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Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

Eric Wynkoop - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

This event was on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 11:05 am Pacific, 2:05 pm Eastern

Join Chef Eric Wynkoop in his virtual office as he welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to Ask Anything – from cooking techniques to co… Read More.

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Question:

I am new to a whole foods plant based lifestyle. Since we don’t use oil- what would be the best way to get soft Kale?

— Jenna Burkman

Answer:

Um, so, uh, I guess it, uh, you know, you mentioned oil. Um, what comes to mind perhaps as being okay then is a whole f uh, food fat like avocado. Uh, avocado is, um, sometimes used to massage kale. That works very, very well. Of course, you want a nice ripe avocado. Uh, you're gonna, you're gonna jump in there and it's going to come squeezing through your fingers, and it's gonna be, uh, um, you know, a very fun experience in a different sort of way. Uh, but that's what comes to mind for me. Okay? And if you didn't wanna do that, uh, you can always just sort of gently rub the kale, you know, if you add a little bit of salt in there, that'll help agitate. Um, the, uh, the cut kale, uh, or the torn kale, just depends, you know, on how you wanna prep that. Um, but, uh, those are a couple of methods that come to mind. Uh, mashed avocado or a dry sort of gentle massage through the hands.
Eric Wynkoop

Eric Wynkoop

Director of Culinary Instruction

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