Kale Recipes: The Complete Guide to Using the Superfood Kale to Make Great Meals

By Jennifer Knight

Quick And Easy Kale Recipes The Complete Guide to Using the Superfood Kale to Make Great Meals A lot of people may wonder what the big deal is about kale as it has become quite a popular choice for many in recent years. This book can help the reader to understand kale even more. The book is "Quick And Easy Kale Recipes" and through the author, the reader not only gets to learn why kale is such a great meal option but how to prepare sumptuous meals using this great Superfood. The meals are not only tasty and healthy but are pretty easy to prepare. In our fast paced society it is important to find the best way to get the most healthy and nutritious meal while on the go. The author is aware of this and highlights some great soups and drinks that take no time to put together. The menus are not rigid and the reader can experiment with the taste until they get it to suit their palate. About Jennifer Knight Jennifer Knight knows what it is to live a healthy life. This book focuses on one of her favorite Superfoods. This is kale. Kale has made some resurgence in the past few years as people seek ways to eat healthy and Jennifer is more than aware of what that means. Kale is a pretty versatile superfood and through Jennifer's book we get to learn some of the many ways that it can be used to create a fantastic meal, bit it breakfast, lunch, dinner or snack.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Healthy Lifestyles
• Release date: May 15, 2017
• ISBN: 9781631879043

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Quick and Easy Kale Recipes

The Complete Guide to Using the Superfood Kale to Make Great Meals

Jennifer Knight

Copyright © 2013 Jennifer Knight

All rights reserved.

Chapter 1- All About Kale- Why is it A Superfood?

There are many foods that are good for the body. Fruits and vegetables are considered to be part of a healthy diet. There are some foods that are known as super foods. They contain a number of vitamins and minerals. In addition to promoting good health they can help with aliments as well. Kale is considered to be one of these super foods. It has many more uses then garnishes or being throw in with other collard greens.

Kale is vegetable with a high number of nutrients. It is one of the healthiest foods that a person can eat. Kale is in the same vegetable family as broccoli, cabbage, and Brussels sprouts. it is packed with more vitamins per bite then many of the other vegetables. This vegetable will help keep a person healthy. Kale can even help the body defend itself against cancer. This food can help prevent stomach, colon, breast, and ovarian cancers.

Kale is able to help the body stay healthy by proving the daily values of many different vitamins. Kale is high in vitamin K, vitamin A, and vitamin C. it also contains a significant amount of copper and manganese. Kale has an adequate amount of many other vitamins including vitamin B6, potassium, calcium, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, zinc, and iron. Kale also contains omega 3 fatty acids which help with memory and brain development.

Kale has many anti-oxidant powers that will keep a person from getting sick and help fight off the illness if a person were t o become sick. Some of the anti-oxidants that can be found in kale include B-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin. The carotene will help a person keep their eyes strong and healthy. This vitamin is also said to improve vision of a person that is having trouble seeing already. One study found that people who ate a lot of kale in their diet were able to reduce their risk for developing cataracts by fifty percent.

Kale is low in calories and these calories are easy for the body to use and to burn. A one cup serving of kale has only 36 calories. This same serving size has 192% of a person’s daily value of

Reviews for Kale Recipes

[Donnice Hildreth · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Liked how kale was used in each category . Breakfast soup eyc. Looking forward to making kale cookies, kale pesto muffins

[KarenCowpar · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

good recipes, but many errors of missing ingredients and confusing directions.