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BlazeTablet L27.10.2-P1 Release Notes
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Revision as of 22:24, 18 February 2011
This software release has been developed and verified in the following software and hardware environment.
Please note Toolchain is upgraded since L27.7.0 release
OS Kernel: Linux® 2.6.35
Android: Froyo public project
Toolchain: CodeSourcery compiler version Sourcery G++ Lite 2010q1-202 for ARM GNU/Linux
Reference hardware platform: TI OMAP4 ES2.1 EMU BlazeTablet
Build Host OS: Ubuntu
Tools & Dependency packages
Pre-requisite packages for build Android Filesystem (Note this is with reference to uBuntu 8.04)
If you are behind firewall, you will have to set-up firewall using the instructions in Support Tools
For higher versions of U-buntu please refer to Host PC COnfiguration
The following commands will install the correct packages to your server:
sudo apt-get install git-core flex bison gperf libesd0-dev libwxgtk2.6-dev zlib1g-dev build-essential libstdc++5 tofrodos sudo apt-get install x-dev sudo apt-get install libx11-dev sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jdk
If you do not have sudo rights to your machine, contact your System Administrator for assistance. Google has issued that "sun-java6-jdk" has become unsupported: "because of incompatibilities with @Override" To uninstall "sun-java6-jdk" please type:
sudo apt-get remove sun-java6-jdk
"Intrepid (8.10) users may need a newer version of libreadline:
sudo apt-get install lib32readline5-dev"
Tool Chain for building Kernel and Drivers
The Kernel and Driver sources are built using Sourcery G++ Lite 2010q1-202 for ARM GNU/Linux version.
This tool chain can be obtained from [1]
Downloading Release Software
Android Filesystem Sources
you can get the Android source for this release by doing:
cd <your work directory> mkdir -p mydroid; cd mydroid export MYDROID=`pwd` repo init -u git://gitorious.org/blazetablet/omapmanifest.git -b refs/tags/BT_L27.8.2P1 repo sync
Kernel & Driver Sources
To clone kernel source from scratch do:
cd <your work directory>; export YOUR_PATH=`pwd` git clone git://gitorious.org/blazetablet/kernel.git kernel cd kernel git checkout BT_L27.10.2P1
If you already have kernel source cloned then just update it (and add a remote if it is the first time):
cd $YOUR_PATH/kernel git remote add blazetablet git://gitorious.org/blazetablet/kernel.git git fetch -t blazetablet git checkout BT_L27.10.2P1
U-Boot Sources
cd <your work directory>; export YOUR_PATH=`pwd` git clone git://gitorious.org/blazetablet/u-boot.git u-boot cd u-boot git checkout BT_L27.10.2P1
X-loader Sources
cd <your work directory>; export YOUR_PATH=`pwd` git clone git://gitorious.org/blazetablet/x-loader.git x-loader cd x-loader git checkout BT_L27.10.2P1
Release Content
This release has the below content - Kernel and Drivers tested with OMAP4 ES2.1 EMU BlazeTablet platform and verified with Froyo UI - A9 source code for accelerating Video
The release has been verified with OMAP4 SGX hardware Graphics Accelerator libraries and accelerated Video codecs Please contact TI customer representative to gain access TI proprietary packages
Build Instructions
Setting up build environment
From your work directory (where your 27.10.2-P1 folder resides):
export YOUR_PATH=`pwd` export PATH=$PATH:<toolchain_parent_dir>/arm-2010q1/bin export MYDROID=${YOUR_PATH}/27.10.2-P1/mydroid mkdir $MYDROID/logs export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- export PATH=${YOUR_PATH}/u-boot/tools:${PATH}
Building U-BOOT
cd $YOUR_PATH/u-boot make distclean (required for rebuild only) make ARCH=arm omap4430sdp_config make 2>&1 |tee $MYDROID/logs/u-boot_make.out
Building X-LOADER
cd $YOUR_PATH/x-loader make distclean (required for rebuild only) make ARCH=arm blazetablet_config make ift 2>&1 |tee $MYDROID/logs/x-loader_make.out
Signing X-LOADER for EMU devices
The tool for signing x-loader is provided on TI's package. Please contact TI customer representative to get access to this tool.
