My favorite: Smashed potatoes with fresh lemon thyme and a drizzle of truffle oil.
It's sounds blasphemous doesn't it? A dietitian who doesn't like kale? Well the truth is, I hardly ever eat it.
There was a time that I felt very guilty about it. After all kale is quite the super food. It's packed with antioxidants, gorgeous vitamins, iron, and you get a big ol' curly bunch of it for pretty cheap. I've purchased it many times with all the intentions of creating a love relationship with this bitter green. I've stood in the produce area of my market, and with great earnest (and a slight sense of self righteousness) I grab that kale, plunk it into my cart, and think to myself as I wheel away- THIS time it'll be different. I am going to cook up this kale and it is going to be so amazing it will change my life! People will want to be me!
And then it happens. It's what happens to many of us, and probably you too- that perky, bright hope of kale sits there in my crisper day after day. Each day it gets a little limper, and a little sadder, and as is loses it's shine and it's glory wanes, so goes my gusto. Eventually, it leads to the inevitable, the horrible, painful walk of shame to the trash. All that self righteousness, all that leading the charge, all that holier than thou attitude is replaced with guilt, and shame, and the tragedy of waste. Sad, but all too true.
So here is the good news, are you ready? I stopped trying to eat it. Yup! I don't even think about it too much anymore. Instead I've done something completely radical and so outstanding that I am over-the-moon delighted to tell you about it. I only eat what I love. I'll say that again. I don't eat foods that I "should" eat, I only will eat the healthy foods that turn me on and get me excited. I purchase the best, freshest and absolutely the most stunning foods I can get- and guess what? It makes me joyful and happy.
I only eat the healthy foods that I love, and it makes me joyful and happy.
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