At the risk that you are going to think I have completely flipped my lid I am going to show you, yet again, another summer salad that involves kale & quinoa.
This summer's obsession started here and progressed to this and detoured in this direction and I thought I had it worked out of my system until this experimentation.
This that you see above, it is absolutely it. The final combination of kale and quinoa for the summer season. I mean it. It involves the usual cast of characters with the addition of pickled beets, some left over cotija cheese and 1/4 cup of blush wine vinaigrette. Roasted walnuts were sprinkled on top before serving. Crazy good.
On an unrelated but equally strange note, I think the squirrels in my neighborhood are watching me. I have noticed on my morning walks they are perched in trees all along my various routes.
You don't think paranoia is an unexpected consequence of eating too much kale do you?
That's a mighty scary looking squirrel lurking on that branch. I'm sure he's hoping you might have a morsel of food for him to tuck away for the winter. Maybe some Kale & quinoa would be palatable for squirrels? They're bird feeder destroyers, some call them rats with fuzzy tails. I think they're cute.
Found out on one of the Travel Channel episodes with Andrew Zimmern, on a trip to the Andes, that quinoa is native to that part of the world and a staple of the Andean diet. It's considered a pseudo cereal, not a true grass, related to beetroot, spinach and tumbleweed!
Posted by: Joan | 07/07/2015 at 10:35 PM
It's a conspiracy Carol, a squirrel conspiracy!
from "drooling in SoCal" ;o)
Posted by: jacki long | 07/07/2015 at 11:44 PM
Watch the show Zoo on CBS on Tuesday nights and you may get scared that the squirrels are watching you!!
Posted by: Janet | 07/08/2015 at 06:48 AM
Yum...there you go again. I love both kale and quinoa, and now you've gone and added beets and walnuts, two more on my list of favorites. I am so gonna make this one.
I just had a stare down with the squirrel on my birdfeeder. His look says "whatcha gonna do about it" ...Argh! He's very entertaining, in a maddening way.
Posted by: barbara | 07/08/2015 at 09:13 AM
No doubt about it: squirrel patrol checking for kale/quinoa overload.
Posted by: Daisy | 07/08/2015 at 09:34 AM
Have you ever contemplated writing a book? Your writing is uniquely imaginative and you have a wonderful way with words. I'll bet you could write a wonderful novel or story.
Posted by: Nancy | 07/08/2015 at 10:02 AM
Have you ever heard of or tried Portuguese Kale soup? I am guessing you would love it.
Posted by: Chris Oliveira | 07/08/2015 at 05:05 PM
That squirrel pic made me laugh out loud! Picturing you cradling your bowl away from his prying eyes.....
k8
Posted by: k8 | 07/09/2015 at 12:20 PM
Don't you become a little squirrly!!!
Posted by: Robin | 07/13/2015 at 06:01 AM