The Greening of Mashed Potatoes

[hippywife]

Bill sent this to me in my email this morning. Hint! Hint!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/dining/11mini.html?_r...

Could be an excellent side to the corned beef.

[grasswire]

1. wow

Looks delicious, and far more healthy than the dish colcannon (which has bacon and onions and cabbage in the taters).

[kestrel91316]

2. That looks yummy. I bet it works great with KALE, my new favorite green.

[Warpy]

3. Kale and taters were made for each other!

I admit I don't like cooked greens. However, I like kale chopped and dried in a low oven and crumbled over baked potato. Shoot, I like it by the handful as a crunchy snack, too, but it really sings on those baked potatoes, butter or sour cream added.

[flamin lib]

10. Okay, I'll bite. Tell me how to dry Kale. Temp and time? Thanks, nt

[hippywife]

4. I've not tried kale yet.

What is the taste comparable to?

[kestrel91316]

7. It's in the brassica family. I think it's closest to collards taste-wise?

Just be sure and cook it tender, don't treat it like spinach, lol. You want it that dull, olive-green color.

I like to eat it just simmered with a little chicken broth or bouillon for extra flavor (I use Better-Than-Bouillon).

[supernova]

5. I was a little worried

before clicking on that link.... thinking it entailed green food coloring.

But greens & taters,

[hippywife]

6. It could have been a few different things. LOL

But I am going to try this for tomorrow night's dinner.

[kentauros]

8. I haven't made mashed potatoes with those kinds of greens

but I have used a recipe where you cooked broccoli florets with the potatoes and then pureed both together (best with an inversion blender.) Green "mashed" potatoes but still yummy

[hippywife]

9. This was excellent!

I used fresh spinach, unblanched since I don't find it bitter. And since Bittman is a bit too much the minimalist for me I added kosher salt, garlic and I crumbled goat cheese and parmesan on the top. Baked for about 10 minutes since I made it ahead and it was room temp going in.

Very delicious!