Another Kitchen Success

Somehow this is turning into a food blog.  Hmm.

I had a box of pre-washed kale in the fridge that had to be used up, and since it seemed to be too much for me to finish it all at once raw, I went to trusty old foodnetwork.com and found a recipe for it sauteed.  I haven't had the best luck cooking with oil though; I'm a clean-freak, but when I've sauteed with oil in the past, especially in a shallow frying pan, the oil seems to splatter after I add whatever I'm cooking in and stink up the entire apartment.  I've also had trouble burning garlic.

Instead, I thought I'd try a suggestion from my mom to saute with vegetable broth.  I basically switched the vegetable broth and the olive oil, starting with a base of vegetable broth, garlic, and red chili flakes, adding the baby kale, and finishing with salt and olive oil.  I must say the vegetable broth is quite flavorful, and the sauteed kale kind of reminds me of the sauteed bean sprouts I used to have at Chinese restaurants, except not as oily or salty, and with a fresh kale flavor added.

So Mom, if you're reading this, you can't blame me for not eating my vegetables.

Yes, pictures will be up...as soon as I decide to put them up.

Now on to my learning objective about Tums for tomorrow.  How fitting...