orange creamsicle kale stem smoothie {giveaway}

Don’t throw out your kale stems! Use them to make this creamy, sweet Orange Creamsicle Kale Stem Smoothie from the beautiful kale cookbook, “Let Them Eat Kale” by Julia Mueller. 

I’ve got a little something special for you today. Well, two things actually. A fabulous smoothie for the weekend and a lovely cookbook giveaway. My friend Julia has written a most fabulous book, Let Them Eat Kale!, all about – you guessed it – kale! I’ve spoken at great lengths about my feelings about kale (hated it, now love it) so I won’t bore you with another long winded story about how kale chips blew my mind and now I just plain can’t get enough of the stuff.

Like I said, I won’t drone on. What I do want to talk about is this wonderful book and it’s fabulous recipes. Especially this Orange Creamsicle Kale Stem Smoothie. You know I am all about smoothies these days, and I was drawn to this recipe because it uses the part of the kale that I usually toss into the compost bin without much thought: the stems. It turns out, kale stems are wonderful in smoothies and are just as full of nutrients as their lovely leafy bits.

Who knew? Well, Julia knew!

Now for the deets on the book: This is not your typical kale book. While it has a few salads (you know I love me a kale salad as seen here and here) I love how Julia really gets into some pretty creative recipes and uses for kale. Especially if you’re someone who doesn’t really groove on kale in it’s au naturale state. “Let Them Eat Kale!” is packed full of breakfast recipes (including smoothies!!), appetizers, side dishes, snacks, salads, soups, stews, chilis, entrees, and spreads.

Besides this smoothie, we’ve tried the Green Apple, Ginger Kale Smoothie (the green smoothie shown in the photos), the Zucchini, Kale and Sage Frittata (you know I love me some frittatas) and the Classic Guacamole with Kale, which was a totally unexpected surprise! We make guacamole almost daily around here so it was a really fun spin on our classic fave.

In addition to to the recipes, Julia breaks down exactly what kale is all about: from nutritional facts to different types of kale and their general uses. So if you are someone who knows that kale is good for you, but are not exactly sure why, this book is for you. All the kale info you need in one place. Easy peasy.

GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED – THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY 🙂

In celebration of this kale-rific cookbook (I know that was lame) I’m hosting a cookbook giveaway provided by the very generous Julia! One lucky Jelly Toast reader will receive a copy of Julia’s new book, “Let Them Eat Kale!” And because I love you all so very much, I am making this as easy as possible to enter. Just leave a comment here on this blog post to enter for your chance to win. That’s it! No more hoops or widgets or following or liking. Just leave a comment. One comment per reader, please and you will have through next Saturday, August 9 at 8:00PM ET to enter. Giveaway open to US residents only. 

Good luck and happy kale eating!

Disclosure: I received a copy of Let Them Eat Kale! to review and share with you. Skyhorse Publishing will be providing the book for the giveaway. All opinions are, as always, 100% my own. This post contains affiliate links.