cd $YOUR_PATH/27.10.2-P1/mshield-dk cp -f $YOUR_PATH/x-loader/x-load.bin . ./generate_MLO ES2.1 x-load.bin
Building Kernel
To create kernel uImage you need to add "mkimage" directory path to your "PATH" environment variable:
cd $YOUR_PATH/kernel make ARCH=arm distclean (required for rebuild only) make ARCH=arm android_4430_defconfig make ARCH=arm uImage 2>&1 |tee $MYDROID/logs/kernel_make.out
Building Kernel modules
cd $YOUR_PATH/kernel make ARCH=arm modules 2>&1 |tee $MYDROID/logs/kernel_modules.out
Building WLAN driver
export HOST_PLATFORM=sdc4430 export KERNEL_DIR=$YOUR_PATH/kernel cd $MYDROID/hardware/ti/wlan/wl1283/platforms/os/linux make ARCH=arm
Building Android Filesystem (AFS) with TI Codecs enabled
on step below use the number of cores you have available; i.e. -j4 or -j12:
cd $MYDROID cp -Rfp device/ti/blazetablet/buildspec.mk.default buildspec.mk make clean (required for rebuild only) make -j4 2>&1 |tee $MYDROID/logs/android_make.out
Building AFS with Android Codecs
This release was not verified with Android codecs. Camera based applications need TI proprietary drivers. Please contact TI customer representative to get access to proprietary sources
Preparing Android binaries
Please note ES2.0 SOMs are not compatible with SmartReflex enabled (which is default). It will cause the ES2.0 board to not boot.
To disable SmartReflex, you will need to modify the init.rc to remove the following lines:
Enable Smart Reflex in debug fs
write /debug/pm_debug/smartreflex/sr_core/autocomp 1
write /debug/pm_debug/smartreflex/sr_iva/autocomp 1 >
write /debup/pm_debug/smartreflex/sr_mpu/autocomp 1
The following binaries are required by the BlazeTablet® board. This step will prepare a directory, called myfs, containing all necessary Android files that you must include within your SD card.
cd $YOUR_PATH mkdir myfs cd myfs cp -Rfp $YOUR_PATH/kernel/android-2.6.35/drivers/staging/ti-st/*.ko $MYDROID/out/target/product/blazetablet/root cp -Rfp $MYDROID/out/target/product/blazetablet/root/* . cp -Rfp $MYDROID/out/target/product/blazetablet/system/ . cp -Rfp $MYDROID/out/target/product/blazetablet/data/ . cp -Rfp $MYDROID/device/ti/blazetablet/init.omap4sdp.rc init.rc
Preparing eMMC images
If you wish to boot entirely from eMMC, you will need to modify init.rc file to mount eMMC partitions on your system and create the eMMC partition images:
cd $MYDROID cp $YOUR_PATH/myfs/init.rc out/target/product/blazetablet/root sed -i -e '/system ro remount/a\ mount ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system\ mount ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system ro remount' \ -e '/data nosuid nodev/a\ mount ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data nosuid nodev' \ -e '/cache nosuid nodev/a\ mount ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /cache nosuid nodev' out/target/product/blazetablet/root/init.rc
Now you need to rebuild your Android filesystem; but before you need to erase ramdisk.img file from your 'out' directory:
cd $MYDROID rm -f out/target/product/blazetablet/ramdisk.img make -j4
This build should not take too much time and will re-generate a new ramdisk.img file with the modified init.rc file in it.
After build is done you need to copy the new ramdisk.img file to a new directory where you will store all eMMC-related files for easy location:
cd $YOUR_PATH mkdir omap4_emmc_files cp -f $MYDROID/out/target/product/blazetablet/ramdisk.img omap4_emmc_files cp -f $MYDROID/out/host/linux-x86/bin/fastboot omap4_emmc_files cp -f $MYDROID/device/ti/blazetablet/mbr.bin omap4_emmc_files cp -f $MYDROID/out/host/linux-x86/bin/mkbootimg omap4_emmc_files cp -f u-boot/u-boot.bin omap4_emmc_files cp -f x-loader/MLO omap4_emmc_files cp -f kernel/arch/arm/boot/zImage omap4_emmc_files
Starting L27.10.1, uMulti-2 changed to boot.img it is created with mkbootimg instead of mkimage
Now from this new directory we will create the eMMC images which will be flashed using fastboot protocol (described later). First create boot.img image using kernel image we copied previously:
cd $YOUR_PATH/omap4_emmc_files ./mkbootimg --kernel zImage --ramdisk ramdisk.img --base 0x80000000 --cmdline aaaaaa --board omap4 -o boot.img
Then create system image:
cd $YOUR_PATH/omap4_emmc_files dd if=/dev/zero of=./system.img bs=1048510 count=200 mkfs.ext3 -F system.img -L system mkdir tmp sudo mount -o loop system.img tmp cp -prf $YOUR_PATH/myfs/system/* tmp sudo umount tmp
In a similar fashion create userdata and cache partitions:
cd $YOUR_PATH/omap4_emmc_files dd if=/dev/zero of=./data.img bs=1048510 count=150 mkfs.ext3 -F data.img -L data sudo mount -o loop data.img tmp cp -prf $YOUR_PATH/myfs/data/* tmp sudo umount tmp dd if=/dev/zero of=./cache.img bs=1048510 count=50 mkfs.ext3 -F cache.img -L cache
And finally the environment file with the bootargs and bootcmd information (see bootargs section)
Booting Kernel and Android File System from SD card
Formatting SD Card
You will need to format your SD for the Linux file system. Connect your SD memory card reader with memory card inserted to a USB port on your Linux Ubuntu PC. You must login as Super User.
