Panzanella

A Tuscan bread salad, Panzanella puts to use your overly crusty bread. Substantial, delicious and with a pleasingly diverse terrain, Panzanella can be thrown together quickly and never disappoints. You can get creative with ingredients and just use whatever you have. Here is the general recipe.

Chunks of bread, a bit stale is best  

Tuscan Kale, chopped well

Tomatoes, chopped

Fresh Mozzarella hunks

Fresh Basil, chopped well

Balsamic vinegar

Extra virgin olive oil

Salt

Fresh cracked pepper

Toss it all together, baby and you've got yourself a meal. Paired with a glass of wine it's even better. 

a gorgeous...and delicious...kale salad

i love kale. period. simply one of the best foods on the planet. and i just got this amazing recipe for a kale salad which is sooo easy it's not even funny...of course i have bastardized it to my liking...tonight, i actually made it with a blood orange and it is divine!!!

so here it is...(ingredients are rough estimates...)
kale. raw. lots of it. chopped up in tiny bite size pieces.
some bragg's amino acids (about 3 Tbs)
the juice of a citrus fruit...the original recipe called for a lemon, but i recently just subbed a clementine for it and it was fabulous. let the pulp fall right in, too.
some EV olive oil (a few tsps)
finely sliced shallot (one big fat one or so...)
apple cider vinegar (as much as needed depending on how much kale you've used)
chopped red cabbage
salt and pepper to taste

mix it all up and let sit for a little while...or not.it's also great right after you toss it, too.
and soooo bloody good for you. every time i have felt i wanted to shed some pounds kale became my best friend...for a good reason. mmmmm.