I was thinking of doing something cunning with kale, garlic and pasta...

[TooTickyTheAppleMuncher]

...but not quite sure what. Any ideas?

what for the love of god is kale??

How about frying it all up, w/onion, then adding tinned tomatoes and grated parm cheese on top?

Kale is DEVINE!

We've got green and purple.

Oooooo, yummy.

I'd probably sweat down the kale with butter and garlic and serve it on the side like spinach.

if I had some kale, I would fry some chopped up bacon, then chuck the kale in the frying pan and put the lid on so the kale can steam through, then throw in some toasted pine nuts.

you could add some cooked pasta to that, but personally I wouldn't.

you could fry the garlic with the bacon, or not bother.

Okay, expat will do - but extract ds1's portion before the toms go in...and it's dairy-free parmesan here....
Should I pre-steam the kale?

Keep 'em coming - let's make kale cool!

I didn't pre-steam it, Ticky.

I did blitz it down in the food processor, though.

Then I did a medley of veg in olive oil - added the kale last, however, b/c it cooks down WAY faster than carrot, onion, etc.

Toss w/olive oil is another option.

Oh god is it riverford kalefest time again?

hmmm....

I would chop finely and then saute the kale in olive oil and soy sauce with some seeds or nuts or something-pine nuts ideal but I reckon pumplin seeds or sunflower seeds or peanuts would also work. Also throw in some slices of ginger and slices, must be slices of garlic. And tofu. Actualy the tofu should go in first And some cherry tomatoes would be lovely.

I'd serve with home made pasta actually-big wide sheets of lasange like stuff-but I can only make egg pasta-you're vegan, yes?

Also I think I'd put some apples, in two, finely sliced.

Oooh, soba noodles would be nice here.

(its not Kale Time at riverford, is it? please god, no. My compost heap always grows massivley around the Kale Time)

This has just reminded me I've got tons of the stuff in the fridge from our veg box. Keep forgetting and it ends up on the compost here, too.

The trick with kale is to use it straight away, while you (and it) are still enthusiastic. It';s lettuce I strugglewith... andJerusalem artichokes.

have just got to grips with all the kale in our veg box. something very like Fillyjonk's recipe. which was surprisingly yummy.

but what do I do with yellow squashes, also from the veg box? apart from make pumpkin-like masks out of them.

pumpkin soup

pumpkin muffins

roast pumpkin

the key with pumpkin i find is to add maple syrup, or sugar, so as to disguise the flavour

I like this with any green/leafy/cabbagey vegetable:

stir fry kale with onion and garlic, add pitted kalamata olives and pasta, stir in pesto, serve with parmasan. Yum. Also nice with halloumi.

I've just turned my yellow squash into soup.

Okay, what herbs?

For my kalecreation, that is.
Filly, have you tried caraway seedswith pumpkin?

I would use the kale in a spicy sausage and bean and pasta stew.
Sautee onion and garlic, add sliced sausages(I use quorn as I live with veggies)brown them. Add a tin of tomatoes, some veg stock, some oregano, thyme and rosemary and a pinch of sugar. Add some small pasta shapes I usually use penne or fusilli and leave to cook, add kale five minutes before it is finished cooking. season with salt and lots of freshly ground black pepper and serve with garlic bread and loads of fresh parmesan.

this is some class of traditional Italian dish but I cant remember the name.

I have not

are they delicious?

am thinking lemon and pumpkin, ginger and pumpkin, chilli and pumpkin and chocolate with pumpkin might all be goers

hmm...liquourish/fennel and pumpkin...

dh does a lovely pasta dish with kale in it.It's got a creany sauce with bacon bits and kale.It's delicious

there is a certain pig meat + kale theme here, is there not?

Have I just say kale and garlic/ginger/chilli marinated tofu is yummy. Go tofu!

I'm a tofu fan too but it goes very quickly in this house.
Yes, caraway and pumpkin are yum, especially in a warm, velvety soup...mmmmmmmmm
So, what did I do with my kale? I fried onions, garlicand kale forawhilewith a few pine nuts, basil, oregano and fresh rosemary, added flourandsoya milk, let it thicken a bit then whizzed itwith a raw apple. Tastesyummy! About to servewith organicwholemeal fusili

These kale recipes are good, I'll print out the thread.

Kale must go well in curries I'd have thought too. a bit like spinach does.

but yellow squash soup? really?