Get ready for the McDonald's McKale salad!!

ninerbuff
ninerbuff Posts: 48,974 Member
edited May 2015 in Food and Nutrition
McDonald's is apparently looking to add kale to it's menu.

http://www.tylerpaper.com/TP-Business/219201/mcdonalds-new-ingredient-would-you-like-some-mckale-with-that

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  • Afura
    Afura Posts: 2,054 Member
    Well they're testing it in SoCal, so it may work out. Wait, that just says the breakfast bowls, I want my McKale salad!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,974 Member
    bump
  • Lizzy622
    Lizzy622 Posts: 3,705 Member
    You have to go to Canada for the salad.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,974 Member
    burmp
  • kristydi
    kristydi Posts: 781 Member
    edited May 2015
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    I didn't like kale salad when one of the best cooks I know made it. I'm pretty sure I don't want to even try McDonald's version. Honestly, why don't they just do what they do better? Make better burgers and fries and improve customer service to the point that I don't want to scream every time I go there.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/mcdonald-s-bringing-3-kale-salads-to-canada-1.2363108

    I had to google...wow...hmmm

    First and last time I had kale it was in a smoothie that got dumped down the sink...it smelled like I imagine dirty potato peelings would taste....ick

    However I do enjoy a good salad from there or DQ...the grilled chicken salad at dq is about 360 calories and a tonne of protein.
  • HeySwoleSister
    HeySwoleSister Posts: 1,938 Member
    Kale has jumped the shark. Hipsters everywhere are frantically scraping the "Eat more Kale" stickers off of their Priuses or velocipedes or banjo cases.

    Anyone want to call what's next?
  • PeachyPlum
    PeachyPlum Posts: 1,243 Member
    Well... I have zero room to poke fun. We served kale at our wedding. In our defense, the reception was held at a farm to table style restaurant and we had no idea what was being served until we arrived.

    But really? The salad was amazing.

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    Still wouldn't eat kale at McDonald's though.
  • PiSquared
    PiSquared Posts: 148 Member
    Oh, Kale. I will never love you like I love spinach. Honestly, I just don't like the taste of kale all that much, particularly raw kale. It's a bit too bitter and earthy for me. I mean, I won't immediately spit it out if it's in a dish, but I'm not going to order a big bowl of kale for dinner.

    I tried kale smoothies a while ago when I was trying to use up the bales and bales of kale we were getting from our CSA. I figured that if I had enough other yummy things mixed in with the smoothie, I probably wouldn't notice the kale. I was wrong. The kale remained. Smoothies were finished, but that was the end of my kale smoothie experimentation. I don't mind kale in soups, as it tastes basically like any other soup green. I even like it coated with olive oil and a bit of salt and roasted in the oven. Good for what it is, but don't try to sell me on kale chips. Kale is not a substitute for standard potato chips, no matter what health conscious people have to say.

    I'm with the previous posters. I do not go to McDonald's for a healthy meal. I'm glad they have some more nutritious options, but I can't imagine what fast food kale is going to taste like.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    I'm already over it
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    I had the best kale salad at a vegan food truck - it had beets, sunflower seeds, and some kind of lemon vinaigrette. Slammin'
    If you use kale, the texture and taste is better when you massage the leaves with olive oil and let it sit for a while. I use baby kale, which is milder.
  • Tubbs216
    Tubbs216 Posts: 6,597 Member
    I like kale, don't love it. It's just another salad ingredient. I do like kale chips, when done right.
    I would probably try a Mckale salad.

    Peachyplum - your wedding salad looks delicious. What kind of cheese is that on top?
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    and now I'm sad.
  • SuggaD
    SuggaD Posts: 1,369 Member
    Kale is awesome, but I wouldn't want a McKale salad.
  • JPW1990
    JPW1990 Posts: 2,424 Member
    My neighbor got a juicer to help her get more veggies in during chemo. I was there one day, and there was a horrible smell like the motor in the juicer was burning out. She told me it was just the kale. That smell is the instant association I have with it now, in any form, and I can't get past it.
  • 1shauna1
    1shauna1 Posts: 993 Member
    Kind of exciting....although I haven't seen them or any advertising in Canada yet. But I'll probably try them, I do like a kale salad!
  • alves_patricia
    alves_patricia Posts: 16 Member
    edited May 2015
    I work at McDonald's (Canada) and the new salads started yesterday. It's not only kale lol ! The base is a mix between romaine lettuce, a spring mix and kale ! The mix-ins are pretty good IMO. The only downsides are the dressings (like usual) that aren't worth the cals IMO so I would just sub them with something low cal from a random grocery store or a pack of hot mustard.
  • mwyvr
    mwyvr Posts: 1,883 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    McDonald's is apparently looking to add kale to it's menu.

