Kale?

[becca]

Yeah, that is what I did, but no preboiling. 

Adrienne, last kale I had, was that bag from TJ's.  I am sure I did not trim it.  Maybe too many stems were my problem, but I forget.  I have tried it a few times(sauteed) from various sources.  Maybe my best bet is the chips and slipping some into a smoothie!

[nameless]

yeah - I was kinda pissed at the Trader Joes bag of kale...I won't buy it again. Hello --- TRIM THE STEM!!! the whole middle thick part going up the leaf needs to be removed before eating!

Adrienne

[CMdeux]

I'm guessing that one could use frozen kale for this one, but we usually use kale in the following:

Portugese kale soup (linguica/white beans, garlic, stock, potato chunks, and LOTS of kale...)

Kale Calzone-- like a great big kale turnover, filled with finely chopped kale, ricotta (or cottage cheese if you're cheap like us), a little mozzarella, sweet onions, and mushrooms (or not, if you're feeding DD).  This is SO yummy.

Yeah, took one look at the TJ's bagged kale and said...Uhhhhhhh, NO.  Kale stems are good for rabbits.  Not peoples.

[Stinky6]

I just chew the stems - when I make the chips

I've never seen ffrozen....I would throw it in a fritatatatatatataa

[Macabre]

Save the frittatas! 

Sorry--couldn't resist.

Floppy adores the entire kale leaf, but kale is a "sometimes food" for him, because the calcium is bad for his little bunny kidneys (he's in renal failure).  We used to give it to him one week on, two weeks off and now it's once a month or less.  It is bunny crack. And cheap, to boot!

[Macabre]

Just thought I'd post a pic of dinner tonight. 





DH sauteed some leeks and hmmmm something else.  Then he eventually added the kale. And to that some white balsamic vinegar and a little bit of brown sugar.  Really yummy, but I wish he'd cooked the kale longer. 

[Princess Cheese]

Does anyone here use kale?  I've been told you can add it to virtually any foods because it absorbs the taste from other foods and then it won't taste like Kale.. (which is what I need for my kids and I!)
(Not sure if I posted this in the correct location)

[YouKnowWho]

We use fresh and frozen kale all of the time (PictSweet)

I use it in chicken soup, veggie soup, etc.  I saute it with onions, onions or bacon (to cheat, I will just slop bacon drippings in there).  It's great with malt vinegar or apple cider (we don't have malt in the house because DH has goofed and contaminated DS1's food several times but that is a gluten issue, not nuts) or hot sauce. 

Word to the wise about the fresh kale.  Glory does a great job of washing, but I do a quick rinse anyway.  If you are buying fresh, unpackaged kale, wash, wash, and wash again.  Like many greens, it is sandy.

[twinturbo]

I use fresh. Not a snob just too lazy to find it frozen. I usually use it in soups, and now for curry adding at the last minute before I eat or serve it. I like beet greens and mustard greens sauteed but not kale for some reason.

[Scout]

my kids will eat it every day if I do this.

sauté a little garlic in olive oil, sun dried tomatoes if you like them.

add kale and some broth, cover to steam....

the love it.....love it.

[twinturbo]

Virtually any green veggie we cook is sautéed in garlic or ginger with oil with a pinch of salt. I know OP wants to disguise the taste but I think once you try a stronger green with some garlic and salt you'd grow to really love the taste.

There's also the ubiquitous yuppie badge of foodism, The Kale Chip. Having grown up with nori sheets for snacking I find kale chips overrated but to each his own.

[Princess Cheese]

Thanks for all the ideas!!!  A friend of mine gave me kale "chips" recipe... I need to try all of these.

[krasota]

We eat it all the time.  But it always tastes like kale.  That's fine, we love kale.

[Macabre]

Awe these kale threads.  In fact maybe we should merge this thread with the first one.

Kale?

http://allergy.hyperboards.com/action/view_topic/topic_id/16288/start/1

[hezzier]

Got this in my email this morning.  I must be in the mood for kale soup after becca posted her recipe...here are some more recipes with kale.  The grilled cheese with caramelized onions and kale sounded particularly good also.


http://www.cookinglight.com/food/in-season/kale-recipes-00412000074204/?iid=newsletter-ck-020514&PromKey=XET