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Okay, now you’re going to have to bear with me on this one. I know that kale and chickpeas might not sound like the tastiest things ever – they’re very vegetarian sounding (and I say that as a vegetarian). All you need is some added tofu and perhaps some quinoa, and you’ve gone full-blown flower child, hugging trees and playing a tambourine.
But trust me. This dish was delish. A delish dish, if you will.
Perhaps you’ll be convinced when I tell you about all the garlic, and the cream, and the cheeeeese in this creamed kale! As I said when I posted the portobello and kale quinoa bake – if there’s any way that kale is going to be made completely and utterly irresistible, it’s going to be by smothering it in cream. It tooootally…
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