Massaged kale is a recipe that you want to make with the freshest kale possible – either freshly harvested from your garden or made the same day as market. To make massaged kale: tear up kale into bit sized pieces and place in a large bowl. Drizzle the kale with olive oil and either some lemon juice or apple cider vinegar. Add a sprinkle of sea salt and start massaging. Work the oil, salt, and lemon juice or vinegar into the kale with your hands making sure that every piece of kale is massaged and tender. Depending on the quantity and the kale this can take anywhere from two to ten minutes. Taste throughout the process and add more oil, salt, and lemon juice or apple cider vinegar as needed (the salt and acid of the lemon juice or vinegar help break the kale down and make it tender).

Once the kale is tender, season to taste. I like my massaged kale drizzled with sesame oil and a pinch of ground hot peppers. Alternately you can drizzle with tamari and add some freshly grated ginger, or all of the above. Enjoy!

Dandelion vinegar can be made with dandelion greens, flowers, or both. To make dandelion vinegar, harvest a bunch of dandelion from an untreated field. Wash and thoroughly dry your harvest and place it in a glass jar. Pour apple cider vinegar over the dandelion to cover. Cover and let the jar sit in a cool dark place for at least one month.

I like to use the vinegar as a salad dressing with a splash of olive oil and some salt and pepper. The pickled greens are great in salads or on their own!

Makes One Gallon

Harvest and pit 3# of local pie cherries when ripe.

Blend half of these cherries with some cream and sugar from the recipe.

Retain half of these cherries for mixing in later.

Mix together: 2 quarts of heavy whipping cream, 1 quart half and half, two cups

organic sugar or honey, and 4 eggs (previously warmed to 165 degrees), the

blended cream, sugar and pie cherries above, and the rest of the pitted unblended

pie cherries above.

Put mixture into one gallon hand cranked ice cream freezer.

Turn freezer in an ice and salt mixture until ice cream is frozen.

Store ice cream in the freezer until eaten.

My name is Lenda and we are in the process of opening a retail outlet in Durango. We are featuring local/Colorado food producers and I am looking for someone that sells pickles. I hope I have found the right source. Please contact me. I would like to find out if you are interested in selling wholesale and if so I would like to have a sample of some of your merchandise and a copy of your wholesale price list.

Look forward to hearing from you,

Lenda Burk
Mountain Air Gourmet Co.
600 Main Ave., Ste 102
Durango, CO 81301
970-884-7800/970-389-0090