What's for dinner? Here's mine...

[Stewie]

A black bean and chorizo soup with focaccia to dip. Lots of great ingredients in the soup and a fresh-baked focaccia to slice and dip. The chorizo is soy and really spicy.

What you got?

[srvy]

You got a .99 cent head of ass. No matter what you do with that stuff its Kale. And Kale is what I imagine diarrhea ass must taste like.

As much as the health food bunch will tell ya how good in the end it Kale and its not good.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by srvy

You got a .99 cent head of ass. No matter what you do with that stuff its Kale. And Kale is what I imagine diarrhea ass must taste like.

As much as the health food bunch will tell ya how good in the end it Kale and its not good.

That's a cheap piece of ass though!

I've never had it so I might agree. I'll keep you posted.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by lewdog

99c for a huge head of Kale today. I've never had it. What should I do with it?

Also, wife was out shopping. Bought a cast iron skillet! Never had one of those either.

My standard way to prepare kale:

Large deep skillet or soup pot.

Heat Olive oil and either hot pepper oil or chili flake or a whole dried chili to help season the oil and provide some heat.

Add onion and garlic to oil to season the oil. Let cook for 5 minute or so.

Drop kale in (I use the stems as well, but a lot of people prefer to just use the leaves. Either way, you should break the kale down into manageable pieces first).

Stir occasionally to help wilt it. 5 minutes or so.

Add white wine to deglaze and help with wilting/steaming.

Let cook for a few minutes.

Add some fish sauce or soy sauce.

Cook until it's at desired tenderness. If you used stems, be sure you cook it long enough as stems can be pretty tough.

If you want, you can squirt some lemon juice on it when finished. I often poach a couple of eggs and serve them on top. If you're doing dairy, some shredded parmesan also goes well. I use this basic preparation a couple of times a week, but I vary up the liquids I use. Sometimes instead of the wine and fish sauce, I'll throw in a can of rotel or other tomatoes instead. You can really do whatever you want, as it's a pretty versatile ingredient.

Kale chips are pretty awesome as well, but they're easy to screw up and ruin.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by lewdog

That's a cheap piece of ass though!

I've never had it so I might agree. I'll keep you posted.

Kale soup is a great way to go. You probably won't have what you need for it, but it's something you might want to keep in mind for the future.

For that matter, if you like the Olive Garden's "Zuppa Tuscana", you can make that, or a similar version, at home, and that's got kale in it.

[R8RFAN]

You can put some Kale in the oven at low temp and make Kale Chips... Or if you have a goat, you may or may not get him to eat it.