Guest guest Posted September 28, 2006 Report Posted September 28, 2006 The recipe section does have a whole greens folder and inside it there is a kale folder. Kale is new to me also and I find it better than spinach when cooked up. Chelsea , " strayfeather1 " <otherbox2001 wrote: > > I like it sauteed with olive oil, kalamata olives and a little bit of > red chili flakes. Yum. My friend Brenda makes a nice salad with kale, > smushed avocados and apple cider vinegar, also yum. > > There are also some nice recipes in the Greens file > > hth, > Peace, > Diane > > , " jjoint2001 " <jjoint@> wrote: > > > > I've never had kale before but my hand just reached out and grabbed a > > bunch because the display looked great! It's organic. I don't know > > what to do with it. Any ideas? > > > > TIA > > > > Joan - In Maryland > > > Quote
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2006 Report Posted September 28, 2006 , " chelsea_cheetah " <chelsea_cheetah wrote: > > The recipe section does have a whole greens folder and inside it > there is a kale folder. Kale is new to me also and I find it better > than spinach when cooked up. > > Chelsea Thank you all for your suggestions. I did take your advice and found Kale in the Greens folder. I tried the first recipe - kale and bean soup. All I had were chickpeas (no white beans). When the soup was cooked I used a hand held blender to thicken it. In addition to cayenne pepper I had to add the smoked paprika (I'm addicted to it). Yummy. The kale was very time consuming to prepare. Is chard easier to deal with? Joan - In Maryland Quote
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2006 Report Posted September 28, 2006 That soup sounds yummy. I don't find kale that time consuming to prepare. Was yours really dirty? I just tear mine off the spines and chop and cook. I do the same with chard, rip it off the spines and cook it. Then I chop the spines and throw them in the salad. > Thank you all for your suggestions. I did take your advice and found > Kale in the Greens folder. I tried the first recipe - kale and bean > soup. All I had were chickpeas (no white beans). When the soup was > cooked I used a hand held blender to thicken it. In addition to > cayenne pepper I had to add the smoked paprika (I'm addicted to it). > Yummy. > > The kale was very time consuming to prepare. Is chard easier to deal > with? > > Joan - In Maryland > Quote
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2006 Report Posted September 29, 2006 I prefer chard to kale. I saute the leeaves and stalks. The leaves will soften and the stalks stay a little crunchy, unlike cooked spinch that seems to disappear or kale that stays a little touch. Give it a try. The rainbow chard add nice color to your recipe. Leslie Quote
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2006 Report Posted September 29, 2006 , " strayfeather1 " <otherbox2001 wrote: > > That soup sounds yummy. I don't find kale that time consuming to > prepare. Was yours really dirty? I just tear mine off the spines and > chop and cook. I do the same with chard, rip it off the spines and > cook it. Then I chop the spines and throw them in the salad. I read somewhere to cut the leaves off the spines! That seemed to take forever what with chopping those huge leaves. Never gave a thought to just tearing them off. Then I tossed all of the spines/stems. They would have been good chopped up and added to the dish. The next time, I'll take your suggestions No it wasn't very dirty at all. Joan - In Maryland Quote
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2006 Report Posted October 1, 2006 Kale is probably my favorite green. I never cut the stems off. Just steam them well or they are fibrous. I put kale in a Thai stir fry tonight and they were good along with everything else. GB In , " jjoint2001 " <jjoint wrote: > > , " strayfeather1 " > <otherbox2001@> wrote: > > > > That soup sounds yummy. I don't find kale that time consuming to > > prepare. Was yours really dirty? I just tear mine off the spines and > > chop and cook. I do the same with chard, rip it off the spines and > > cook it. Then I chop the spines and throw them in the salad. > > I read somewhere to cut the leaves off the spines! That seemed to > take forever what with chopping those huge leaves. Never gave a > thought to just tearing them off. Then I tossed all of the > spines/stems. They would have been good chopped up and added to the > dish. The next time, I'll take your suggestions No it wasn't very > dirty at all. > > Joan - In Maryland > Quote
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2006 Report Posted October 1, 2006 errrrr ....... RECIPE PLEASE! LOL, hugs, Chanda - greatyoga Sunday, October 01, 2006 2:43 AM Re: Kale Hey Joan Kale is probably my favorite green. I never cut the stems off. Just steam them well or they are fibrous. I put kale in a Thai stir fry tonight and they were good along with everything else. GB In , " jjoint2001 " <jjoint wrote: > > , " strayfeather1 " > <otherbox2001@> wrote: > > > > That soup sounds yummy. I don't find kale that time consuming to > > prepare. Was yours really dirty? I just tear mine off the spines and > > chop and cook. I do the same with chard, rip it off the spines and > > cook it. Then I chop the spines and throw them in the salad. > > I read somewhere to cut the leaves off the spines! That seemed to > take forever what with chopping those huge leaves. Never gave a > thought to just tearing them off. Then I tossed all of the > spines/stems. They would have been good chopped up and added to the > dish. The next time, I'll take your suggestions No it wasn't very > dirty at all. > > Joan - In Maryland > Quote
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2006 Report Posted October 1, 2006 Hi GB, Now that I think of it, the only green I cut the stems out of is collards. Ron On Behalf Of greatyoga Sunday, October 01, 2006 2:44 AM Re: Kale Hey Joan Kale is probably my favorite green. I never cut the stems off. Just steam them well or they are fibrous. I put kale in a Thai stir fry tonight and they were good along with everything else. GB In @ <%40> , " jjoint2001 " <jjoint wrote: > > @ <%40> , " strayfeather1 " > <otherbox2001@> wrote: > > > > That soup sounds yummy. I don't find kale that time consuming to > > prepare. Was yours really dirty? I just tear mine off the spines and > > chop and cook. I do the same with chard, rip it off the spines and > > cook it. Then I chop the spines and throw them in the salad. > > I read somewhere to cut the leaves off the spines! That seemed to > take forever what with chopping those huge leaves. Never gave a > thought to just tearing them off. Then I tossed all of the > spines/stems. They would have been good chopped up and added to the > dish. The next time, I'll take your suggestions No it wasn't very > dirty at all. > > Joan - In Maryland > Quote
Guest guest Posted October 1, 2006 Report Posted October 1, 2006 , " PuterWitch " <puterwitch wrote: > > errrrr ....... RECIPE PLEASE! I'm not sure wuich recipe you want but the one I made is in the files under " greens. " It is the first one - bean and kale soup. I threw away all of the stems because I didn't know any better. Next time will chop them up and add them to the recipe. I did add my favorite new found spice - Smoked Paprika. Joan - In Maryland Quote
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2006 Report Posted October 3, 2006 I'm glad my lazy cooking habits can help hehehe. Peace, Diane > > I read somewhere to cut the leaves off the spines! That seemed to > take forever what with chopping those huge leaves. Never gave a > thought to just tearing them off. Then I tossed all of the > spines/stems. They would have been good chopped up and added to the > dish. The next time, I'll take your suggestions No it wasn't very > dirty at all. > > Joan - In Maryland > Quote
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