"You know kale is my favorite food!!"

This is one of my favorite stories about my daughter to date:

My daughter Addi was about 3 at the time...I had one of those "crazy" days that I just wanted to end, but needed to make dinner for Addi. I rummaged through my cupboard and found a can of "Annies Stars" the organic equivalent to Spaghetti-O's...PERFECT!

Opened the can, plopped the stars into a pan and viola! Dinner - fantastic!
Sat the bowl of pasta in front of Addi, "Here's dinner, sweetie."
Addi looks at the bowl, looks at me and immediately begins to cry, "I don't like this dinner!"
I'm tired and irritable, what kid doesn't like spaghetti-o's??? "Oh, it will fine fine honey, just eat."
Addi now has tears streaming down her face, remember she's 3..."But this isn't my favorite! I want my favorite!"
"What's your favorite?"
"Mamma, you know KALE is my favorite food!! I want kale!"

So, what is this KALE dish my daughter was so passionate about?? Well, I'll share it with you. However, I never measure anything (unless I'm baking) I just know much to use...

1 big head of kale, remove leaf from stem & put the stems in your compost
1 medium onion
2 cloves of garlic
olive oil
rosemary, salt, pepper
cannellini beans
vermouth
stock
fresh Parmesan

• steam the kale in a stock pot with a shallow amount of water
• chop the onion and garlic and saute in olive oil while kale is steaming
• when onion is soft add enough vermouth to just cover the onion, add the rosemary, salt and pepper and simmer for a few minutes
• while that's simmering, the kale should be steamed, drain the water and chop the kale
• then add the beans and the kale to the onions and add enough stock to loosen the mixture
• cook until stock is heated through
• serve in bowl w/fresh Parmesan

Viola! Dinner! This is one of those meals we eat every week at my house - both my kids LOVE it! SSOOOOO good for you - ENJOY
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