Eat your greens!

Spring time is the perfect time to eat more greens.  Here's a really delicious and easy to make salad using Lacinato (aka Dino) Kale.  I learned this technique from Ed Brown during his visit to Columbus last year. 

Finely chop the kale (stems and all) and put in a bowl (you'll need room to manuever so make it a big big bowl).  You'll be tasting as you go.  Toss in some salt (not too much...you can add more as you taste) and start squeezing the kale with your hands.  The salt will help the bring out the moisture from the leaves as they soften and turn a lovely emerald green.  Taste.  From here anything goes.  Just add and squeeze and taste until it's just right for you. 

Things you could add:
Lemon
honey
ginger
dried pepper or a little cayenne

A friend of Ed's calls this squeezing technique "hand frying".  Once you're done with that part and the taste is to your satisfaction you can stir in other stuff like:

sunflower seeds
nuts
dried fruit
fresh fruit
radishes
avocado

I love this salad so much I'll squeeze up a bunch for lunch!

ps:  you can use regular kale too but you'll have to remove the stems before finely chopping the leaves.