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meals to make with kale

post #1 of 24
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I was inspired by how many people said (in the garlic soup thread) that they don't have a lot of recipes they like to use for making kale so I thought maybe I would post some and others would as well?


The garlic soup recipe is now posted in the thread so that is one and a variation I do on that with homemade stock, rosemary, kale, chicken meat, garlic and lemon....I leave out the mashed potatoes and use it for sickness.

I also really like to make a pot of brown rice and serve it with kale that I cook in butter, sesame oil, bone broth with garlic and a couple of Tbspns of ACV salt and pepper and then roasted spaghetti squash. I just mix the kale and squash and rice together and butter it liberally and then sprinkle gomazio(toasted sesame seeds and sea salt) on and a little tamari. This is so good to me. My husband likes it the meat from the stock on his but I like it with no meat.

Another household fave is taking baked potatoes and topping them a cream sauce I make with heavy cream and mustard and garlic(lots, like 5-6 large cloves chopped) and a little white wine or stock and then I sautee some kale and ham with fennel seeds and add that to the sauce and then dump it all over the baked poatoes.

I also make a tuna and kale pasta sauce with italian canned tomatoes, garlic, white wine, lemon zest, kale, solid white tuna and capers that I serve over pasta(not very TF) and top with parm. Everyone lkikes it, but like I said, its not very TF.....we use w/w pasta.

Can't wait to see what everyone else does with their kale!
post #2 of 24
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thought of one more thing I do with it.
I take a muffin tin and line the cups with ham slices and then drop an egg in each one and top them with parm and bake them leaving the yolk soft.
Then I take some cooked beans and kale cooked with garlic and a little ACV and sourdough toast and I butter the toast and lay it on a plate. I put the beans on the toast and then a little of the kale and then I top each one with an egg cup or two and top that with sriracha sauce.
post #3 of 24
I usually just throw it in whatever soup I'm making (adds a lot of depth and flavor to the broth!) or boil and eat with garlic and olive oil (goes great with scrambled eggs).
post #4 of 24
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kale and eggs really is a perfect match, I love it too!
post #5 of 24
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Originally Posted by sisteeesmama View Post
kale and eggs really is a perfect match, I love it too!
I had kale w/ potatoes and eggs this morning for breakfast. It's really good with a little sriracha and some dulse flakes. Kale and potatoes is a favorite at our house!

I make a potato salad with kielbasa and kale that is really good. And we eat it a lot just sauteed with some bacon and onions as a side. And in soups. And, of course, the kale chips.

I buy four bunches of lacinato kale every other week; it's a staple in our house!
post #6 of 24
I toast a couple Tbsp. sesame seeds in some kind of fat (bacon grease, butter, schmaltz, whatever) in a large skillet over medium heat, when they're a little bit browned I add a handful of cashews and let them toast lightly, then add a pile of washed and chopped kale, a splash of shoyu or tamari, a splash of rice vinegar, a drizzle of toasted sesame oil, and mirin if I have it, cook while stirring until the kale is wilted. I'll sometimes add a tiny bit of water or stock if it starts to get too dry while cooking (it can get too bitter for me if it burns or dries too much). Sometimes I add garlic to this, too, at the same time as the kale is added. This works with collard greens also, although that sometimes needs a slightly longer cooking time.
post #7 of 24
You guys are so fancy with it lol. I just put mine in my salad (which is the most awesome salad ever BTW) and sneak a couple of leafs into the veggie dip I make for my kiddos. I never thought to cook it.
post #8 of 24
My favorite is to chop it up and add it to fried rice.
post #9 of 24
mmmh I love kale. can't wait to try some of these.

my tip is: you can use the whole stem too, it just cooks slower. Slice it super thin, and add it first if you can't (its ok if you can't). yummy.

I love to saute kale in some fat and salt (until it doesn't taste bitter), and then add that to whatever soup or saute or by itself.

I love to saute kale and onions together with salt and pepper of course, add some tomatos (fresh or canned) and make little wells in the delicious mess, then break an egg into each, and pop it in the oven until the eggs are done. its amazing.

I steam the kale and toss it with vinegar and fat and salt and pepper. Its a little tough, but tasty. (any ideas on how to make this less tough? I invented it when I was craving kale but didn't know how to cook it, and thought all veggies steamed great (brussel sprouts don't steam... lol). its tasty, but the texture could be improved.)

I had the most amazing raw kale salad with a brazilnut garlic creamy dressing. I'm hoping to get the recipe from a friend, and can share it.
post #10 of 24

Lots of great suggestions in here; looking forward to trying them all!
post #11 of 24
I've got kale in my fridge right now, I love it but I don't love it so much raw! I'm taking notes
post #12 of 24
Ooooh, I just made a really good recipe- roasted kale and yams.

