Massaged Kale Salad

All you need:

2 bunches of kale

½ cup freshly grated Parmesan Cheese

1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil

¼ cup Hy-Vee lemon juice

3 large cloves garlic, minced

1 Tablespoon soy sauce or Dijon mustard

½ teaspoon ground pepper

¼ teaspoon salt                    

All you do:

1. Strip leaves from the stems, discard stems.  Wash and dry the leaves. Tear the leaves into small pieces and place in a large bowl. Add Parmesan cheese, oil, lemon juice, garlic, soy sauce,pepper and salt.
2. With clean hands, firmly massage and crush the greens to work in the flavors. Stop when volume is reduced by half. The greens will look a little darker and shiny.

Nutrition facts: 185 calories, 15 g fat (3 g sat fat, 10 g mono) 6 mg chol, 9 g carbo, 5 g protein 234% Vitamin A, 159% Vitamin C, Calcium 18%

 Makes 6 servings