Kale recipe

Colcannon

I guess this is getting back to my roots, sort of. It's an Irish dish (I think we are more Scottish on my dad's side)

Does this really need a recipe? It's basically just mashed potatoes with boiled or steamed kale. The "recipe" I referenced was heavy on the butter. I went easier on the butter and added some bacon drippings. Skin on the potatoes for more vitamins. Heavy on the pepper.

Volunteer squash sprouts in the compost.

More leafy greens

Kale for me (and some calcannon, perhaps.)

And mounds of romaine lettuce. Kyle's colleagues are expecting it. I think Kyle should take over for Oprah: "You get romaine! And you get romaine! Everybody gets romaine!"

Eat your green vegetables

That's kale on the left, spinach on the top right, and baby bok choy on the bottom right.

Spicy sausage, a bit of garlic and onion, and chicken broth I made from a the remainder of a chicken came together to make a great soup. The kale went in first to cook a bit longer, then the bok choy and the spinach last. My first time cooking kale....and first home cooked bok choy. The bok choy is GREAT as it absorbs the salt and flavor from the broth. I picked the rest of the bok choy and added it to the soup the next day.

Note on the bok choy: I don't know why ours did not form a true head. It grew super fast and started going to seed quickly. Mostly I just picked the bottom leaves off the stem.