Dice garlic, fry over medium heat with 2 - 3 tbsps olive oil in a 12" or larger frying pan. Dice 2 yams about 1 cm^3, put in. Roast yams until fairly soft, but not quite ready. Chop up one bunch kale. Take canned chickpeas, or pre-cooked chickpeas, and add these and kale in with the yams and garlic. Stir well, and add olive oil as needed. Keep cooking until kale is wilted and yams are soft, stirring very often. Salt to taste.

In a separate pan, roast some raw cashews until brown.

Remove cashews and yam pan from heat, dump in a big ceramic bowl, put in fridge to cool for about 10 minutes. Add something like 2 - 3 oz. crumbled feta.

Stir.

ENJOY. Mmmmmmmm!
post #13 of 24
I really only like it in soup, add to any good veggie stew near to end and it's fine. Or spinach, though that's more versatile to me, can go in eggs or pizza or tomato sauce and be yummy.
post #14 of 24
I saved the base of the kale bunch I bought to try out sisteeesmama's recipe, the part that was all stalk. I tossed it into my chicken stock that I made yesterday. I'm thinking that added some good nutrients.

I wonder if the kind of kale matters. I was in Wal-Mart the other day and walked through the produce and saw the kale, and remembered that's what I had bought a couple years ago-the first time I'd tried making kale. It was tough and awful. But last week I bought 'flowering kale' at Safeway and it looks different, and cooked up great. What is lacinato kale?

Whatever the reason, I'm a convert now! A bunch of kale will be added to each week's shopping list!

AAahhhh, crud. I see kale is on the Dirty Dozen:
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/health/...to-buy-organic
Time to go into my health food store and crack a whip.
post #15 of 24
I put kale, chard & collards in everything. I chop it up, saute in butter with onions & add it to our scrambled eggs with some raw cheddar (or w/o the cheddar.) I add it to "tacos" - ground meat with onions, garlic, cumin, salt & greens. Soup, of course. I chop it up & mix it in with ground meat before cooking burgers. I serve it plain, sauteed in butter & garlic with salt next to salmon, beef, chicken, etc. Heck, you could probably even add it to sweet muffins sort of in a zucchini bread type way.
post #16 of 24
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Ohhh, I'm loving all these yummy ideas and thanks for the recipes!

KristaDJ, you are so funny! Try cooking it, you might like it! Also, what is in this AWESOME salad, I need to know?!
post #17 of 24
Lacinato kale

"Lacinato, black, or Dino kale is very dark green, with remarkably firm, deeply ridged leaves. This kale takes a bit longer to cook than other greens; the upside of which is that the leaves hold their shape even under long cooking times, making it a great addition to soups and stews."
post #18 of 24
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Originally Posted by sisteeesmama View Post
Ohhh, I'm loving all these yummy ideas and thanks for the recipes!

KristaDJ, you are so funny! Try cooking it, you might like it! Also, what is in this AWESOME salad, I need to know?!
Well, since you asked..... I guess I could tell you. LOL J/k I love this salad so much I want to tell strangers on the street about it.
I dice a ripe peach and an entire avocado and toss them in a huge salad bowl. Then wash and cut two-four lacinato kale leaves, a couple of huge leaves of rainbow chard and some romaine hearts or red lettuce. Throw them in the bowl and salt generously. I've put other greens in as well but this is what is consistently available to me. The most important part though is the dressing. I put a tablespoon of raw unfiltered ACV and a tablespoon of local honey in 1/3c olive oil and mix it briskly then dump it on the salad. Then chop some raw almonds and throw em on top and mix the salad with your fingers. Then, if you're me, sit down and eat the entire thing and feel wonderful about it. If you're not me you might want to share or something.
post #19 of 24
The only recipe I had ever used it in was zuppa toscana. I really like the garlic soup recipe though and now want to try putting kale in more of my soups.
post #20 of 24
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Originally Posted by KristaDJ View Post
Well, since you asked..... I guess I could tell you. LOL J/k I love this salad so much I want to tell strangers on the street about it.
I dice a ripe peach and an entire avocado and toss them in a huge salad bowl. Then wash and cut two-four lacinato kale leaves, a couple of huge leaves of rainbow chard and some romaine hearts or red lettuce. Throw them in the bowl and salt generously. I've put other greens in as well but this is what is consistently available to me. The most important part though is the dressing. I put a tablespoon of raw unfiltered ACV and a tablespoon of local honey in 1/3c olive oil and mix it briskly then dump it on the salad. Then chop some raw almonds and throw em on top and mix the salad with your fingers. Then, if you're me, sit down and eat the entire thing and feel wonderful about it. If you're not me you might want to share or something.

That really does sound good.....but peaches are not whats going on here, snow is what's going on here. BLECH!
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