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Kalettes: sprouts with a perm

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I came across kalettes in Lidl having never heard of them. They are miniature kale and look for all the world like curly sprouts. Since there aren’t many green leafy veg that I truly enjoy ( broccoli excepted) I gave them a try and loved them. Very quick and easy to cook and with a lovely sweet flavour: not like sprouts and not like kale either!
I just know Lidl will stop stocking them soon so I might buy up their stock and freeze them!
Just had some with cauli and mushrooms in low carb cheese sauce: wonderful.
 
They look good, just found them on Tesco site. @Kaylz was looking for vegetables to roast, and I seem to remember likes sprouts. These can be roasted
 
btw, talking of unusual vegetables, a greengrocers near us had Romanesco broccoli for sale, had not seen it before. A cross between broccoli and cauliflower.
 
kentish maid said:
btw, talking of unusual vegetables, a greengrocers near us had Romanesco broccoli for sale, had not seen it before. A cross between broccoli and cauliflower.
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Is that the pointy little pale green caulis?
 
I quite like kale but it can be bitter and I've never been overly keen on brussels sprouts but these sound great. I've had a look and they are seasonal between November and March.
 
I think I've seen one of these on here before; a fractal cauliflower! 😉
 
I had a look at them but they are rather expensive for a wee 150g bag, I mean a £1 bag of sprouts feeds us a couple of times where as a bag of these would do me and that's it x
 
Kaylz said:
I had a look at them but they are rather expensive for a wee 150g bag, I mean a £1 bag of sprouts feeds us a couple of times where as a bag of these would do me and that's it x
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That’s a shame. 150g is 2 portions but I think they’re cheaper in Lidl.
 
Radders said:
That’s a shame. 150g is 2 portions but I think they’re cheaper in Lidl.
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I'd eat at least 100g of them myself, there's 4 of us for tea apart from at weekends so its not worth it, far too expensive to do as others wont eat the same things so other things have to be bought as it is xx
 
I've had kalettes for years. Love them.
 
Radders, thanks for the heads up on KALETTES, never heard of them before and I am 79 years old lol. I bought some today in Tesco and had them steamed with some Cod Loin and small baked potato, it was really enjoyable and will get some more.
 
Pretty disappointed, my Tesco don't stock them and apparently none of my other close stores do either :( x
 
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