Raw Red Russian Kale Salad

This beautiful Red Russian Kale was purchased from Five Points Community Farm Market.

Initially, I had no clue what I was going to do with it :/

But after doing a quick recipe search, I was totally excited to find that the Amateur Gourmet had recently posted a recipe for a Raw Kale Salad with Walnuts, Pecorino and Lemon.

 You will want to try it!

I often just eyeball my ingredients rather than measure them. This has nothing to do with culinary skill and everything to do with pure impatience:)

After washing, drying and stemming (this step is very important), you'll want to slice the leaves. The Amateur Gourmet cigar rolled his kale first, but that's a little harder to do with the Russian variety. 

In the meantime, toast the walnuts in a dry skillet. A toaster oven also works nicely if you have one...This step really brings out the flavor in the otherwise dry and tasteless nut.

 Next combine the kale, toasted walnuts, olive oil and... 

...lemon zest (I forgot to zest my lemons before squeezing them :/ ), lemon juice,

....Pecorino cheese (I used Parmesan), salt and pepper.

So very simple but incredibly delicious!

I just checked the Five Points CSA page to find out what will be in my CSA bag this week - here's a list of what I'll be taking home with me tomorrow.

 Celery Root

Scallions

Garlic

Red Russian Kale

Baby Bok Choi

Turnips 

Since I'll be getting more Russian Kale, I will definitely repeat the salad recipe. And I can't wait to try out more Bok Choi recipes! I have absolutely no clue what to do with celery root or turnips (anyone?).

Have a great weekend!