Potato Soup – Weight Loss Diet Solutions

I’ve had a huge bag of kale sitting in the refrigerator for two weeks. Maybe longer. I’m not sure how it even survived this long, but I purchased it with hopes that I would roast it or turn it into a delicious sausage and potato soup. Neither happened. Why do I always have high hopes for vegetables and then let them sit?

But today I decided to make a kale pesto. Have you guys heard of kale pesto? Its just as it sounds, pesto made with kale instead of basil. The birth of a new recipe!

I’m on an undeclared mission to eat more fruits and vegetables. A mission that I’m determined can be beautiful, delicious and healthful. Vegetables can be exciting! Especially with exclamation points.

This recipe was simple, I just threw everything into the food processor until it tasted right to me. Completely fail proof.

You start with a big bag of rinsed kale, about eight or nine cups. Stuff the kale into your food processor and close the lid. Let it whirl until your kale turns into a paste. With your machine still running, add 2-3 T olive oil, 1/4 cup nuts (I used roasted/salted cashews), 1/2 t salt, 2-3 cloves of garlic and about a half cup of parmigiana cheese. That’s it!

Kale pesto is tangy and a little spicy. I plan on mixing it together with a huge bowl of roasted vegetables and pasta for dinner tonight.

Related Blogs

Related Blogs on fat

If most days this year were spent like yesterday, it’s safe to say I would be in a very good place come 2012. And I want to make a note about it here as a reminder.

I woke up and ate a breakfast of an egg sandwich on whole wheat, flax toast. The egg was from a friends chicken farm and it was delicious with a little butter.

For a snack later I had a clementine. And a bit later a cup of chocolate chai tea, unsweetened.

I did close to an hour of Tae Bo Elite Bootcamp level 2 (my favorite ever!) with Billy Blanks.

And then our dinner was hosted by his mom and we had potato soup, bread, salmon, mashed butternut squash, and steamed brussel sprouts.

A couple of hours later I made a fruit salad (I was craving something sweet) with a mixture of apples, bananas, mandarine oranges, raspberries and chopped walnuts.

And now I’m off to make Monday just as good…

Staring with a similar breakfast (it keeps me full and satisfied), a date with Jillian this morning, a date with Billy later this evening with Josh, and then some nice shrimp pasta with creamy tomato sauce.

Let’s make an exercise date together! I’m promising to do Tae Bo this evening around 5:30pm, will you do some form of exercise with me? Let me know in the comments.