$ su $ fdisk -l
Match the device to the size of your memory card. Look for the /dev/*** device which matches the memory card in the card reader. Use the matching device's letter prefix in the next command. For example if the device for memory card reader card example was: /dev/sdb1, then use only /dev/sdb in the fdisk command.
Take note of the size in bytes of your SD Card. You will need this to calculate the number of cylinders in a future step.
$ fdisk /dev/sdb (replace sdb with the letter prefix for your device) (Delete all partitions on the card if they exist) Command (m for help): d Partition number (1-4): 1 Command (m for help): d Selected partition 2 Command (m for help): x (Change the number of heads, sectors and cylinders on the device) Expert command (m for help): h Number of heads (1-256, default 255): 255 Expert command (m for help): s Number of sectors (1-63, default 63): 63 Expert command (m for help): c Number of cylinders (1-1048576, default 248): <You must calculate the number of cylinders for your SD card. To do this, use the following formula: new_cylinders = (Size in bytes from your fdisk –l command)/8225280 Drop any fractional values and enter the whole number in this command. Use this number all the steps that refer to the number of cylinders> (Now return to the main menu) Expert command (m for help): r (Create the first partition) Command (m for help): n Command action e extended p primary partition (1-4) p Partition number (1-4): 1 First cylinder (1-248, default 1): 1 Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-248, default 248): +64M If you plan to use this SD card partition for storing media your can use +1024M assuming a 2+ GB SD card. (Create the second partition) Command (m for help): n Command action e extended p primary partition (1-4) p Partition number (1-4): 2 First cylinder (10-248, default 10): 10 Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (124-248, default 248): <use the cylinder value you calculated earlier> (Change the first partition to at FAT32 partition) Command (m for help): t Partition number (1-4): 1 Hex code (type L to list codes): c Changed system type of partition 1 to c (W95 FAT32 (LBA)) (Toggle the bootable flag for partition 1) Command (m for help): a Partition number (1-4): 1 (Print the partition table to confirm your settings) Command (m for help): p (Sample Output – your output may differ depending on your SD card's size and brand) Disk /dev/sdb: 2041 MB, 2041577472 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 248 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 9 72261 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sdb2 10 248 1919767+ 83 Linux (Write your changes to the SD Card) Command (m for help): w (You will see the following output) The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional information. Syncing disks. Format your partitions typing the following commands (logged as root@ubuntu-box): $ mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n boot /dev/<your device's first partition's name – see the print output from the previous step> $ mkfs.ext3 -L android_fs /dev/<your device's second partition's name – see the print output from the previous step> There is a shell script that all calculations above automatically; to get it do: $ wget http://cgit.openembedded.org/cgit.cgi/openembedded/plain/contrib/angstrom/omap3-mkcard.sh Add execution permission: $ chmod +x omap3-mkcard.sh And you are ready to use it by just typing: $sudo ./omap3-mkcard.sh <your_device (e.g. /dev/sdb)>
Copying Binaries onto SD Card
Now type the following to mount your SD Card on your Linux box (logged as root@ubuntu-box):
$ mkdir /tmp/mmc1 $ mkdir /tmp/mmc2 $ mount /dev/<your device's first partition's name> /tmp/mmc1 $ mount /dev/<your device's second partition's name> /tmp/mmc2
Load the appropriate software to the SD Card (logged as root@ubuntu-box):
$ cp $YOUR_PATH/x-loader/MLO /tmp/mmc1 (if you are using EMU or HS device, plese copy signed MLO instead) $ cp $YOUR_PATH/u-boot/u-boot.bin /tmp/mmc1 $ cp $YOUR_PATH/kernel/arch/arm/boot/uImage /tmp/mmc1 $ cp -Rfp $YOUR_PATH/27.10.1/myfs/* /tmp/mmc2 $ chmod –R 777 /tmp/mmc2/* $ umount /tmp/mmc1 $ umount /tmp/mmc2
Insert your SD card (with u-boot, x-loader and uImage loaded in FAT partition and ) into BlazeTablet SD/MMC card slot, then plug the BlazeTablet mini USB port to your PC and open a serial terminal (baudrate:115200, no parity, 8 bits). Power your board up and in your terminal window you should be able to see the 'New' u-boot prompt:
In your serial terminal define the bootargs and boot as mentioned in the bootarg section.</br>
Right after this your BlazeTablet should start booting using the kernel image and loading the Android filesystem from your SD
Booting Kernel and Android File System from eMMC
Formatting eMMC
Starting on L27.7.2 release onwards the eMMC partition table changed and the flashing procedure now uses fastboot protocol. Please read carefully the following instructions
If your are going to use eMMC for the first time, you need to create the appropriate partition table and create a filesystem (format) for each partition. For this you´ll need to format your SD card and load the u-boot, MLO and fastboot file from the image to the boot partition.
