I found these stems of kale with bits of gold spray paint while at the grocery store last week. The colours are quite nice, and while I'm a bit tired of eating kale I don't mind decorating with it.
These days I just want to eat potatoes, must be the cold weather.
This is currently my favourite easy potato dish because it's a one-stop shop, you've got your layers of vegetables, beans, some cashew cream thrown in with dried herbs and then a layer of potatoes on the top.
I sautéed leeks, added a can of adzuki beans, stirred in a couple of tablespoons of cashew cream along with salt, pepper, thyme and basil, then added in great big handfuls of chopped spinach.
Stir through until the spinach wilts, turn off the burner, and then start placing down a pleasing pattern of sliced potatoes. Red potatoes work well for this type of dish because they hold their texture.
Before this heads into a 325 oven I sprinkle it with some dried parsley, more salt and pepper, nutritional yeast and some olive oil.
Bake about half an hour with the lid on (or foil over top) until about the last ten minutes (might be longer for you, my oven is very hot). The ten minutes at the end with the lid or foil off will ensure a nice browning up of the potatoes.
The sight of potatoes cooked to golden brown perfection will make even the vegetable-averse run over to the dinner table.
Monday today, and it does feel like one too. I've got laundry, mending, bill-paying and soup-making on my list today. Also a trip over to the small market because our cupboards seem to be bare.
But first I have to get Lil Rascal to school on time, wish me luck!
Hope your week starts off as well as it possibly can,
xoxDani
