Sunday, September 11, 2011

Kale Is Cool

Kale is having a moment.  What was once a relic of peasant cooking and Victory gardens is now the darling of foodies everywhere who are finding out what grandma knew: kale is delicious and good for you.

This month's Eating Well magazine had some wonderful green soup recipes by Anna Thomas, the author of Vegitarian Epicure.  I made the Basic Green Soup using kale instead of chard since the soup is designed to work with any combination of greens.

Another change I made was that I added the vegetable broth at the same time as the kale instead of at the end.  Winter greens make a delicious pot liquor that brings a lot of flavor to the party, and I wanted time for it to meld with the vegetable broth.  It just goes to show you: if you want to know about peasant food, ask a peasant.



2 comments:

  1. Here's another example of the apple and the tree. I have kale in the 'fridge right now just waiting to make green soup which is today's recipe du jour. Thanks for the idea of putting it into the pot early.

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  2. Have you ever tried kale chips? I could eat an entire... -- bunch? head? -- of kale if it were in chip form.

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