Kale - superfood

Kale growing in our garden amidst the poppies

Lately I have been supplying our local Health Shop with leaves. Actually, most of the time I exchange it for organic plain yoghurt!  Apparently, they mostly sell it for people on a raw food diet.  It is known for anti-cancer properties  as Kale is  a source of ondole-3-carbinol, a chemical which boosts DNA repair in cells and appears to block the growth of cancer cells. Because we have familial high cholesterol I was particularly interested to read that Kale has been found to contain a group of resins known as bile acid sequestrants, which have been shown to lower cholesterol and decrease absorption of dietary fat.

When Desmond and I walked the Camino from Lisbon to Santiago in 2011, we saw that every Portuguese house had a Kale patch and then we realised that the delicious 'Caldo Verde' (a green soup made with broth, potatoes, onions and kale) was actually made with Kale and not spinach as we thought.  I use the tender first leaves raw in salad.  I mix it with spinach - delicious topped with a poached egg.

Jokes aside

Man comes to the front door of a guest house and says he's Mr Smith, booked in for two nights.

Proprietor: 'Would you like me to carry your bag from the car, sir'.

Guest: 'No, she can  walk, but you can bring the luggage.'

Innkeeper: The room is R1000- a night. It's R50- if you make your own bed.
Guest: I'll make my own bed.
Innkeeper: Good. I'll get you some nails and wood.

Paddy is booked into a guest house,and looking round,notices a sign on the wall. He says to the owner: "What time do you get in by?"    The owner looks confused and says: "Well ,I am the owner, I live here. Why do you ask?" 

Says Paddy,"Well,on that sign there,it says guests have to be in before you!"

The owner replies,"No,  it says: "Guests must be in before 1 am" !

about blogging

Before starting my guest house blog I had planned to start a blog where a few guest house owners could share stories and recipes, but it turned out that I was the only one who ever posted!

 Because I blog regularly I changed to a blog-based site, where my blog posts form an integral part of my website content. I have kept the blogspot blogging going even after the development of my new blog-based guest house website as it attracts a different readership - on average 250 page views per month.I am still humbled by the number of people who read my regular blog posts. My monthly unique visitors on www.fairviewhomestead.com are on average 400.