QuinnQuiver
Assistant Cook
I have been in past 6 months becoming more and more interested in green smoothies....I originally used only spinach in my green smoothies and I have used spinach in tons of other recipes. But for my green smoothies and I am now becoming more and more interested in Kale.
It is my new favorite green to put in smoothies
I love it steamed and then put in soups , stir-fry's, etc...
I also created a what I call a HKT(instead of a BLT)... Honey Ham, Kale, and Tomatoes Sandwich) which is absolutely delicious. I slightly cook the honey ham.
From the internet:
While not as well researched as some of its fellow cruciferous vegetables like broccoli or cabbage, kale is a food that you can count on for some unsurpassed health benefits, if for no other reason than its exceptional nutrient richness.
From me: not only is it in same family as broccoli and cabbage....but it tastes and lot better in my opinion
From the internet:
Kale has the most Vitamin K per serving out of any green leafed veggie.
One way to be sure to enjoy the maximum nutrition and flavor from kale is to cook it properly. We recommend Healthy Steaming kale for 5 minutes. To ensure quick and even cooking cut the leaves into 1/2" slices and the stems into 1/4" lengths. Let them sit for at least 5 minutes to enhance their health-promoting qualities before steaming.
The beautiful leaves of the kale plant provide an earthy flavor and more nutritional value for fewer calories than almost any other food around. Although it can be found in markets throughout the year, it is in season from the middle of winter through the beginning of spring when it has a SWEETER taste and is more widely available. ....hmmm I've never looked forward to the middle of winter but I guess now I have a reason to.
Dinosaur kale is the common name for the kale variety known as Lacinato or Tuscan kale. It features dark blue-green leaves that have an embossed texture. It has a slightly sweeter and more delicate taste than curly kale
Health:
Within the flavonoids, kaempferol is a spotlight antioxidant in kale, followed by a flavonoid called quercitin. But recent research has also made it clear that at least 45 different antioxidant flavonoids are provided in measurable amounts by kale. This broad spectrum of flavonoid antioxidants is likely to be a key to kale's cancer-preventive benefits and benefits that we expect to be documented for other health problems stemming from oxidative stress.
We predict that one area of digestive support provided by kale will turn out to involve fiber. We feel that 7 grams of fiber per 100 calories of kale is just too much fiber to fail in the digestive benefits category. We predict that a second area of digestive benefits will involve kale's glucosinolates. The ITCs make from kale's glucosinolates should help protect our stomach lining from bacterial overgrowth of Helicobacter pylori and should help avoid too much clinging by this bacterium to our stomach wall.
Well that's what I've found out about kale so far....
Now for the point of the post:
What other interesting things are there about kale and/or good kale recipes that you know of?
Oh I have one more....Kale smells delicious
It is my new favorite green to put in smoothies
I love it steamed and then put in soups , stir-fry's, etc...
I also created a what I call a HKT(instead of a BLT)... Honey Ham, Kale, and Tomatoes Sandwich) which is absolutely delicious. I slightly cook the honey ham.
From the internet:
While not as well researched as some of its fellow cruciferous vegetables like broccoli or cabbage, kale is a food that you can count on for some unsurpassed health benefits, if for no other reason than its exceptional nutrient richness.
From me: not only is it in same family as broccoli and cabbage....but it tastes and lot better in my opinion
From the internet:
Kale has the most Vitamin K per serving out of any green leafed veggie.
One way to be sure to enjoy the maximum nutrition and flavor from kale is to cook it properly. We recommend Healthy Steaming kale for 5 minutes. To ensure quick and even cooking cut the leaves into 1/2" slices and the stems into 1/4" lengths. Let them sit for at least 5 minutes to enhance their health-promoting qualities before steaming.
The beautiful leaves of the kale plant provide an earthy flavor and more nutritional value for fewer calories than almost any other food around. Although it can be found in markets throughout the year, it is in season from the middle of winter through the beginning of spring when it has a SWEETER taste and is more widely available. ....hmmm I've never looked forward to the middle of winter but I guess now I have a reason to.
Dinosaur kale is the common name for the kale variety known as Lacinato or Tuscan kale. It features dark blue-green leaves that have an embossed texture. It has a slightly sweeter and more delicate taste than curly kale
Health:
Within the flavonoids, kaempferol is a spotlight antioxidant in kale, followed by a flavonoid called quercitin. But recent research has also made it clear that at least 45 different antioxidant flavonoids are provided in measurable amounts by kale. This broad spectrum of flavonoid antioxidants is likely to be a key to kale's cancer-preventive benefits and benefits that we expect to be documented for other health problems stemming from oxidative stress.
We predict that one area of digestive support provided by kale will turn out to involve fiber. We feel that 7 grams of fiber per 100 calories of kale is just too much fiber to fail in the digestive benefits category. We predict that a second area of digestive benefits will involve kale's glucosinolates. The ITCs make from kale's glucosinolates should help protect our stomach lining from bacterial overgrowth of Helicobacter pylori and should help avoid too much clinging by this bacterium to our stomach wall.
Well that's what I've found out about kale so far....
Now for the point of the post:
What other interesting things are there about kale and/or good kale recipes that you know of?
Oh I have one more....Kale smells delicious