I use it in salads, smoothies, stir-fries, soup/stew, pilaf, curry. Baked in the oven ("kale chips"), or just sautéed with garlic in a bit of olive oil for a side dish. :)
Kale is extremely healthy. Use it in salads or make a vegetable juice. Blend Kale, 2 lemons, 2 apples and a banana and it is absolutely delicious and extremely healthy.
I just made shrimp and kale, actually. You heat up some butter and olive oil, add garlic and shrimp, and cook for a few minutes. Add kale until wilted, toss in lemon juice, red pepper flakes, and add a bit of salt. Sooo good.
I dietitian teaching a class at my HMO said I should try to eat Kale instead of salad, I told her it was awful and she told me she meant I should eat cooked Kale.(I also learned than I like collard greens or spinach more than kale)
I find it good cooked with mung beans and or spicy sausages.(adding it after the beans are cooked since dried beans cook slow and greens cook fast)
I think you can cook it most ways you would collard greens or spinach.
I hear it is a popular ingredient for people who juice.
I see some of the cooking shows make Kaleslaw
Kale chips, steamed with bacon, chopped up in salad (remove ribs), juiced through a juicer with other veggies and/or fruits, in soup like Italian Wedding Soup or Zuppa Toscana.
"Portuguese Kale Soup"-Simmer rough chopped kale, potato cubes, "linguisa" (Portuguese) sausage slices, onion sliced, garlic, salt/pepper in chicken broth.
"Sauteed Kale"- Saute' rough chopped Kale w /sliced red onion, minced garlic, diced pancetta (Italian) bacon or American bacon (2 in. pcs.) in a little olive oil. Splash with either balsamic vinegar or apple cider vinegar.
"Kale Chips" - Wash, dry then remove the ribs of the kale, place all of the large leaves in a big salad bowl. Add in 2 T. low sodium soy sauce or Braggs Amino Acids (Soy sauce alternative), 1 tsp. toasted sesame oil, grind of pepper.Use your clean hands to mix it all together. Place a few rows of leaves at a time on a few baking sheets. Bake at 375 (middle rack) for about 10 min.