Kale

[crankin]

What can I substitute for kale? I do not think it is available at my grocery store.

PS: For use in this recipe: Quick Kale with Bacon and Onions Recipe - Vegetables - MyRecipes.com

 

[jpmcgrew]

Spinach or Swiss Chard.

 

[jennyema]

What can I substitute for kale? I do not think it is available at my grocery store.

PS: For use in this recipe: Quick Kale with Bacon and Onions Recipe - Vegetables - MyRecipes.com

Kale is pretty readily available. Are you sure you can't find it?

You can use just about any green in that recipe, if you can't find kale.

 

[Poppinfresh]

Chard and mustard greens work well. But as someone else said, kale is usually really easy to find--it's usually in the same spot they have the rhubarb, the leeks, and other such "specialty" veggies

 

[Andy M.]

Escarole, too.

 

[oldcampcook]

what about turnip greens?

 

[miniman]

You could use thinly sliced savoy cabbage or sping greens or even possibly pak choy

 

[sage™]

turnip or collard greens would work...Kale is rare to find in Houston..they grow it as an ornamental winter plant here..lol I love kale ..grew up eating in W.Va. Its very good for you.

 

[Bilby]

Any green leef that has a "firmness" about it's leaf will suffice. I would opt for spinach or silverbeet. I would think collard greens would be good too but I have never seen them on sale in Perth so don't know what they taste like, only know about them from what I have read.

 

[ErikC]

My vote is for either spinach or beet greens.

 

[ChefJune]

what about turnip greens?

That works, too.

 

[Robo410]

if not carried fresh, you may find it frozen and kale stands up well to freezing. But any dark leafy green will work. Chard and spinach are a biit milder, real turnip tops are also very mild as are beet greens. Collards are firmer and need a blanche, and mustard greens are very strong and I think also need a nice dunk in boiling salted water.

gotta love those great greens!