What Do We Do with Kale?

by Jane Livingston, newsletter and communications

This week at pick up, I was lingering over the kale, swiss chard and something I had never seen before, a redish-purplish green called Amaranth. I love being exposed to all the new vegetables at the PFP! The two ladies next to me were talking about things to do with the vegetables and I joined into the conversation.  As a result I learned that neither of them had heard of what I call Kale Krisps, so I decided to make kale the vegetable of the month for the July newsletter and feature Kale Krisps.  Then as I was thinking about the other ways of using Kale and thinking while googling, I came across this wonderful list called the "Top 10 Things to Do with Kale," which I would like to share with you here.  Please visit the original blog post to read all the recipes there.  Many of the recipes in the blog are from a cookbook called Simply In Season, which is a CSA companion cookbook, available for sale at CSA distributions!

Here's the list from the Local Cook blog:

Top 10 Things to Do with Kale

1. Chop it up, saute’, and scramble with eggs.
2. Add a handful to yogurt, berries, and blend to make a green smoothie.
3. For a healthful addition to a cold pasta salad, add chopped kale to the pasta the last 10 minutes of the boil. Drain. Add pesto or your favorite oil and vinegar dressing and additional chopped vegetables (a great way to get rid of those random vegetables!)
4. Kale chips.
5. Add to your favorite stir fry recipe.
6. Add to any soup.
7. Greens in peanut sauce.
8. Saute’ and add to your favorite hummus recipe (pretty AND nutritious!)
9. Confetti Kale.
10. Kale Potato Soup.

Do you have more ideas of what to do with Kale?  If so, please do consider adding your own recipes to the Farm Project website!