Recipes to help you sleep

If you’re hoping to get a better night’s sleep, try adding some of these sleep-enhancing foods to your diet. Studies have shown tart cherry juice and jasmine rice, and the nutrients in fish, yogurt, whole grains, kale, bananas, chickpeas and fortified cereals to lead to a more restful night’s sleep. Enjoy our healthy recipes for some of these sleep-enhancing foods for a delicious meal that might help you sleep more soundly.

1.  Hearty Kale Salad

A riff on the classic warm spinach-and-bacon salad, this recipe features thin ribbons of kale instead. Any variety of kale works, but flatter-leaf lacinato kale makes it extra-special.

INGREDIENTS

• 6 cups very thinly sliced kale (about ½ large bunch), tough stems removed (see Note)
• 2 hard-boiled eggs (see Tip), coarsely chopped
• 2 slices center-cut bacon
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1½ cups sliced button mushrooms
• 2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
• 2 teaspoons whole-grain mustard
• ¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• ⅛ teaspoon salt
• Place Kale in a large bowl.
• Cook Onion until soft.  Add mushrooms and cook for two minutes.  Add red-wine vinegar, whole-grain mustard and salt and pepper.  Pour over kale and bacon.