YUM.... One of my favorite Veggies! How To: You will want to cook your kale. It is very tough and chewy if eaten raw. Take the leaves away from the thick stem by running a knife along the edges, and removing the leaves. Then chop to whatever size you prefer. Ways to prepare: Braise in stock or broth, for extra flavor, for about 20 minutes, or until tender. Add a little sliced onion to the pot and it's a great side dish. From here you can put the cooked Kale in a casserole dish, and top with bread crumbs and/or parmesan cheese and heat till cheese is browned and bubbly.... very very good! Braise Kale with Lean Chicken Sausages and canned tomatoes, white beans and onion. simmer away on the stove and you have a very yummy one pot meal. Season with whatever favorite herbs you like, and serve with crusty whole grain bread to mop up the juices. Just a few Ideas, but you will love Kale, and it's chock full of vitamins all the good stuff. Enjoy it! Let us know what you did with it!

Steam it. Chop it. Stew it in tomato broth for soup, tomato sauce for pasta or saute it in butter or oil to serve with beans and cornbread.

while sautéing, you know your kale is done when.......you are hungry...really...I usually sautee until it smells good, is somewhat wilted and there are a few burnt or crispy sections. Braise : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braising

Knifey - I bought kale last year and then I had to call my dad to figure out what to do with it. I was purposely going to the store and buying things I didnt know how to use so I would try new things and maybe get a few different vitamins in there. I ended up adding it to a veg and tofu stir-fry towards the end. (Like when you would add spinach.) It was quite tasty.

Ate the kale last night! It was tasty! DH cooked it-not sure what he did (and I don't care enough about cooking to ask)-but it seemed to be cooked with onions then he baked it with parmesan and breadcrumbs-had that with beans and corn bread-it was so good! Thanks again!

You all convinced me to try kale, so for lunch today I sauteed (in evoo) a cup of kale, 3 oz of spinach, 1 c of broccoli. I then added a cup of home-stewed tomatoes. Wow, what flavor and color! Even better, when I added up the calcium in the food, I skipped taking my calcium supplement! Thanks!

What other greens do you recommend? I eat relatively healthy, but am always looking for new things. And I would love to NOT rely on calcium supplements since I usually forget to take them anyway.