Kale is super trendy, super delicious and super versatile. You can use it in salads, soups, stews, burgers, smoothies, there are endless options. Since it is still kale season, I thought I will share with you some of the best kale recipes. These are all amazing!
The story is simple. Germans love kale, they eat a lot of it this time of the year. They cook it and serve it with sausage. One little problem is that they only sell kale here in 1 kg bags. Do you know how much 1 kg of kale is? A lot! Almost too much. Especially if you eat it mainly raw….That’s why I’m always searching for new recipes not to get bored of it.
Let’s talk about kale a bit. It is a nutritional powerhouse, basically everything you need. It contains a lots of fiber, cancer fighting anti-oxidants, iron, calcium and vitamin A, C, K. And it is alkaline! And tasty and pretty, most importantly.
So here are 15 delicious kale recipes to make you and me happy!
Butternut Squash and Kale Lasagna
Who doesn’t love lasagna?! This beautiful comfort food is amazing for these cold weekends! (Don’t forget that glass of red wine too!)
Get the recipe from Vanilla and Bean
Kale and Cabbage Salad with Almonds and Mustard Vinaigrette
Avocados, cabbage, cheese, almond and a lovely mustard dressing make this salad filling and rich. It is also easy to make and everybody loves it!
Get the recipe from The Smoothie Lover
Butternut Squash, Kale and Sorghum Salad
This vegan superfood salad is a dream come true. If you have never tried sorghum before it is a great recipe to start with.
Get the recipe from Food by Mars
Greek Feta Chickpea Pancake Fritters with Poached Eggs and Olive Tapenade
Wow, all these flavors, colors and textures! These fritters make a perfect dinner and the leftover is just heavenly in your lunch sandwich.
Get the recipe from Half Baked Harvest
Frozen Kale Cubes
This is a great idea for all of you smoothie lovers. Keep some kale cubes in your freezer to make anytime a healthy breakfast smoothie.
Get the recipe from Lexie’s Kitchen
Lemony Kale and Potato Soup with Caraway Seed Dukkah
Look at this vibrant color! Look at the ingredients! Look at that amazing dukkah! Wow, just wow!
Get the recipe from Happy Hearted Kitchen
Baked Parmesan Kale Puffs
These puffs make a great appetizer! Nobody would say no to kale with swiss chard and parmesan, believe me! Bonus that it freezes well.
Get the recipe from Natural Comfort Kitchen
Kale and Apple Cake with Apple Icing
This may sound crazy for the first time, but it actually works! A creative and beautiful green cake.
Get the recipe from Veggie Desserts
Soba Noodles with Roasted Tomatoes and Kale
Who wouldn’t fall in love with such a lovely pasta dish? This colorful one is a simple and quick dish for those busy weekdays. Simply perfection.
Get the recipe from Veganosity
Veggie Pudding
Only 4 ingredients and about 3 minutes to get this crazy dessert. It makes a great breakfast too!
Get the recipe from Grim Grains
Butternut Squash Pizza with Kale Pesto & Goat Cheese
In my opinion pesto-based pizza is the best. Adding goat cheese, slices of butternut squash and pine nuts just make it all so fine.
Get the recipe from She Likes Food
Kale and White Bean Tortillas
Oh, hello beautiful breakfast-lunch-dinner! Oh, hello white beans (instead of potatoes)! Oh, hello quick and simple but so delicious kale tortillas!
Get the recipe from The Muffin Myth
Quinoa Kale Pesto Bowls with Poached Eggs
Such a simple idea yet so stunning! Healthy green quinoa bowl full of goodness, packed with nutritions. And it only takes 20 minutes to make.
Get the recipe from The Iron You
Kale-Nola
I don’t even know where to start here. A kale granola recipe! It’s made with cacao nibs, almond butter and buckwheat, making an amazing gluten-free breakfast.
Get the recipe from Choosing Raw
All-Dressed Kale Chips
I couldn’t make a list without including a kale chips. Here you can also find tips for flawless chips!
Get the recipe from Oh She Glows
If you can’t get enough of wonderful recipes check out my kale recipes too!
Hi Evi! Thank you for featuring our Soba Noodle and Kale recipe! You’ve collected some incredible kale recipes, I’m not sure which one to try first! 🙂
I like to buy the huge bags of spinach and kale that are offered in my supermarket. I usually take 2/3s of the package, massage the kale, then put individual portion sized in a freezer bag and freeze for later use. No wasting!
Thanks Linda, I love them all too!
Great idea about freezing! So you freeze it raw? Then use it for cooking later or how? What do you cook with it? I’ve only frozen kale pesto and I used that for sauces, but that’s not enough to use up a whole bag. I’d love to learn how to freeze kale properly, I just have again a lot 😀
Hi Evi. I just wash it, spin it dry in a salad spinner, and freeze. I put it in my morning smoothie and I use it in cooked recipes. I guess the only thing I haven’t used it in is a salad. I’m not sure how that would work out.
That is really cool! Thank you so much for this idea! I’ll just try it out now 🙂
Thanks for the feature, darling!! What an amazing round-up… I will be pinning away!! 🙂 FYI- posting another kale recipe today, and will have to share this resource.
Thanks Alison, I love your recipe!
Great roundup, Evi! And thanks so much for including my kale and white bean tortilla.
Thanks Katie!
That tortilla is so good, I absolutely love it, had to include 🙂
Oh wow! Thank you so much for mentioning me here. I am honoured.
I seriously love kale too. All the other recipes look wonderful 🙂
I love your salad! 🙂
I want all of them!! I just bought a huge bunch of kale at the store and now my mind is racing with which awesome recipe I want to use it in! Thank you so much for including my pizza 🙂
Thank you, for you wonderful recipe! Such a great combination of my favorite ingredients 🙂
Wow, great roundup! Got some weird ones in there, I’m intrigued…
Thanks, Leslie!
I also found some of them weird first, but they actually all taste great! 🙂