I love goats cheese. And cranberries. I’m pretty intolerant to both unfortunately (you can read about my food intolerance testing on the blog) but sometimes I just like to throw caution to the wind, say fu$k it, and do a number on myself anyway. I’m a rebel moron like that.
Dairy tends to cause me both a pretty immediate gut bloating reaction and a next-few-days skin break out reaction. It’s awesome. Cranberries make my throat all scratchy and itchy, like hayfever, or anaphylaxis. Also awesome. What I have discovered with both of these particular intolerances is that they tend to be dose related. A few cranberries every now and again in my Paleo Hero Muesli, no problem. Cranberry sauce, massive problem. A bit of cheese once every now and then, all good. A piece of cheesecake and I’ll be rolling around on the floor, clutching my guts, looking 9 months pregnant fairly quickly. All great lessons. And still I sometimes say ‘screw this, pass me the gelati’.
1 bunch kale, core removed & shredded
1/2 cup dried cranberries
4-6 radishes, finely sliced
100g goats cheese (omit if you don’t do well with dairy)
good pinch salt
1 tbs apple cider vinegar
3 tbs olive oil
To remove the core from your kale stalks you just pretty much grab the bottom of the stalk and pull upwards toward the tip of the leaf. The leafy bits should come off and the fiberous stem should stay there. It’s no big deal if a few bits of stem end up in there so don’t spend hours doing this. You don’t have time for that $hit. Move on. Add the kale, salt, ACV & olive oil to a big bowl and get in there with your hands, give it a good massage like its had a big day at work. A couple of minutes should do the trick, you just want it to be a little softer so it doesn’t taste like you are eating horse chaff.
Add the rest of the ingredients, give it a little toss & you are good to go. In hindsight, I think some toasted flaked almonds or walnuts would have been awesome in here too. Whatever floats your boat.
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