Month: June 2012

Girl Talk

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I love the coed gatherings but there’s nothing quite like a little girl talk.

Ladies, come on over to my place and I’ll serve you iced nettle tea.

I’ll make you pitch in.

But at least I’ll keep your glass full and wine and dine you by candlelight.

And I’ll make you kale chips.

 

This is not a recipe.  It’s a suggestion.

 

Kale Chips
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 15 mins
Total time: 25 mins
Ingredients
  • Lots of clean, dry kale torn into medium sized pieces
  • Toasted sesame oil
  • Natural peanut butter
  • Nutritional yeast
  • Salt (preferably smoked)
Instructions

  1. In a large bowl drizzle the kale with a bit of oil, a spoon or three of peanut butter, a heavy dusting of nutritional yeast, and a pinch of salt. Get your hands
  2. in there, gently squeeze, mix, and blend the ingredients with your fingers until everything is distributed some what evenly.
  3. Lay the coated kale leaves in a single layer on a cookie sheet (preferably with a silpat on it).
  4. Bake in a 450* oven until dry and crisp, maybe 10-15 minutes. Watch them closely to avoid burning.

 

These chips were diminished to a bowl of nutty, yeasty crumbs by the time dinner was served.  Personally, I couldn’t keep my hands out of the mixing bowl before baking them up.  On those days that I don’t want the hassle of cooking or it’s too hot to turn on the oven I will skip the baking and serve this as a raw kale salad.

Coming Along

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By popular request, here’s an update on the kitchen renovation!

April.

May.

June!!!

It’s so beautiful, I’m totally in love.

We’ve hired a little bit of help and had some awesome friends pitch in but mostly Tate has been busting ass.

I haven’t been super useful but I did a lot of the painting, cabinet ordering, and executive decision making.

We should be moving appliances over from the old kitchen within a week or two and then it’s on. 🙂

The process hasn’t been as irritating or stressful as I’d feared.  Yes, the house is kind of a disaster and several layers of dust have settled on every surface but I don’t really care like I thought I would.  Maybe I’m just distracted by the garden and summertime fun but I think I’ve just chilled out over the last several years.

Don’t get me wrong, I will be thrilled to have the kitchen finished.  I’ve never had a nice kitchen as an adult, I’ve always compromised for location or cheap rent or just out of straight up desperation.

Once we move into the new space the work won’t be done, there’s still the old kitchen to renovate! I’m looking forward to this though, it’s fun to see spaces transform and open up.  We might just get carried away and keep knocking down walls. 🙂