Sunday, July 30, 2006

Lunch Sunday 30 July - Kale Soup


I love kale, but always seem to eat it the same way. I have a recipe called "savoury kale" which is kale sauteed with garlic, onions and crushed chilli. Normally, I serve it with balsamic vinegar added just before serving.

This dish started out as savoury kale, but then morphed into this soup/stew as I wanted to try something different.

Kale Soup
300g kale, washed & chopped
2 onions, chopped
one carrot, sliced thinly
2-3 cloves garlic, sliced
20g texturized vegetable protein/dried soy mince
50g short grain brown rice
3 teaspoons Marigold bouillon
salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste

Spray a pot with a little olive oil and saute the onions and garlic until soft. Add the kale, carrot, soy mince, rice, bouillon and enough water to cover everything. Cover and simmer until rice is cooked, about 45 minutes.

This makes two large bowls.

Nutrition data for entire recipe
Calories (kcal) 448.3
Protein (g) 25.7
Carbohydrate (g) 74.5
Fat (g) 7.3
Fibre (g) 13.9