Recipes for kale? Opinions?

You can toss it with extra virgin olive oil and bake it for like 5-10 min and they are like chips. Kale Chips

You can toss it with extra virgin olive oil and bake it for like 5-10 min and they are like chips. Kale Chips

I have heard about kale chips....thanks for sharing this! I am going to try them!

I use to cook bacon and use the drippings, then add the crispy bacon at the end. Now I don't because I heard from some "experts" bacon isn't good for you.

you could make kale chips, they are yummy, just bake in the oven at 350 for about 10-12 minutes, with i tiny bit of olive oil and whatever seasoning u like, take it easy on the salt, i way oversalted mine last time

Super easy to make! Grew up with this & it's the best soup in the whole world
Caldo Verde - Portuguese Kale Soup:


1 large Spanish onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
10 ounces chouriço, diced
6 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
8 cups cold water
1 pound kale or collard greens, cut into very fine julienne
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions
1. In a large pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onions and cook until they are translucent. Add the garlic and half the chouriço and cook for 2 minutes. Add the potatoes, cover everything with the water, bring to a boil and lower the heat, simmering until the potatoes are almost done, about 15 minutes.

2. When the soup is cool enough to handle, purée it in the food processor and return to the pot. Add the greens, bring everything back to a boil and simmer for 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, ladle into bowls, and garnish with the remaining cubes of chouriço.

I kale! I put it in soup and as a garnish for pot roast. Quite yummy!!

This soup makes me so happy.

http://smithratliff.com/2011/12/08/kale-sausage-and-potato-soup/

If you like greens, you should like kale. Fix it as you do any other. Be sure to strip out the stems, they are very tough.

I love to add kale to brothy vegetable soups Or saute it. chop in strips and saute with garlic, onions, 1 tbsp olive oil, and chopped kalamata olives, you can sprinkle crumbled feta too or sometimes I add sun dried tomatoes. That's an awesome deal!!

Chocolate Berry Banana Smoothie

1/2 cup of (soy) milk
6 tbsp cocoa powder
1 banana
1 cup of mixed frozen berries
(stevia) sweetener to taste
3 - 6 oz of kale or other raw greens
1 tbsp ground flax seed

Mix all together in a high powered blender. I am hooked on this every single morning! If you don't like chocolate you can leave it out and it is still delicious. I use a lot of cocoa powder to help hide the veggies.

Orange/Kiwi/Pineapple smoothie

Use two of the three fruits or all of them:
1 orange, peeled
2 kiwis peeled
1 cup of pineapple
3 - 6 oz of kale or other greens

mix together in a high powered blender.
You might add sweetener but I didn't' need to because of the sweetness of the fruit.

I have the BEST recipe for kale! I actually found it off skinnytaste.com; it's a frittata recipe and is incredibly easy to make.

I'll add the link below, but essentially you want to cut up the kale leaves into little "ribbons," cut the kale stem into 1/4 inch sections and then cook it all up in a ::little:: olive oil until it's browned and softened.

Add sauteed onions (if you like them), and then pour in an egg/egg white and cheese mixture around the cooked veggies. Let the mixture "set" in the fry pan for several minutes, and then pop the whole thing in the oven and let it cook for 6-8 minutes.

Pull it out, flip it over on a plate and you should have a beautiful, healthful, and delicious frittata!

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/02/light-swiss-chard-frittata.html

(this one actually calls for swiss chard, but you can replace it with kale no problem)

Super easy to make! Grew up with this & it's the best soup in the whole world
Caldo Verde - Portuguese Kale Soup:


1 large Spanish onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
10 ounces chouriço, diced
6 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
8 cups cold water
1 pound kale or collard greens, cut into very fine julienne
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions
1. In a large pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onions and cook until they are translucent. Add the garlic and half the chouriço and cook for 2 minutes. Add the potatoes, cover everything with the water, bring to a boil and lower the heat, simmering until the potatoes are almost done, about 15 minutes.

2. When the soup is cool enough to handle, purée it in the food processor and return to the pot. Add the greens, bring everything back to a boil and simmer for 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, ladle into bowls, and garnish with the remaining cubes of chouriço.

OOOOOOOOOOOhhhh I LOVE Portuguese Kale Soup its so delish!!!

I boil it until its tender, then saute in olive oil and garlic.

I boil it until its tender. . .

Here's a recipe for this:

1. Put kale in water along with a small rock.
2. Bring water to a rolling boil.
3. Simmer until the rock is tender.