Healthy, Easy Vegan Kale Recipes

Whether you like raw kale salads, sautéed dishes and stews, or green smoothies, you’ll find these and other easy vegan kale recipes to choose from here. Kale is super-nutritious (and a great source of calcium for the vegan diet) as well as versatile — there aren’t many greens that would work equally well in a warming stew, a raw salad, and a refreshing beverage. It was my favorite green to experiment with when I was working on my book, Wild About Greens. (Photo at right by Susan Voisin, FatFree Vegan Kitchen)

Like its cousin, collard greens, kale is a cruciferous vegetable, the family of veggies that broccoli and cauliflower belong to. It comes in several varieties, the most common of which are the curly-leafed type, laminate (or “dinosaur”), and Russian. Lacinato kale has long, narrow leaves that are a handsome forest green, sometimes blue-green. Russian kale is also curly, with red-tipped leaves with a slightly less sweet flavor than its monochromatic counterpart. In my opinion, though lacinato and Russian kale look appealing, the mild, slightly sweet flavor of the curly variety is the most widely adaptable. Baby kale, if you can get it, is particularly tender and sweet. VegKitchen is host to a wide array of kale recipes. Please explore:

Soups and Stews

• Tuscan White Beans and Winter Greens Soup
• White Bean and Kale Stew with Fennel and Vegan Sausage
• Kale, Yellow Squash, and Sweet Potato Stew

Raw Kale Salads

• Chickpea and Kale Sandwich Spread or Salad
• Southwestern-Flavored Kale Salad
• Kale Salad with Cherries and Lime Dressing
• Raw Sweet Potato and Kale Salad with Coconut-Lime Dressing
• Fruity Kale Salad
• Cranberry Kale Salad

Main Dishes and Sides

• Red Quinoa Pilaf with Kale and Corn
• Festive Kale with Fennel, Cranberries, and Walnuts
• Friendly Vegan Frankfurters & Kale Pizza
• Kale and Cabbage Colcannon
• Tempeh, Kale, and Sweet Potato Skillet
• Noodles with Peanut Sauce, Broiled Kale, and Butternut Squash 
• Stir-Fried Sesame Kale and Red Cabbage
• Cold Sesame-Ginger Soba Noodles and Greens
• Simple Garlicky Greens
• Cranberry Tofu Scramble with Kale and Pumpkin or Butternut Squash
• Stir-Fried Greens with Napa Cabbage and Tofu
• Pasta with Celery, Kale and Walnut Gremolata
• Kale and Cabbage Slaw
• Simple Kale and Quinoa Pilaf
• Pasta with Greens, Chickpeas, and Olives 

Kale Smoothies

• Kale and Banana Smoothie
• Kale, Cucumber, and Pineapple Smooothie
• Burgundy Berry Bliss Smoothie
• Green Velvet Smoothie
• Chia Green Super Smoothie

Baked Kale Chips

• Salt and Vinegar Kale Chips
• Pizza Kale Chips

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