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KALE IS PROBABLY best known in Ireland as ‘the green stuff’ in colcannon.
Now it’s lauded round the world as a superfood par excellence, but back in the day it was served up to many Irish families as a special Halloween treat – little did we know there was actual goodness in there.
However, you don’t have to wait until October to get some of that leafy green tastiness into you – we’ve rounded up a selection of recipes to try out as well as a little information about the new (old) superfood on the block.
Here are just a few of the reasons kale is good for you:
Apparently kale likes a little TLC as much as the rest of us. If you massage kale for 2-3 minutes with oil it breaks down the kale a little, wilting it (just a fraction) in front of your very eyes, and makes it more digestible for you. It also helps to remove a little of the intrinsic bitterness of the kale.
You can eat kale raw in salads or cooked in a variety of ways. We have a few recipes to get your tastebuds tingling.
Traditional colcannon is potatoes, kale or white cabbage, a little milk and lashings of butter. This is a far from traditional recipe for colcannon, but it does increase the superfood power of kale immensely and is ‘clean’ as well as vegan. Worth a try, we think.
If you want to add a touch of the tropical to your kale, here’s a nice recipe that combines massaged kale (yes, it’s a thing) with pomegranates, cranberries, walnuts and honey for a superfood nutritious salad.
Here’s another lovely fruity, nutty kale salad that’s easy to prepare and full of goodness.
And just in case you thought kale was no fun, here’s a recipe for kale chips so you can have a crispy healthy snack whenever the mood takes you.
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We called it curly kale when we were kids.
Superfoods: what a triumph of marketing.
I think I’ll have some kale now – Dunno what I’m going to do with the 106% surplus of Vitamin A though.
Aye, it probably has the same nutrition as broccoli or any other dark green vegetable.
Exactly – no such thing as a “superfood” – all just marketing bollix.
Anyone for a nice Kale and Goji berry stew?
The minute you read the word antioxidants, you know it’s all complete nonsense.
This garbage is so prevalent now due to “nutritionists” who make money from making the simplest thing in the world (eating healthy), sound complex.
Like all those crazy people who think downing litres of h2o will somehow detoxify your cells. Arrant rubbish. Water cannot be forced in and out of cells by drinking water. It just makes you pee
Dark greens are high in vitamin k which thickens the blood, so people on blood thinner meds need to use less of this stuff
Took Kale in a smooty once. Spent next morning crapping like never before. 6 or 7 times had to go in space of a few hours. Food poisioning wasnt as bad.
You would want to be thick as a plank if you didn’t know kale is good for you. Yumm
People who eat kale die every day.
Re-post in October,if ya can..
I make kale crisps, just add a bit of salt and vinegar and shove them in the oven! Grand job!
I would be most grateful if the author could define a superfood? It’s a bit like organic. When I did chemistry, organic referred to the particular carbon based nature in organic chemistry, not a fad marketing term. However, I gotta hand it to the person who was trying to sell goji berries to no avail and came up with the idea “hey boss, how about if we put the word super in front of food”.
Another fad “super food”. Like quinoa.
I work a fruit and veg and order a case of kale everyday. Just thought someone might want to know . Wouldn’t touch the stuff myself looks like the devils lettuce but mangoes! Now they’re delish
I’m currently sitting on the toilet.
Is “right now” really the best time to be eating kale?
Vegan with milk added? Really?
Why don’t they just admit it ? – they’ve made an error in their Kale inventory top-up this week ‘ to the power of 10′!
But….. it’s revolting! :(
The word “this”, being a clickable link, redirects you to the ‘clean’ & vegan recipe. A short version of “click here to…..”
In reply to Dec O’Farrell.
have your say