Tomorrow we will be at the Whole Life Center for Health in Drums.  Farmer Don will be featuring our own greenhouse grown kale and salad mix.  Both of these greens were planted last fall and overwintered in our unheated greenhouse.  The cold temperatures of winter has given the kale a wonderful sweet flavor, perfect for a Cajun Kale salad!

If you are in the Drums area tomorrow, stop by and say hello to Farmer Don, taste some Kale salad, buy some greens and learn about our farm and our CSA.

This recipe is a farm favorite.

The original recipe calls for blanching the kale.  We consider this optional and usually just use raw kale for the salad.  If you are using fresh sweet corn, you may want to cook the corn first.  We generally use our own frozen sweet corn and we thaw it but do not cook it prior to use in the salad.

Cajun Kale Salad

4 Ears sweet corn, shucked (or approximately 2 cups thawed frozen corn)

1 Bunch of Kale (approximately 1/2 to 3/4 pound), torn into bite size pieces

1 Red Bell Pepper, diced
1 Green Bell Pepper, diced

1 Small Onion, diced

1 Clove of Garlic, minced (or more!)

1 to 2 teaspoons Cajun Spice Mix or to taste

Sea Salt to taste

2 TBS lemon juice

2 TBS Olive Oil

Cajun Spice Mix

2 tsp Paprika

1/2 tsp Cayenne

1/4 tsp Black Pepper

1/4 tsp Allspice

1/2 tsp dried Thyme Leaves

1/4 tsp White Pepper

Directions:

Cook Corn if necessary

Blanch Kale by dropping into boiling water and allowing it to cook for 4 mins.  Immediately remove kale from water and cool in ice water.  When kale is cool, drain it and remove as much water as possible.

Prepare Cajun Spice mix by combining all ingredients in a small bowl.

Toss Kale, corn, red pepper, green pepper, onion, garlic and desired amount of Cajun spice in a large bowl.

Just before serving, whisk together lemon juice and olive oil and toss with vegetables.  Season with salt to taste.