Kale! The God of Superfoods!

Hornsby wrote: »

I prefer spinach over kale.

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richln wrote: »

synacious wrote: »

Oh, that's like the air diet! Except instead of replacing your snacks with kale, you swallow air for a snack. My mom's friend lost over 2.5 stone!

If you do this with helium, you can lose weight even faster!

...not to mention talk funny.

Huzzah for veggie puns! Get a chard on!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=YfblU3FbZ7M

I personally much prefer spinach, i can eat it raw straight out of the bag. I don't like the texture and bitterness of kale.

NobodiesGirl wrote: »

Has anybody else heard of the kale diet? Basically you just add kale to your diet i.e snack on that instead of other foods. My mams friend added it to her diet last year and lost over 2 stone! Anyway has anybody else had a similar result or experience with this green God?

I hate to burst your bubble, but......

The reason that person lost over 2 stone is not because of the kale but because she ate at a calorie deficit. Kale, along with a whole lot of other foods, have less calories, and your mother's friend chose to replace higher calorie foods with lower calorie foods.

I say this as I eat a delicious kale salad for dinner. Very tasty!

I love kale. I had some Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and having some today for lunch. I tried the kale chips, they did not do much for me. My mama cooked kale with smoked turkey and it was the bomb.com

Kale's okay. I like many other greens (including collards, which are amazing) more, though, and I think it's much better to eat a variety of greens than decide one is the be-all, end-all.

(I hate green tea, though. I like some herbal teas, many black teas, and of course coffee is the best.)

ladyreva78 wrote: »

Coconut-Kale soup is yummy as hell. I just wouldn't eat too much of it. That coconut oil you roast the kale in first and the coconut milk you add to cook it it tend to pack quite a few calories.

Other than that... I don't see the point of eating something you don't particularly like for the sake of eating it. Superfoods are nothing more than a clever marketing idea.

(Edit for grammar... )

@ladyreva78 do you have a link to the recipe for the soup?

I grow kale. This year I have the regular green curly Scotch, as well as red Russian kale. I wanted to try lacinato kale (aka black or dinosaur) but by the time it came around to my garden center I had plenty of kale going.

Kale is one of many ingredients in my breakfast smoothies and it is pretty much tasteless as long as I remove the ends of the stems and puree well. I also have kale salad for lunch (plus other veggies and a protein.) This fills me up more than if I'd have the same salad with lettuce. Although kale doesn't have significantly more fiber than lettuce, it does take more work to chew.

I've bought kale in the supermarket and it is way more tough than what I pick from my garden. Oh, for the salad, I also let it marinate in the dressing for a little while. So, for people open to kale but are so far lacking good experiences with it, try getting it from a farmer's market or someplace where you can ensure it was freshly picked.

NobodiesGirl wrote: »

As i said at the start if you substituted the snacks you usually eat and have kale instead it would most likely help you lose weight (like any other healthy,low calorie food). This is because you could potentially be cutting out 100's of calories, like my mams friend i assume.

There are better tasting low calories snacks out there, kale is not your only option.

kshama2001 wrote: »

ladyreva78 wrote: »

Coconut-Kale soup is yummy as hell. I just wouldn't eat too much of it. That coconut oil you roast the kale in first and the coconut milk you add to cook it it tend to pack quite a few calories.

Other than that... I don't see the point of eating something you don't particularly like for the sake of eating it. Superfoods are nothing more than a clever marketing idea.

(Edit for grammar... )

@ladyreva78 do you have a link to the recipe for the soup?

I grow kale. This year I have the regular green curly Scotch, as well as red Russian kale. I wanted to try lacinato kale (aka black or dinosaur) but by the time it came around to my garden center I had plenty of kale going.

Kale is one of many ingredients in my breakfast smoothies and it is pretty much tasteless as long as I remove the ends of the stems and puree well. I also have kale salad for lunch (plus other veggies and a protein.) This fills me up more than if I'd have the same salad with lettuce. Although kale doesn't have significantly more fiber than lettuce, it does take more work to chew.

I've bought kale in the supermarket and it is way more tough than what I pick from my garden. Oh, for the salad, I also let it marinate in the dressing for a little while. So, for people open to kale but are so far lacking good experiences with it, try getting it from a farmer's market or someplace where you can ensure it was freshly picked.

@kshama2001

No link I'm afraid. It's a soup I once had in a French restaurant and I tried until I managed to get the taste as similar as possible. I might have found something on the internet, but where's the fun in that

Ingredients:

1 small onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 table spoon of coconut oil
1 bunch of Kale
500ml vegetable broth
250ml coconut milk
lemongrass
salt and pepper

- sauté the onion and the garlic in the coconut oil until glassy
- add the kale and lemongrass (crush it a bit to help get the taste out) and keep on sautéing until it 'wilts'
- add the broth and the lemongrass and simmer until the kale is fully cooked
- add the coconut milk and mix all (remove the lemongrass first)
- add salt and pepper depending on your taste

I sometimes add curry paste while sautéing the onions first. It's a basic soup base and the Kale can actually be replaced by pretty much any vegs you can think of. Carrots are also yummy.

Cooking with new ingredients is fun. People should try that more often.