Kale

Yesterday I bought some kale, thinking that I could substitute it for collard greens in my greens and rice with corned beef recipe, since my local grocery store doesn’t carry collard greens regularly, but do often have kale.

But today was the sort of day when you want something warm and steamy. So instead, I’m going to try this recipe from my favorite recipe site: cookstr.com.

I’ll let you know how it goes.

UPDATE: What a success! This recipe was easy, tasty and just what I was craving.

I’ve had bad luck with kale recipes in the past – too tough, or too slippery… but this soup had none of those problems. I even cheated and used pre-cooked turkey chorizo, instead of fresh tofu chorizo, and it still worked out fine.

I used a whole bunch of kale, so there was about 10 cups of soup. I’ve attempted to store this up for later by freezing it in 2-cup amounts – which work out to have cost about $2 each, and have about 200 calories. Not bad for a quick lunch or side dish for supper when it’s time to thaw them out.

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