Were you shocked? Did you also think they were blocks of cake?
I actually was supposed to post something else but then I saw @bleujay and @ace108's comment offline on my mobile so I've decided to share the recipe in English. No, not the exact translation of the story I posted in Dutch but you get the same bits somehow. If I weren't as busy as I am these days, I would have posted the Dutch and the English version simultaneously - unfortunately, my sched is pretty full these days so here I am writing the English version of the recipe and then some~~ ... minutes before my hungry husband arrives.
If you have decided to copy paste the title on google translate (yes, I do that on posts that are written in other languages - patiently, paragraph by paragraph - and it doesn't really translate very well eh? ) then ... you knew this is actually an "eierkoek" (ey - yerr kuk'") or eggnog cookies (except for they're not sweet - is there such a rule that says eggnog cookies should be sweet? ) from kale. Soft and spongy.
What? Kale again? Yes, this time I bought kale myself. Hub passed by it and ignored them but I took the last two bags of kale in Ekoplaza because I'm pretty bored having quite a routinary day (sort'a) plus am not done with my kale experiments. I just wanted to know ...what else could I make out of kale aside from the other recipes I already made out of it. So this recipe was born. Yes, it's mine.
Did you also think - it was sweet and made from pistachios? It sure looked like a greenie - that's the green version of a brownie (laughs). Well, at least am enjoying writing this. Thank you @bleujay. These were actually the ingredients in it which I didn't manage to take pictures of because I had guests (what a fine excuse eh?) and had to cook 'em speedy quick and they're all being nosey. All of them want to help but part of being a bit of an OC is being a bit of a control freak - so my favorite line to any friends who want to meddle in cooking - "Thank you but I got it all covered." I just like doing things my way - just because. . .
Anyway, here are the ingredients ...
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 eggs
- 3 tablespoon salted peanuts
- 3 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 4 tablespoon salted pumpkin seeds
- 7 leaves of kale
- 7 spins salt
- garlic cheese (crepe)
- mayo (plain - I used Bio+)
- honey ( I used Bio + flower honey)
- grated lemon peels (from 3 lemons)
How easy peasy was the process ? ... - It was - like the pics - "a piece of cake"....
I always soak the kale leaves in water with baking soda for hours even though they're organic. OC remember? My grandmother told me back when I was young ... on days my nose were running and I tried to pull them back in ; "Ivy, no matter how poor we are (oh yes, we were) . . . we don't eat mucus". more so - sand and mud on kale leaves. Ewwww? back to the walk through ...
'course, I made more than that but they screamed "Attack!" and before I knew it - they're gone. Well, it's easy to eat something small - that, too. It's just an appetizer so you don't need to make such a huge slice. Plus, the more people on the table - the merrier or is it just hub and me who feel that - just because we're so used to just having the food to ourselves.
What does it taste like? I told @dresden - a combination of hearty, a bit sweet and the zestiness of the lemon peels. I wish I could also describe the smell - it was .. lemony and then some.
So, yes, I posted in Dutch ... because I had to show them how freaking easy it is to Steemit and hopefully they join, too cause - it's more fun when you're a group plus I wanted to show Ekoplaza what else I did with their organic kale and so after I logged out last night, I tweeted the Dutch recipe to them and the world. They saw it this morning and hit liked. Mission accomplished :).
But I liked it that I wrote it in Dutch because I bumped into @harrypeters and @playfulfoodie - who are both Dutch and babies here. The NL community seem to be giving birth and that's good ... because remember, "America first, the Netherlands - second". (more laughs)
I took each pic with a Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 edition.