Poetry/Green Health
All Hail to the Whole Leaf Kale
Natural health growing in my garden
Kale is a cruciferous vegetable, please don’t confuse it with spinach, my friend
Antioxidants, Vitamins A, B, C, K, high minerals, I recommend
Leaves can be eaten raw but tough, steaming is better, a healthy foodstuff
Eat more of this if you are like me, no brussel sprouts, cabbage or broccoli!
My first harvest of kale is soaking in water as I wrote this. How could I not pick it for my acrostic poem, having picked the leaves this morning to steam later as a dinner accompaniment?
Only four letters limited how much information I could include!
Here’s more.
Kale is among the most nutrient-dense plants on the planet.
Depending on the variety, leaves are green or purple, curly or smooth. Mine is the Chamberlain variety — green and smooth — and so easy to grow!
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A single cup of raw kale (about 67 grams or 2.4 ounces) contains
- Vitamin A: 206% of the DV (from beta-carotene)
- Vitamin K: 684% of the DV
- Vitamin C: 134% of the DV
