Pureed Chard, Kale, etc?

[Guest guest]

Does anyone have any ideas on recipes/methods for making pureed

greens? I'm going to do spinach today, which I think will be fine

because it's very mild. However, other greens like kale aren't so

mild. How would you prepare them pureed? Boil in chicken broth then

run through a blender? Steam? Sautee? What spices do you think would

be good? It doesn't have to be complicated or fancy, I just want to be

able to eat some pureed greens without gagging I know there are

some awesome cooks on here, so I look forward to any advice I get =)

Thanks!

Cheers!

Alyssa 16 yo

UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

SCD June 2009 (restarted)

Prednisone 7.5 mg

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Hi Alyssa,

I haven't specifically pureed kale or whatever, but my parents were from

the South so we had a lot of greens (with cornbread, of course!) when I

was growing up. Mama usually got mustard greens or turnip greens

but I suspect kale would be much the same. You strip the leaves off

the heavy stems; what doesn't strip is small enough not to stay

tough. Now, Mama always cooked greens with a ham bone and liquid

smoke, but forget THAT! What I've done since my adult life has

required various diets is to use plenty of chopped onion and garlic and

you cook in a fair amount of water. Celery works, too. The

greens get cooked pretty soft. I suspect you could do them in a steamer

basket as well and they wouldn't get so ishy and soft. I think the

amount of cooking would depend upon how soft you want/need them to be

before pureeing. I like your idea of cooking in broth; I think that would

give a good flavor.

I'll put kale on the grocery list and do a bit of experimenting and

report back.

Does anyone have any ideas on recipes/methods for making pureed greens? I'm going to do spinach today, which I think will be fine because it's very mild. However, other greens like kale aren't so mild. How would you prepare them pureed? Boil in chicken broth then run through a blender? Steam? Sautee? What spices do you think would be good? It doesn't have to be complicated or fancy, I just want to

be able to eat some pureed greens without gagging I know there are some awesome cooks on here, so I look forward to any advice I get =) Thanks!

Cheers!

Alyssa 16 yo

[Guest guest]

I'll put kale on the grocery list and do a bit of experimenting and report back.Thanks for the ideas, ! I made pureed spinach tonight in chicken broth, and it definitely needed a hefty dose of onion powder before it was edible =) I'm hoping I'll be able to re-introduce my green smoothies again soon so I won't have to worry so much about getting them cooked! Just waiting for a few days where nothing else is changing... Cheers!Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Prednisone 7.5 mg