Any ideas/recipes for kale?!
Any ideas/recipes for kale?
I like kale, it is apparently a 'superfood' and full of vitamins and antioxidants. Does anyone have any ideas on how to include it in recipes or make it interesting on its own? I'm on a diet so no fat please - like adding nuts or dressing. Any replies are welcomed!!!
Answers:
PORTUGUESE KALE SOUP
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic
1/2 cup diced onions
1/2 cup diced carrots
1 bunch kale, stemmed and roughly chopped
6 ounces chopped chourico (spicy Portuguese sausage), or chorizo
3 bay leaves
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme leaves
6 cups beef stock
1 cup kidney beans
6 ounces diced tomatoes
10 ounces diced potatoes
In a large stock pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, onions, and carrots and cook for 5 minutes. Add the kale, chourico, bay leaves, parsley and thyme and mix well. Add the beef stock, beans and tomatoes. Bring the soup to a boil, and then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 30 to 40 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, bring salted water to a boil and add the diced potatoes. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain the potatoes and add them to the soup. Remove the bay leaves and serve hot.
I usually make a raspberry vinagerette with walnuts fresh not the bottle kind.
I use a cup of fresh rapsberries blended with vinegar and add the walnuts.
You can make you own dressings without additional oils and fresh ingredients. Good Luck!
try sauteing it in a little white wine with salt and pepper. or try making a vinaigrette or including it in salads
I love this recipe, tho it does have some olive oil - which is not all bad for you. I guess you could "sweat" the onions and garlic in a little water til wilted too . .
Stir-fried Kale
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup bread crumbs, toasted (easy to do in a dry skillet)
3 bunches kale, washed, dried and chopped
1-2 tablespoons lemon juice or balsamic vinegar, to taste
Heat oil over medium high heat in a large frying pan. Add onions, cook and stir until soft. Add garlic and cook and stir one more minute.
Add kale and a splash of water. Cover and cook until kale is wilted and shiny.
Add bread crumbs, lemon juice or balsamic, salt and pepper, and serve.
this is good with cabbage too.