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September 23, 2005
The Things We Do For Love
"I'm not sure this relationship would be possible without DWIDP," I said to MR as I tried to figure out how to use 262 grams of kale stems in our dinner tonight. He said he was very happy that DWIDP exists.
MR creates stems, lots of stems, that he used to use in his various recipes. But now that I cook most of our dinners, a function of the fact that I love to cook and he loves to eat my food, he doesn't make his stem-containing dinners as often. Tonight I had planned to be out, but my friend with whom I was going to have dinner got called into work, so MR benefitted from the pleasure of my cooking and my ingenious usage of stems.
I boiled the stems in low sodium organic veggie broth for about half an hour, and then added a half a can of Muir Glenn Organic fire roasted diced tomatoes. Added 250 g eggwhites for protein. At the very end, after removing from heat, I added a half cup of fat free plain organic yogurt and a teaspoon of flax oil. Served with hazelnuts, raspberries and hazelnut oil on the side. I ate mine with two tablespoons Lewis Labs brewers yeast, minus the eggwhites and yogurt. That amount of brewers yeast has 16 g protein, and I had already had my calcium in the form of lunch time cottage cheese.
262 grams of kale stems is a lot. You try it.
Posted by april at September 23, 2005 6:39 PM
Comments
how many calories does brewer's yeast have?
Posted by: Sway at September 24, 2005 2:23 PM
"Tickling the dragon"...haven't we used this phrase before to describe events like the pizza incident? Critical to CR success is the ability to identify our personal "dragons" and recognize if we are able to slay them or if we need to steer clear! Good for you, April!
Posted by: Danielle at September 24, 2005 5:21 PM
I would cook the kale stems with 1/2 an onion in organic chicken stock until soft and run it through the blender with a chunk of feta cheese and some dill. This would make a creamy French-style veggie soup. I also like kale with smoked oysters for an oyster stew. I've been using the kale leaves for this, but I suppose the stems would work just fine. I have a big patch of kale in my garden, which is a little chewed up right now. It's good for a year or two, though. I just go out and pick 10 leaves, from this plant and that. They don't seem to mind and just make more for me.
Posted by: Little MR at September 25, 2005 1:25 PM