Tagged With: #ItalianFWT, butternut, curry, greens, healthy, Indian, kale

Baby Kale Salad with Maple Vinaigrette

March 6, 2015 By Cooking Chat 14 Comments

Baby Kale Salad with Maple Vinaigrette recipe

Baby Kale Salad recipe features the tender, healthy greens tossed with a maple vinaigrette for a touch of sweetness. I’m a big kale fan, but when it comes to eating it raw, I tend to have it in moderate amounts. I’ll sometimes thinly slice up one or two kale leaves and add toss it along…

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Filed Under: healthy cooking, quick/easy, starters/soups/sides, vegetarian Tagged With: greens, healthy, kale, salad

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