To boot using the SD card change your SYS_BOOT configuration (S2-[1:8] OFF, ON, OFF, ON, ON, ON, ON, ON) with the SD card inserted turn your BlazeTablet on and press any key on your serial terminal to stop the auto-boot process.
Now type from you serial terminal (on the u-boot prompt) 'fastboot' and board should be waiting for any fastboot command. You should see something like this: [Please note this is an older snapshot (so rev numbers you see might be different as compared to below)]
---- OMAP 4 PPA tactical release 0.8.1 ---- Texas Instruments X-Loader 1.41 (Oct 20 2010 - 12:03:47) Starting OS Bootloader from MMC/SD1 ... U-Boot 1.1.4-g0e685295-dirty (Oct 14 2010 - 17:09:14) Load address: 0x80e80000 DRAM: 1024 MB Flash: 0 kB In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Net: KS8851SNL Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 OMAP44XX SDP # fastboot Disconnect USB cable to finish fastboot..
On a linux machiche were you should have untared the release image run
$ sudo ./fastboot.sh
If this is the first time you boot the device edit the fastboot.sh and uncomment the first line so it create the master boot partition. this only need to be odne the first time you boot the board doing it after that may create a partition conflict. That's why by default the fastboot.sh have this command commented.
Now connect the BlazeTablet micro USB port to your Linux box and go to where the eMMC files are. The first fastboot command will create the Master Boot Record that has the partition table along with other boot information on eMMC and the others will flash the files onto the corresponding eMMC partition
The following part contain detailed information about how fastboot.sh works, to continue booting the board go to the booting part of this guide.
mbr.bin changed for this release, partition table name "mbr" has been renamed to "ptable". Hence mbr.bin needs to be Reflashed
Make sure you boot OS loader from SD, also ensure you have 10.2 u-boot and MLO in the SD.
cd $YOUR_PATH/omap4_emmc_files ./fastboot flash ptable mbr.bin ./fastboot flash xloader ./MLO ./fastboot flash bootloader ./u-boot.bin ./fastboot flash environment ./env.txt ./fastboot flash boot ./boot.img ./fastboot flash system ./system.img ./fastboot flash userdata ./data.img ./fastboot flash cache ./cache.img
Once MBR is created you no longer need to flash mbr anymore; only when partition table changes is when we would need to flash mbr again but don't expect changes in the partition table so soon. You can now switch to boot from eMMC.
IMPORTANT: DO NOT ERASE ptable, system, userdata OR cache PARTITIONS. If you want to update these partitions with a new set of eMMC images just use fastboot "flash" commands as described above. For the other partitions you can safely use fastboot "erase" command before updating them:
./fastboot erase xloader ./fastboot erase bootloader ./fastboot erase environment ./fastboot erase boot
When fastboot has finished disconect the micro USB and power cables from the board. Insert a SD card into BlazeTablet SD/MMC card slot (now only required to store MM files, ideally use a different one than the one used for booting), then plug the BlazeTablet mini USB port to your PC and open a serial terminal (baudrate:115200, no parity, 8 bits), change your SYS_BOOT configuration to boot from eMMC (S2-[1:8] ON, ON, ON, ON, ON, ON, ON, ON) and power your board up and in your terminal window you should be able to see the auto-boot process start in 5 seconds:
* This SYS_BOOT configuration must be kept even when you want to update eMMC binaries set, just keep in mind you must NOT flash mbr.bin file again.
