Recipe: Sauteed Kale and Tofu

This recipe is packed with protein both from the tofu and kale. Bountiful with vitamins and minerals, kale is the new super food. It helps lower cholesterol and fight at least 5 types of cancer. A cup of chopped raw kale only has 33 calories and packs 206% daily value of Vitamin A and 134% DV of vitamin C.

We normally steam a few leaves for the baby and give it to him with his favorite sweet potatoes. We used to mash it in when he was younger but now that he has more teeth, we just sandwich it in between slices of steamed sweet potatoes. We cook the rest for the adults.

This recipe serves one. Just multiply the number of servings you want to the ingredients for your purpose.

Ingredients:

1 block of tofu chopped

About 200 g of kale

Chopped onions

Chopped garlic

Rice wine

Salt and pepper

Oil or butter (I used about a tablespoon of butter)

Dash of cayenne and paprika (optional)

Saute garlic, onion and tofu. Add the chopped kale. You can add a little bit of water if you want. I used a little rice wine to give it a little moisture and sweetness. Then, put a dash of salt, pepper, cayenne and paprika. I love my food to have a little kick to it so you would find most of my recipes to have cayenne and paprika. This recipe should be good for dieters. Very low in calories (replace butter with olive oil or just water if you like), high in proteins and power packed with a whole range of vitamins and minerals. Enjoy!

Recipe: Spinach and Kale Omelette

How do we recycle leftovers? Why, include it in your omelette, of course! For this recipe, I used left over spinach and I included old kale leftover that was meant to be steamed for my baby to eat for the week.

Ingredients:

Eggs (I used 3 here)

Left over spinach

Chopped kale

Tomato

Garlic

Onion

Cheese (optional-advise is for dieters)

Cooking oil

Saute garlic, onion and tomato. Add the kale. Once partly cooked, add the spinach. Set aside. I normally use the same pan to cook the eggs (bawas hugasin). Beat the eggs, season with salt and pepper. I added a dash of cayenne and paprika but this is optional. Put oil on the pan and add the eggs. Once half cooked, put the filling on top preferably to one side to make it easier to fold later on. Add your cheese too. Then the tricky part , folding your omelette. I normally botch this part but I got lucky this time.

This was the healthy part of our breakfast. We had hotdogs and fried rice with this. 

Let's eat!