After a couple weeks of heavy-content blog writing, I thought I’d offer something a little shorter and lighter: a kale salad recipe.

Back in later summer/early fall, when Costco sold big clamshells of plums, we had this salad for days.

I have only made this salad 47 times since Christmas, which is probably not far from the truth. The minute I tried this salad (made by my sister for our family over the holidays last year), I was hooked. I make it for every special and non-special occasion now, and many friends who've tried it have asked for the recipe.

I excitedly planted an entire row of beets in our garden this year. After waiting ten weeks, I recently harvested a few of them to check on their size and realized I have a row of tiny beets. Maybe it's because I failed to thin them properly when they began sprouting from the ground, thus not leaving adequate room for them to grow larger.