Kale
A hardy leafy brassica with crinkly or flat dark green leaves, packed with vitamin K and tolerant of cold weather long after other greens have given up.
2 vegetables starting with the letter K — each with origin, classification, and notes.
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A hardy leafy brassica with crinkly or flat dark green leaves, packed with vitamin K and tolerant of cold weather long after other greens have given up.
A swollen-stem cabbage relative — a bulb of crisp white-green flesh that tastes like a sweeter, milder broccoli stem, eaten raw or cooked across Northern European, Indian, and Vietnamese cuisines.
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