kale

[Peasie]

Re: kale

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kia</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">milk, eggs, seasonings, grated cheese and breadcrumbs on top</div></div>

dis pawt is the no longer healthy part
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only unhealthy part imo is di breadcrumbs

[Gen]

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might be good for juicing, otherwise mi not into tough greens.

[sixhumb]

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[JAmerican Ooman]

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I make a pot of Fresh Kale every week. Its may favorite Green and really good for you.

I just boil them with some smoked turkey wings tips and eat it whenever I feel hungry and don't want to cook up somthing.. just heat and eat..

The kids eat theirs with fried salt pork so it used to be 2 pots going. I am fortunate that I can get to an Open Air Farmers market to get them Fresh..

KALE

[Peasie]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JAmerican Ooman</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I make a pot of Fresh Kale every week. Its may favorite Green and really good for you.

I just boil them with some smoked turkey wings tips and eat it whenever I feel hungry and don't want to cook up somthing.. just heat and eat..

The kids eat theirs with fried salt pork so it used to be 2 pots going. I am fortunate that I can get to an Open Air Farmers market to get them Fresh..

KALE </div></div>

[SandiF]

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The kale that I'm familiar with is what we call &quot;Indian Kale&quot; in Jamaica, which is really Taro (the big broad green leaf of the dasheen plant aka elephant ear plant). My mother used to make the best kale soup.

[Tulip]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SandiF</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The kale that I'm familiar with is what we call &quot;Indian Kale&quot; in Jamaica, which is really Taro (the big broad green leaf of the dasheen plant aka elephant ear plant). My mother used to make the best kale soup.

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Sandi, you sure that's not callaloo? Hard as I had to hunt for the greens after I first tasted it in JA, I thought the root part was called dasheen and if memory serves also taro. Kale as i know it doesn't have a cook-able root to speak of.

[Tulip]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mangoskin</div><div class="ubbcode-body">so it might be good in a caserole with say, callaloo and spinach, with onions, pour beaten milk, eggs, seasonings, grated cheese and breadcrumbs on top and bake...(no longer healthy, but tasty!) </div></div>

Mango, I'm going to try this lasagna Thursday. I guess you could call it casserole style. I may decide to add some meat or at least mushrooms to it so I can get good chew.

KALE LASAGNA DIAVOLO

http://www.vegetariantimes.com/recipes/11636?section=

Ingredients:
1 tsp. olive oil, plus more for oiling pan
1 8-oz. bunch kale, stems removed
1 15-oz. pkg. fat-free ricotta cheese
4 oz. chèvre or soft goat cheese, softened
2 cloves garlic, minced (2 tsp.)
2 cups prepared tomato purée
1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes
6 lasagna noodles, cooked and drained, or 6 no-cook lasagna noodles
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Coat 8-inch square baking pan with oil.

2. Cook kale in large pot of boiling salted water 2 minutes. Drain, and rinse under cold water until cool enough to handle. Thoroughly wring out kale, then chop. Season with salt and pepper, if desired, and set aside.

3. Mash together ricotta and chèvre in bowl, and set aside.

4. Heat 1 tsp. oil in small saucepan over medium-low heat. Add garlic, and cook 15 seconds, or until fragrant. Add tomato purée and red pepper flakes; simmer 5 minutes, or until thickened.

5. Spread 1/4 cup sauce in prepared baking pan. Place 2 lasagna noodles on top of sauce. Top with half of cheese mixture, half of kale, and 1/3 cup sauce. Top with two more noodles, remaining cheese, and remaining kale. Top with remaining lasagna noodles, and cover with remaining sauce. Sprinkle with Parmesan, and bake 40 minutes, or until cheese has melted and lasagna is bubbly.

[Peasie]

Re: kale

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tulip</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SandiF</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The kale that I'm familiar with is what we call &quot;Indian Kale&quot; in Jamaica, which is really Taro (the big broad green leaf of the dasheen plant aka elephant ear plant). My mother used to make the best kale soup.

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Sandi, you sure that's not callaloo? Hard as I had to hunt for the greens after I first tasted it in JA, I thought the root part was called dasheen and if memory serves also taro. Kale as i know it doesn't have a cook-able root to speak of. </div></div>

<span style="font-size: 14pt">No, Tulip, SandiF does not mean callaloo (being 'previous' here and speaking for Sandi)

I *think* she means what I used to know as &quot;coco leaf&quot; which is definitely not from the cocoa plant. It is the leaf from the taro plant. My mother used to make pepperpot soup with the &quot;heart leaf&quot; from the taro plant. My mother also used what they called &quot;Indian kale&quot; in Jamaica in her pepperpot soup. She doesn't see this plant around much in Jamaica any more.</span>

[SandiF]

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Peasie - yes! You know what I'm referring to the coco (dasheen) plant. Living in Barbican we had plenty of it...almost grew wild there but nowadays it is Portland that I see it growing bountiful. The leaf makes a good soup which I remembered my mother called it &quot;Indian Kale&quot;. Today, i use this plant in the tropical garden and have two pots thriving in the living room. lol

the tubers


<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Peasie</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tulip</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SandiF</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The kale that I'm familiar with is what we call &quot;Indian Kale&quot; in Jamaica, which is really Taro (the big broad green leaf of the dasheen plant aka elephant ear plant). My mother used to make the best kale soup.

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Sandi, you sure that's not callaloo? Hard as I had to hunt for the greens after I first tasted it in JA, I thought the root part was called dasheen and if memory serves also taro. Kale as i know it doesn't have a cook-able root to speak of. </div></div>

<span style="font-size: 14pt">No, Tulip, SandiF does not mean callaloo (being 'previous' here and speaking for Sandi)

I *think* she means what I used to know as &quot;coco leaf&quot; which is definitely not from the cocoa plant. It is the leaf from the taro plant. My mother used to make pepperpot soup with the &quot;heart leaf&quot; from the taro plant. My mother also used what they called &quot;Indian kale&quot; in Jamaica in her pepperpot soup. She doesn't see this plant around much in Jamaica any more.</span> </div></div>

[diabolical_Tanya]

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trinis call the coco leaf caloo or callaloo

[Peasie]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: diabolical_Tanya</div><div class="ubbcode-body">trinis call the coco leaf caloo or callaloo </div></div>Tulip is Trini like DahJah?

[diabolical_Tanya]

Re: kale

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Peasie</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: diabolical_Tanya</div><div class="ubbcode-body">trinis call the coco leaf caloo or callaloo </div></div>Tulip is Trini like DahJah? </div></div>

an Ceabee

[diabolical_Tanya]

Re: kale

or maybe is the Bajan dem

[Tulip]

Re: kale

LOL

The first time I tasted callaloo was for breakfast at a resort in Jamaica. The people laughed after me because I wanted more for dinner so one of the men found a lady who cooked it for me every evening.

I got back here and tried to buy some, but nobody knew what I was talking about until my friend's mom moved here from Jamaica and planted some in her back yard. Oh joy!

Now, all that time I was trying to find the callaloo greens, I found callaloo in TNT and Haiti was a soup that did not necessarily even include callaloo greens but sometimes spinach. \o/ I did find the canned Grace callaloo but there was no comparison.

I dated a Trini for years and probably did pick up the word dasheen from him to describe what I was looking for. I forgot where I first heard tarro but I thought they were both the same thing.

Maybe something got lost in translation because I can ask for a pear all day long here and would never get an avocado.