---- OMAP 4 PPA tactical release 0.9.1 ---- Texas Instruments X-Loader 1.41 (Oct 20 2010 - 12:03:47) Starting OS Bootloader from EMMC ... U-Boot 1.1.4-g8024422c-dirty (Oct 20 2010 - 12:03:36) Load address: 0x80e80000 DRAM: 1024 MB Flash: 0 kB In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Net: KS8851SNL Hit any key to stop autoboot: 5
If you want to verify that your bootargs and bootcmd were flashed correctly as described in env.txt file, then press any key to stop the auto-boot process and type 'print':
OMAP44XX SDP # print bootdelay=5 bootargs=console=ttyO2,115200n8 rootdelay=2 mem=456M@0x80000000 mem=512M@0xA0000000 init=/init vram="10M" omapfb.vram="0:6M" bootcmd=mmcinit 1;mmc 1 read 0x1000 0x81000000 0x500000;bootm 81000000 loadaddr=81000000 stdin=serial stdout=serial stderr=serial ethact=KS8851SNL Environment size: 223/131068 bytes
To continue booting just type 'boot' and the boot process will start.
Note that parameter mem=456M@0x80000000 mem=512M@0xA0000000 should be used in the bootargs
L27.8.2 Bootargs for SD card boot
setenv bootargs 'console=ttyO2,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk1p2 rw rootdelay=2 mem=458M@0x80000000 mem=512M@0xA0000000 init=/init vram="10M" omapfb.vram="0:6M"' setenv bootcmd 'mmcinit 0;fatload mmc 0 0x80000000 uImage; bootm 0x80000000' saveenv boot
eMMC bootargs given in env.txt
bootdelay=5 bootargs=console=ttyO2,115200n8 rootdelay=2 mem=458M@0x80000000 mem=512M@0xA0000000 init=/init vram=10M omapfb.vram=0:6M bootcmd=mmcinit 1;mmc 1 read 0x1000 0x81000000 0x500000;bootm 81000000 loadaddr=81000000 Right after this your BlazeTablet should start booting kernel image and loading the Android filesystem both from BlazeTablet eMMC


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15 Ways to Eat Your Greens in the Winter
Recipe Collections from The Kitchn
It's an unfortunate winter truth that when the tender lettuces of spring seem farthest away, I begin to crave all things green. The rich foods of December leave me with a strong desire to bury my face in a huge bowl of perfect salad all January long. But while the green leaves of spring lettuce are indeed a season off, that doesn't mean my cravings have to wait too. Here, just in time for the January blues, are 15 ways to eat the greens you crave.
Winter is high season for the stronger greens, like chard and kale, that grow robustly through the icy temperatures in cold frames or even outdoors. The best kale I ever ate was from my garden, where it somehow survived an ice storm and perked back up, proudly sweet and green, right in the snow.
If you're lucky enough to have sheaves of strong, bitter winter greens in your kitchen right now, here are 15 favorite ways to tuck in. They range from just adding them to other favorite dishes (pasta with greens, hurray!) to recipes like collard stew that let these greens stand proudly on their own.
• 1 Pizza with Crispy Kale, Butternut Squash, Bacon & Smoked Mozzarella
• 2 Kale, Bacon and Egg Sandwich
• 3 Fried Eggs and Collard Greens over Polenta
• 4 Open-Faced Ravioli with Poached Egg, Wilted Greens, and Brown Butter-Lemon Sauce
• 5 Bean, Bacon and Butternut Squash Soup with Swiss Chard
• 6 Sautéed Rainbow Chard with Raw Beets and Goat Cheese
• 7 Collard Greens Stew with Chorizo & Garlic
• 8 Grilled Bitter Greens Salad with Roasted Beets, Spiced Pecans & Roquefort
• 9 Kimchi Fried Rice with Extra Greens
• 10 Ham Bone, Greens, and Bean Soup
• 11 Thai Stir-Fried Greens
• 12 Crispy Pan-Fried Beans and Wilted Greens
• 13 Chicken and Swiss Chard Pasta Bake
• 14 Sukuma Wiki (African Braised Kale with Tomatoes)
• 15 Fettucini with Balsamic Delicata Squash & Bitter Greens
What's your favorite way to eat greens in the wintertime? Do you look for overwintered ice spinach or kale at the winter market? Or do you gravitate towards the rough and robust greens of collards and turnip tops?
