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Post by kskatt on Dec 13, 2014 23:18:56 GMT
We need to eat way more leafy greens. Can you help me with how to cook them; spinach, collard greens, kale, etc; that is good? I really need help with ideas/recipes!
Help!
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Post by horselady on Dec 14, 2014 1:54:04 GMT
I steam the soft leafy veggies like spinach and swiss chard.... broccoli , cauliflower. kale. collard greens i boil in a small amount of water until tender than dress with salad dressing. like the kale in a lemon pepper. or the kale in a raspberry vinegrette. and cauliflower in a cheese sauce. i just grate some chedder with butter and let melt. you could also use ham hocks or ham. smoked meats in the kale and collard greens, onions, celery , salt pepper. and corn bread. you are all set to go for dinner.
veggies are easy,
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Post by kskatt on Dec 14, 2014 3:31:08 GMT
Thank you! Sounds easy enough that even I could do it!  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2014 18:55:05 GMT
Oh I just found a recipe last night for scalloped potatoes with cauliflower and Kale! I will post it when I get home tonight. It looked very good, made in a slow cooker.
Kale chips are also nice and easy to make, a lot of the online recipes call for a lot of salt and oil, I usually halve what is called for and they turn out well.
Baby spinach is good for making salads with as well.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2014 1:00:47 GMT
From the 'Company's Coming' slow cooker cook book:  |
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Post by horselady on Dec 16, 2014 1:15:03 GMT
I bet I could do that in the oven as well and my trick for cleaning kale is to hold the stem in my left hand and with my right hand grab the stem and pull off the soft leaves leaving the hard stem in my left hand. no cutting no fuss.
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Post by mustangsavvy on Dec 17, 2014 1:53:55 GMT
Kale chips are really good. I just like kale plain with a little balsamic vinaigrette. Mustard greens are good. I like to throw them in a pan with a little olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic.
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Post by kskatt on Dec 17, 2014 6:34:26 GMT
I noticed that many recipes, even very simple ones, want Olive Oil. I now have some, never did before. Guess that shows how much I've cooked.  I am definitely going to try the Kale chips! |
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Post by hugs on Dec 17, 2014 12:36:32 GMT
I love kale chips, Gerald accidentally mistook parsley for kale in preparing the chips and while they were REALLY crispy they were really good too. Parsley is only 99 cents for a bunch here and while we often think of them as a garnish, they are very tasty too.
Last night I cooked up some chorizo (sp) sausage, peas, corn (could be spinach and/or kale) and cream of mushroom soup and ate it over chow mein noodles. A kind of Asian-Mexican-Minnesota fusion, but hey, it's tasty! Here in MN our whole diet is based on cream soups and they aren't fattening either.
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Post by spirithawk06 on Dec 27, 2014 0:36:21 GMT
How do you guys make kale chips?
I've taken kale and sauteed it with olive oil and seasoning until it was really tender and cooked down a good bit.
Sautee any dark greens like mustard or turnip greens with onions, bellpepper, and olive oil and just cook it down and "fry" it a bit and that comes out really good. We do that with game like rabbit or dove during hunting season.
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Post by hugs on Dec 27, 2014 1:12:48 GMT
Make sure the kale is clean so if you wash it dry it very well. Then put on a cookie sheet and lightly spray with oil, sprinkle with salt or any seasoning you wish, then put it in an oven at 250oF for maybe 20 minutes and then check for crispiness every so often. Its that easy. Oh tear out the midribs, they don't taste very good this way.
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Post by spirithawk06 on Dec 27, 2014 18:16:53 GMT
Thanks. That sounds really good.
Oh, when I cooked down kale, lemon juice went really well with it. Y'all are making me want to go get some talking about this!
Greg cooked the mustard greens down in a cast iron pot. It might not sound like it makes a difference, but it really does.
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Post by hugs on Dec 27, 2014 20:52:11 GMT
Guess this doesn't really fall into healthy eating but I made sugar cookies the recipe has oil rather than shortening so they can be crispier. I also like to add poppy seeds so I guess that's the healthy part, it has high fiber. And then I made meatballs, something I never make, added oatmeal and mushrooms and a couple eggs and then salt and pepper. I dunno, they're tasty but not exciting.
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Post by kskatt on Dec 28, 2014 18:41:02 GMT
 , healthy eating so often is bland and boring, that's the hard part.  I'm glad this thread has shown me there is some good stuff! |
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Post by hugs on Dec 28, 2014 19:05:14 GMT
I think when we think of healthy food as bland and boring its because we don't know how to prepare it like we do high fat high salt high simple carbohydrate food.
Which just made me remember I forgot to buy carrots! Gosh darn it. Because my son Bob called me today asking me what I do with the carrot fluff after I've juiced carrots. We all LOVE carrot juice, it is so sweet and oh so tasty. But you end up with mountains of the pulp. I've dehydrated it but then I just end up with orange dust. Feh! BUT mixing it with a couple raw eggs for binder, cooked brown rice, cooked wild rice, sweet peas, bulgar, cooked beans, spinach or bok choy or whatever else you have handy and then make burgers and fry in olive oil, or you can bake them but if you bake them you'll need to make sure the ingredients aren't all dry like grains. These are really good with different mustards. Yeah, I'm really sorry I forgot to buy carrots.
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Post by mustangsavvy on Jan 2, 2015 22:41:08 GMT
Fresh squeezed carrot/apple juice is the best thing ever. I cannot wait to unpack our juicer! I like to give some of the pulp to Bilbo in his food.
Healthy food isn't more bland or boring! You just need to find the right recipes and what works for you.
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Post by horseless on Jan 14, 2015 0:52:10 GMT
I actually use baby spinach for my salads, & in sandwiches instead of lettuce. I like it better, and it has more nutritional value.
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Post by kskatt on Jan 14, 2015 6:25:50 GMT
I actually use baby spinach for my salads, & in sandwiches instead of lettuce. I like it better, and it has more nutritional value. I was thinking about the sandwich w/ kale, but spinach sounds good too. I've been adding some chopped greens to just about everything we eat. Not, like, cereal   , but most other things. It's been a lot easier to add greens to our diet than I ever thought. Last week I donated blood and had no problems at all.  |
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, healthy eating so often is bland and boring, that's the hard part. 
I'm glad this thread has shown me there is some good stuff! 
, but most other things.