Thursday, June 27, 2013

KALE: Dehydrating it and turning it into powder

I FINALLY did something I've been wanting to do for years. Why did I wait so long? I'm not sure. Over the last couple of years I did attempt to google some information so I wouldn't have to do it myself, however I really do not like to sift through the 50 billion hits google gives. I don't have time. I did however at least scan the first page of hits and nothing matched at all. I must not have worded it exactly right?

So what did I do? Well, I picked some kale from our garden, weighed out one pound, dehydrated it all by itself, and then ground it up into a powder.

One pound of kale next to the 1c measuring cup.

The same 1lb of kale turned into powder and placed in the same cup.

So now I know!!! I hope this information was useful to someone else besides only me.

On a side note, this is kale grown from the seed Corban saved last year. We still have a few pounds of seed; plenty to give to friends and family and some to sell too.
Also, here is a link that shows how to save kale seeds. Enjoy!
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  1. AmiJuly 6, 2013 at 12:19 AM

    So hopefully your next post is telling us HOW to dehydrate it and ways to use it:):)
    Ami

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  2. JoanneJuly 6, 2013 at 10:15 AM

    :)
    I have a dehydrator ... I put it to 105 degrees so it's still considered raw, separate the leaf from the stem as the stem takes a lot longer (alternately, you can dehydrate them in tact and then pull the stems off later - leave them in the dehydrator and take the leaves out), dehydrate till totally dry.

    Uses: the only thing I am going to be using it for is green smoothies. This will be nice when fresh is not available. It can be put in soup as well.

    God bless you!

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