Kale the dark leafy green vegetable is being used from ancient times. It belongs to cabbage family. It is a very low calorie vegetables but rich with essential vitamins and minerals. Kale is diversified vegetables with many colors and shape.
Kale can be eaten raw or cooked condition. It is perfect vegetables for weight loss. The amazing matter is you can eat kale not only cooking but you can also have it as snacks. You can make side dish with mushroom, garlic, onion. To make it more tasty add stews and spaghetti sauce.
Kale is full with multi multi-nutritional element. Every raw kale contains vitamin A, C, K, calcium, potassium. These element strengthen your bones, lower blood sugar etc. kale also contains iron that which improve the quality of blood. If you take a cup of raw kale, you will get 2.4 grams of dietary fiber. You have already known that dietary fiber reduce hunger and helps weight control.
Calories in kale
1 cup of kale contains only 33.5 calories. It contains very low amount of fat of .5 gram. Per serving of kale contains only 6.7 grams of carb and 2.2 grams of protein.
Firstly, wash the kale leaves in the water to remove dust and bugs. Now remove thick stems of the kale leaves with sharp knife. In the meantime, boil some water and some salt to water. Slice off the kale leaves ½ inch thick. At this stage put the kale leaves in the boiling water. Cook it in high flame and stir it until the water starts boiling one more time. Cook it for at least three minutes. Take pieces of kale leaves and let it be cool for a second. If it is cool, then tear it and chew it. If the leaf is tender but still it can be chewed then stop cooking. Now rinse it under cold water. Now you can have it with your favorite sauce and spice.