    Would you like fries with your McKale? Super size them?

  • AlabasterVerve
    AlabasterVerve Posts: 3,171 Member
    I think it's great for those who live on convenience foods to have affordable options but the only thing I'd ever order from a McDonalds is a hamburger and french fries.
  • softblondechick
    softblondechick Posts: 1,275 Member
    Stop it. McDonald's can't even do a decent burger.

    They have lost their way to brand identity. Which is why we go to In and Out Burger or Five Guys. Now, Kale? Forget it.
  • MissBoo2015
    MissBoo2015 Posts: 18 Member
    a fast food place to get nutritious food? no thanks mackys
  • rjmudlax13
    rjmudlax13 Posts: 900 Member
    The terrorists have truly won.
  • HeySwoleSister
    HeySwoleSister Posts: 1,938 Member
    Kale is probably a good veg for fast food...that stuff keeps forever and is very forgiving of fluctuating fridge temps. Not like fine field greens or looseleaf lettuce that freezes and wilts if you look at it funny.

    Still not ordering it at McDs. I am firmly on record as a hashbrown-only girl when visiting the Golden Arches.
  • besaro
    besaro Posts: 1,858 Member
    just because its a fad/trendy doesnt make it terrible. if you like it, eat it, if not, dont. good grief. much out of nothing?
  • jhamptonsleboda
    jhamptonsleboda Posts: 23 Member
    PeachyPlum wrote: »
    Well... I have zero room to poke fun. We served kale at our wedding. In our defense, the reception was held at a farm to table style restaurant and we had no idea what was being served until we arrived.

    But really? The salad was amazing.

    1wdzawpteeeo.jpg


    Still wouldn't eat kale at McDonald's though.

    This looks divine!
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,031 Member
    PeachyPlum wrote: »
    Well... I have zero room to poke fun. We served kale at our wedding. In our defense, the reception was held at a farm to table style restaurant and we had no idea what was being served until we arrived.

    But really? The salad was amazing.

    1wdzawpteeeo.jpg


    Still wouldn't eat kale at McDonald's though.

    The presentation looks lovely. I think Kale needs massaging and a nice light dressing (homemade) to really be appreciated. To eat it plain without massaging it makes it taste hard and strange. When adding it for a salad just a bit of oil and vinegar and just as the word means run your hands across it and it gets less tough.

    I took a couple Coop classes at my local Health Food store and it was fabulous, I didn't think I liked it either until is was done this way. But only when you find the right person to fix it up and learn how yourself. But some might never like it.... there's always some other dark green out there to use. :)
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,031 Member
    besaro wrote: »
    just because its a fad/trendy doesnt make it terrible. if you like it, eat it, if not, dont. good grief. much out of nothing?

    @besaro lol I have noticed quite a lot of Kale hate around here ...I agree with you. Eat it. Don't Eat it.
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,031 Member
    Queenmunchy wrote: »
    I had the best kale salad at a vegan food truck - it had beets, sunflower seeds, and some kind of lemon vinaigrette. Slammin'
    If you use kale, the texture and taste is better when you massage the leaves with olive oil and let it sit for a while. I use baby kale, which is milder.

    oops, I missed your post before I wrote mine up. I agree :)
  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    edited May 2015
    HeySwoleSister wrote: »
    Kale has jumped the shark. Hipsters everywhere are frantically scraping the "Eat more Kale" stickers off of their Priuses or velocipedes or banjo cases.

    Anyone want to call what's next?

    Kohlrabi.

    I shudder to think of kale at McDonald's. They would NOT bother getting the stem out.

    I feel ashamed for actually liking the stuff now, but I WAS A KALE HIPSTER.

  • HeySwoleSister
    HeySwoleSister Posts: 1,938 Member
    mamapeach910 wrote: »
    HeySwoleSister wrote: »
    Kale has jumped the shark. Hipsters everywhere are frantically scraping the "Eat more Kale" stickers off of their Priuses or velocipedes or banjo cases.

    Anyone want to call what's next?

    Kohlrabi.

    I shudder to think of kale at McDonald's. They would NOT bother getting the stem out.

    I feel ashamed for actually liking the stuff now, but I WAS A KALE HIPSTER.

    My Northern CSA-share-having self is well acquainted with kohlrabi. I could do with more recipes, TBH.

    Cauliflower and sweet potatoes have their share of fad adherents, but they don't have their own bumper sticker. You don't get to be declared the Official Hipster Vegetable until it's available on a bumper sticker. Or, alternatively, an ironically ugly retro iron-on patch.

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