Oops, just to add: If you go to the Lake Constance Region: Please make SURE you are western(!) of Friedrichshafen ( which means: you are not yet in Bavaria ) to shop Kale! REason: You won't be able to get Kale in Bavaria, they don't grow it!
As I said, don't try Bavaria! It's not my fault ;-) I am German and what I can recommend it, go to Romanshorn, take the ferry boat to Friedrichshafen and go to the next REWE supermarket heading WEST! I still have a box in my freezer, so .. Bon appetit!
I recently read somewhere that kale is one of the healthiest vegetables to eat. I'm always trying to incorporate more green veggies into our dinners. But I would have no idea how to make it. I don't even like spinach plain, so I'm sure I would only like kale if it was mixed with something else.
Does anyone have some tasty kale recipes to share? The simpler the better.
if you want to mix kale, i suggest bacon and kale. chop up and fry a pan of bacon pieces. meanwhile wash and shred kale into small fragments, put kale into bacon pan, stir it all up to mix the kale with the bacon bits and oil, lower heat, cover with lid, and let it heat for about 4-5 mins after the covered pan has heated up to cooking temperature. you will easily be able to test if the kale started to be cooked as opposed to its raw texture after a bit of experience.
i just had a plate of dinosaur kale and sausages (outside of CH)
Hi. Yes kale is one of the most nutritious things there is..(it has more vitamins and minerals by weight than any other green vegetable, leafy green, etc. The most nutritious starchy vegetable is the sweet potato...)
I like to tear the ribs away from the leaves and tear the leaves up by hand. Saute over medium heat in some sesame oil, along with some garlic, onions, hot pepper. top with toasted sesame seeds and a dash of soy sauce. Saute till kale is tender and not too chewy (takes a bit longer than spinach).. great side dish...
kale shrinks in size a lot when cooked, but less than spinach...
My favorite way is raw - tear from the ribs and then cut it up finely into ribbons. Make a dressing with peanuts, apple cider vinegar, and a fairly neutral oil (plus salt and whatever else you might want to put in there - I usually use half peanuts / half peanut butter). Toss and let sit for about an hour so it softens up a bit. Enjoy!
I was in the huge Coop in Volketswil today, and I tried to find kale. But the only thing I found that I thought MIGHT be it looked more like a large cabbage. The name of it was "something kohl" and it had the curly-edged leaves, but I didn't remember kale looking like a cabbage, so I didn't get it.
What does kale usually look like when you buy it here? Is it sold in bunches, or does it look like a cabbage? I just have no idea if that thing I saw was kale or not. I did a Google image search for it, but don't see anything like a full head of "cabbage."
The thing you saw was Wirzkohl or Wirsingkohl - VonDutch above posted some links: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wirsingkohl.jpg - it tastes a lot like cabbage, but maybe a little more... I don't know.... spinachy?
But what we think of kale is Federkohl or Grunkohl: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boerenkool.jpg - it does not come in heads, but in bunches. It is only rarely sold at Coop, and when I've seen it, it's totally overpriced and packaged in plastic. I usually find it at the farmers markets from about October to April.
