Eat those green things; they make you tall.

That's what I overheard my pediatrician saying once to another child as he wrapped up with him/her to come in for my child's checkup.

I've recently decided that I need to eat more vegetables. So, I went to the library and got a few cookbooks to help me.

One thing I wanted to cook was kale. Dark green, leafy vegetables are supposed to be very good for us. They're also not very well liked outside of the American South. I once tried making mustard greens the way my Tennessee-native grandmother cooks them. We threw them away. We'll eat the occasional meal with spinach, but mostly my husband turns his nose up at it. But a year ago I had made a beef and barley soup with kale in it, and we all liked it, so I wanted to give kale another try.

Last night I made kale with potatoes and bacon, and it was very good. The recipe was simple: boiled potatoes; boiled kale; sauteed onions; a little crumbled bacon; salt and pepper. It was better than we expected it to be. The five year-old didn't want it (he doesn't even like potatoes), but the husband _really_ liked it and the baby enjoyed sharing my leftovers today. If you've never had cooked kale, it tastes somewhat like cooked broccoli. And goes well with potatoes.

How do you get your greens?