It was a great winter for kale, being so mild. We are still harvesting. It looks beautiful in the garden now. My gnome is hiding somewhere under the leaves. He's been working this patch all winter.
I have a great recipe for crispy oven kale, but I am always looking for new recipes.
May I ask what your recipe is? I only use sea salt. Boring...it seems.
ReplyDeleteI love this kale recipe, make it the way the video shows, not by the actual recipe.
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My kale overwintered nicely also!
ReplyDeleteThere are some great recipes for using Kale on This Link
ReplyDeleteMy Dinosaur kale made it happily through most of the winter and then developed a massive aphid infestation. I was bummed, particularly in light of the absolutely scrumptious kale chips I made when I ripped the other kale plants out last fall.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I took no recipe notes, so I'll have to dream them up again. I know they involved lemon juice, tahini, nutritional yeast, and soy sauce...
Wow! You had a winter so mild that kale survived...
ReplyDeleteNormally kale overwinters here, no problem. This winter was one of the coldest in memory, and the kale growing in the garden next to mine was killed completely.
We had a few days of -20C/-4F, which is very unusual here.
What variety do you use? I've been planting dwarf kale, which goes nicely in salads, but have recently discovered an "oil massaged kale" recipe that requires no cooking and am looking for a larger variety just so I can make it!
ReplyDeleteI have three dachshunds who LOVE the dwarf kale. They will pull it off the plant and eat it.
Hi Kathy,
ReplyDeleteI love how beautiful your kale looks. Photos are in book quality :]
I was wondering if you have transplanted any of your seedlings to the garden yet. For some reason I feel so behind "AGAIN" LOL
Huli
I had not had Kale before we started gardening at the Lottie. It is brilliant and quite expensive in the Supermarket. I think it's in fashion at the moment! Lovely photos as ususal Kathy. Our weather is haphazard too, forgot my hat on Sunday sowing seeds, caught the sun, this morning I need my gloves!!
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João
I wish my kale was that big. Mine is still itty bitty. But I planted it only a month ago. I have been dreaming of kale soup for weeks!
ReplyDeleteYour photos are very vivid I can almost see the Vit A, C and K! I'd like your kale recipe. Here is one that I stand by: Kale Salad with Pinenuts, Currants and Parmesan
ReplyDeleteBon Appétit | February 2009
by Dan Barber (I substitute cranberries for the currents) http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Kale-Salad-with-Pinenuts-Currants-and-Parmesan-351274#ixzz1dPb8eSZj
No doubt your gnome's taken a well deserved snooze!
ReplyDeleteTo think that I've never even had a taste of kale . . . now my curiosity is up.
Out checking on my garden the other day I spied a solitary parsley that apparently overwintered. I was picking sprigs into December, but am astonished to see this lone sentinel. Here in the North Pole (aka Princeton, MA) the people barely overwinter!
Here is a photo http://www.gardensnow.ie/portfolioimg/63 of a really simple way to do a vegetable plot in your garden, you can scale it down if the space is tight!
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