What do you do with Kale?

I buy it fresh and usually add it raw to my salads... but my favourite thing to do with them is make kale chips! Just roast the leaves in the oven for about 10 mins with some EVOO and salt and it's soooo good.

I love to toss it lightly with a bit of EVOO, salt and pepper then pop it in the oven on 350F and baked for about 20-25 minutes, tossing a couple of times. The leaves become soft and the edges get a nice crunch to them. Delicious and so healthy! I use the curly leaved kale for this.

Buy it bagged, it's so convenient. Anything you don't use goes in the freezer and you can use it again when you need it. Kale does really well in the freezer.

There are quite a few recipes out there with kale - raw and cooked. Best bet to find something you will like is to go to allrecipes.com and search ingredients. I like to add it to a Italian soup I make with beans and pasta and lots of other veggies!

Here's and example: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cannellini-bean-with-flat-leaf-kale/detail.aspx

I use it the same way I use spinach.

I grow my own kale and when I cut it I just put it in the fridge to keep it nice and leafy, then for cooking I tend to just be lazy and boil it to have with dinner, but you can put a little oil in a frying pan, cut the kale up and chuck it in, stir fry it, add salt/pepper/spices so on so forth and have it that way as well, my mum likes to add cut up bacon to hers but that would make me go over my calorie limit haha. You can always have it raw with salads (I don't like that but that's down to personal taste), add it to stews and I did a few years back now make a quiche using it, but I'm not sure how calorie friendly quiche is but I'm sure there's a quiche type thing that's calorie friendly that can be made instead, if you look on Google.

Huge fan of sauteed kale with lemon and garlic. It's also fantastic in soups like potato lentil or similar hearty broth soups.

A lot of people like to add it to fruit smoothies but you need a really good blender for this!

We use it as we would any other green (spinach, chard, turnip greens etc), it has a bit more body and an excellent taste!

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My friend adds it to a smoothie with berries! I have yet to buy any Kale but I'm looking forward to it!

Great in soup, used in place of spinach in certain recipes, salad, and roasted in the oven. Here is a soup recipe I made a few weeks ago that I really liked (I used regular kale instead of red kale for the recipe and it was still good):

http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2007/02/rustic-red-kale-and-white-bean-soup.html

With Kale and Spinach, after I cook it (usually boil it) I throw it in a pan with some olive oil, tomatoes, and mushrooms. Slice a chicken breast to form a pocket. Stuff veggies in the pocket. Season with Italian seasonings and bake at 350 until done. Sprinkle with some parmesan cheese and put it back in the oven until melted. YUMMMM!!!

Anything you don't use goes in the freezer and you can use it again when you need it. Kale does really well in the freezer.

I didn't know that! That's a great tip!

I just started experimenting with it as well. I find I don't like it raw in salads. Too tough. But I've been chopping it up into my soups, chili and pasta sauces.

Boil it and eat with vinegar

Kale is very versatile. You can eat it raw in a salad or on a sandwich or wrap instead of lettuce. It is great when steamed or sauted in olive oil with garlic and cooks in just minutes. It's also very good chopped and added to sauces, stews and soups.

haha, i actually ave some in frig that i need to cook today. i just steam it (usually w/ some homemade no salt veggie stock instead of water) and squeeze lemon on it before serving. the trick it to cut leaves up small.