Food Friday

Sometimes you fall into a yummy dish without even planning it!  Today was one of those days.

All day there was something going on...I left really early, went to a diabetes class, tried to get a simple no-polish manicure but that salon was filled so I tried a different salon.  It only took a very few minutes at the second salon so there was too much time to hang around in town before swimming so I went home.

When I was home I started tidying the kitchen which was screaming at me to stay home and take care.  Well, at least my inner tidy person was screaming finally, so I really went to town on the surfaces.  There was a big bag of chopped kale I had purchased at the "past expiration date" produce rack at Piggly Wiggly a few days ago and realized that if I did not do something with it, the 99 cents I spent on it would be wasted.

Kale, the whole bag, plus 3 cups of water went into the 8 quart Instant Pot.  It had been previously on a long-term cook at 58 minutes so I said, why not let it go?  Then I went swimming.

When I got home after a good long swim and a haircut, we had time enough left to eat before going to the temple with a couple in our ward. SO...since I had not really made breakfast just announced what was available in the kitchen I decided I should do a little something for a supper for Dear One.  I was going to make him a sandwich but saw we still had one of the Bubba veggie burgers left and a bun, so I put the two of them together in the microwave then put on catsup, mustard, and relish.

When I came back to the island I decided to eat some of the kale.  It was cooked within an inch of its life, just the way I like cooked kale to be if I am not having it perfectly cooked for just 8 minutes.  THAT kale is like candy...you cannot stop eating it!  Anyway, this 58-minutes-under-pressure-then-2-hours-and-23-minutes-on-warming kale was ready to eat...

The mustard and relish were still on the counter so I thought, "What the heck?!  Why not try it?"  I remembered my friend Ruby telling me about cooking collards with relish so...I put a good squirt of dijon mustard and probably a tablespoon of pickle relish on the kale, mixed it up and ate it. IT WAS SO GOOD!  So good that when we got home after 10:00 PM I made another big bowl of it and ate it all.  I never eat after supper on a good day and then only a tiny snack.  The kale was really eating.  So good. 

 Now it really late and my eyes are blearing over.  Time to go to bed.  And man, is my tummy
happy. I hope it is still happy in the morning...

You can't really tell anything from the picture but the condiments are in there plus the thick tough stems that always come in those big bags of chopped kale.  By pressurizing the heck out of the stems they are soft and delicious.  No waste there...!