We’re moving in two days and therefore clearing out the refrigerator and freezer. On today’s menu: a Costco (ie giant) bag of “baby kale” that needed to get cooked. As it cooked down in a pan with a tiny splash of oil, I decided to riff on a lazy mom’s vegan palak paneer. I added salt, onion & garlic powder, cumin, turmeric, paprika, ginger, curry powder, and a dash of lemon juice. After they cooked down, I slid the greens over to the side, squeezed a block of extra firm tofu into the sink, then crumbled it into the pan. I mixed everting together so the spicy kale juices would soak into the tofu. After it cooled off a bit, I scooped the half of the greens and tofu into my blender, blend, repeat with second half. I held some of the tofu crumbles aside to be the faux paneer. After blending, I stirred in a substantial pour of nutritional yeast.

This would almost definitely be better with caramelized onions and garlic instead of powder. 🙂 And probably some hot pepper of some kind. And go light on that lemons juice (I may have overdone it. A bit. A big bit.)

Also, you would probably be better served blending the kale and tofu up before cooking (as I’m pretty sure you’re not supposed to put hot foods into blenders….).

All in all though, the texture was great and the flavor had potential (if I hadn’t overdone it). I think almond or pistachio pieces on top would be great, but again, lazy.

Have to say I feel WAY healthy after eating this for lunch.