The days have flown by so quickly that I’ve barely had time to catch my breath. This week, I had planned to prepare a meal using the homegrown kale I planted at the end of August. At the mention of Kale, I can already see many of you running for the hills. Trust me, kale is one of nature’s superfoods, and we can always sex it up to make it more appetising.
These are the baby kale plugs I planted at the end of August, which I hope will provide a steady supply throughout the winter.
Sadly, by mid-October, the snails and caterpillars had other ideas. on the upside at least it proves my kale is organic.
There is probably enough left for a meal, but I have decided to leave for another few weeks.
Does anyone else eat Kale as part of their diet? How do you cook it?
I had planned to pan-fry the potato and kale as featured in the YouTube video below, but make it a little sexier by adding Chourizo or Merguez sausages. Hey, you could even add chickpeas!
Recipes using Kale
Reader Tips My thanks to Anna in Portugal, who suggested adding lemon, olive oil, and salt to remove the bitter taste of kale.
Interesting Links:
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/health/nutrition/health-benefits-kale
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Piglet in Portugal 
The health benefits video was a bit of a pain. I didn’t know half of the terms mentioned in there and I glazed over so I’ve forgotten them all again now. I’m quite prepared to believe it’s a superfood, but getting my husband to eat it will be a challenge. Maybe the spud version.
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Hi Jo, your words ‘I glazed over’ made me smile it brought the term ‘blinded by science’ to life. When I watched the video my reaction was the same. I am keen on the spud version. I am also going to try Anna’s suggestion and add lemon to see if it changes the taste.
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Good idea xx
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I have a mix of curly and Russian kale in the garden. We’ve been eating kale at least once each week after my mom discovered the benefits of the so-call super food
Before then, she wouldn’t touch the kale.
So far, we’ve mostly been eating kale with our noodle soups. Either that or stir fry.
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Hi Yinglan, I don’t think I’ve seen russian Kale here. Does it taste different to the curly variety. I never used to eat it either until I discovered it’s so say health benefits.
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Red Russian kale if flat leaves with jagged edges. I can’t say it tastes any different than other varieties of kale. The only thing different about this kale is that it’s very cold hardy.
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We eat some type of brassicas almost every day in the winter. Love the cabbage, make a lot of cole slaw with it, and this curly type of kale (or the dinosaurie type) I just put some lemon and olivoil and salt on and make a sallad. Very nice with pomegrant also. The typically kale taste disappear with the lemon.
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Hi Anna, thank you for the tip for changing the bitter taste of the Kale. I’ll add that to the post above.
My body stuffles with raw cabbage which is a shame as I love coleslaw, especially red cabbage.
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Kale isn’t a favourite with me. I love all kinds of greens, but kale isn’t one of them. I find it tough and maybe a little on the bitter side.
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Hi Terry, I don’t like to eat it by itself. I agree on the taste.
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Kale is not my favorite, but my daughter loves it and eats it all the time. I often use it in soup, and I like it just fine that way. Sorry that critters munched your kale.
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Hi Laurie, I am not keen so I try and disguise it in different ways… soup is a good option.
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Soup is an excellent option for kale.
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