Comments on: Kale and Purple Cabbage Salad

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 04 May 2013 11:14:11 +0000

Scrumptious! Used baby kale from garden. Didn’t have red cabbage so used green cabbage and 1 small purple carrot and 1 small orange carrot. Also added some sliced red radishes as I had heaps in the garden. Colours were beautiful and tasted fantastic! Thanks heaps for the recipe.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:53:28 +0000

Delicious! 1st time having kale (new res. is to try new foods!) and decided to try it with this recipe. Soooooo good. I was definitely skeptical as I thought I’d prefer it cooked more like spinach. My husband and I loved it in addition to our 4 year old-I couldn’t get the other 3 to try but some day : ). Thanks for turning us on to kale!

By: PJ

PJ — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:43:13 +0000

Agree with the massaging of the kale. I use my Misto and lightly spray it with olive oil. Makes it so much more yummy. A lady at our WW meeting said something this past weekend about “romancing the vegetables” when the get boring. I’s say massaging it falls in that category! Make the veggies interesting and they go down a lot easier. This recipe sounds great and I too would count as 4. Thanks!

By: Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:00:48 +0000

I have a suggestion. Since several have mentioed the kale’s bitterness, I am going to try the salad with baby kale. It doesn’t have the same bitterness or tough ribs of mature kale. I’ve used it in other salads and it was delicious.

By: roni

roni — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:17:26 +0000

Thanks for looking up Eva and I was told the same thing. Count it which way it works for you. I would err on the side of caution and over count, which is why I’ll always provide the highest possible point value.

By: EvaNadine

EvaNadine — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:37:10 +0000

I was wondering the same thing as Ann, so I threw it into my recipe builder. 7 points, indeed.
Raw fruits/veggies on their own are 0 points, but keep in mind they are only 0 points because WW decided to make it so — they still have the nutritional elements that comprise the points. So when they are used in recipes with other ingredients, the points add up.

I asked my meeting leader about this, and we decided that you can count it either way — do what works for you. If your body doesn’t put on weight by using the lower point count, go for it. But if it does, you may want to use the higher point count.

By: roni

roni — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:43:28 +0000

Ann – I agree with you and forgot to put up my WW disclaimer. I only calculate points based on total Nutritional Information. With old points that almost always matched “estimates” with new points they are off between 1-3. I never got an answer from WW about the discrepancy and I believe if you punch the ingredients of this salad in the recipe builder it will give you 7. I’d love it if someone could verify.

I’m not saying it’s right, I’m saying I’d rather provide the same points WW would based on the recipe builder than falsely advertise something as lower in points based on only my opinion.

That being said, I agree, you could probably count this as less.

I should note: This is another reason I’m not counting or following the PointsPlus. It’s not as intuitive for me. I miss Flex. :(

By: ann

ann — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:37:04 +0000

I love all your recipes, and your weight loss success. I really dont see how you got 7 wwpp for this salad. The oil has 1 pt,and honey has 1 point and the sunflower seeds have 2 pts. 0 ppts for the other ingredients . I’ve been going to wt watchers and I would give it 4 pp. Thanks for all your neat recipes.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:33:52 +0000

Try massaging the kale to make it even more tender, it loses some bitterness and tastes great!

By: tj

tj — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:02:56 +0000

That sounds fantastic! :)