(Images: See linked recipes for full image credits)
26 Comments
I just discovered the most delicious kale salad at an Italian resto and re-created it at home. I'm totally on the kale bandwagon after this mouth-watering salad (a term I normally reserve for cupcakes). Sweet, salty, crunchy, satisifying. Bonus: Gluten-Free!
Here's our favorite Kale Chips recipe. It's fast and easy and full of good nutrition!
The pizza at the top looks amazing! Thanks for all the tasty, healthy ideas!
I just hate kale. Hate it. I wonder if I just don't cook it long enough? It's a bit texture and a bit tasting like dirt and unhappiness.
I guess I'd like to know if people actually like the taste, or like that it's good for them? Is this a kale conspiracy? Sigh. Maybe i'll try it with bacon.
I can never get enough Massaged Kale Salad. So simple and so fresh with the lemon juice. Feels like I can make up for every holiday buffet sin!
I also vote for Massaged Kale Salad (see my version via the link below). We have it several times a week. I just do not like cooked greens much, unless they are playing a supporting role - such as in a pasta or curry, into which I nearly always add a bunch of chopped rainbow chard or spinach.
And, let's not forget about smoothies! Although sometimes a difficult idea to get my head around on chilly mornings - I just plan to have a steaming cup of tea immediately after.
Greens are my absolute favorite thing to eat! I think chard is my favorite, but I love kale, collards, spinach, beet greens, broccoli rabe.
I've made some nice kale dishes, lately. One with roasted chickpeas and cauliflower, raisins, almonds and manchego cheese...
And a curry with kale and black beans in pumpkin sauce with pumpkinseed pesto...
I love chard in tarts and pies...here's one with french lentils, butternut squash and walnuts
Chard, pistachio and golden raisin tart...
a tart with chard, chickpeas and olives with a citrust quince glaze...
I like chard and tomatoes sauteed and served over crispy cornmeal cakes...
And comforting and satisfying...chard frittata cake made with chickpea flour...
Lord, I could go on and on!
Here's one broccoli rabe recipe and then I'll stop! It's with ginger, cashews and apricots...
Don't even get me started on spinach!
Technically, it's not 'eating' your greens, but a green smoothie is an easy way to get some extra fruit and green leafy veg for breakfast or after a workout. Incorporating kale and spinache has never been easier!
I first became acquainted with kale thirty-some years ago when I moved to the Netherlands. Here, it is pretty much only served mashed together with potatoes to make "boerenkoolstamppot", but I was taught from the start that one should really only buy and cook curly kale after the first frost, as kale - and collards, apparently - are sweeter then.
I just wish we could get different sorts here, and that it wasn't always sold chopped fine. :-(
"Dirt and unhappiness"! Yes! That's a perfect way to describe it. I'm another one who hasn't been able to get on board with the kale thing. I keep buying it and can't stand to eat anything I make with it, so it just feels like a waste of money and food to keep trying.
I'm new to eating kale and made the kale, butternut squash, bacon pizza at the top last night. It was really good. The squash was the strongest flavor but the crispy kale was nice. Also put kale in the smoothie this morning and it turned out fine.
These all look pretty dang good! I'm currently taking a page out of Tamar Adler's book and just cooking greens (whatever I happen to have on hand) in the skillet with tomatoes and garlic and plenty of olive oil. This new "staple" is in the fridge whenever we need a sandwich or appetizer or addition to a previously made dish to give it new life. T=
You're funny, and I know what you mean. I always buy kale and hen don't eat it.
Wow, did I ever need these suggestions, thank you so much! And thanks to all the commenters too for their suggestions! @Claireooto, you rock!!!
I like the taste of kale - raw and cooked. I like the texture too. I like chard as well, but I prefer the firmer texture and greater bitterness of kale.
Last night I cooked lacinato kale with olive oil, garlic, s&p, balsamic, red wine vinegar and a can of diced tomatoes - we ate it with tofu on quinoa and it was extraordinarily delicious. It was pretty quick as well. I wish we had more kale to make it again today!
Thank you! I am OB-sessed with leafy greens. I cannot eat enough and I am always looking for ways to incorporate them into every meal. This morning's breakfast was a kale and parsnip fritatta with a radicchio, orange and golden beet side salad. Breakfast salads have been on heavy rotation around here.
Can't wait to try some of these recipes.
I have to say, I made the Crispy Pan-Fried Beans and Wilted Greens recipe a couple weeks ago and IT WAS DELICIOUS! Def going into the rotation :)
Thank you, Annie-O!!
These bean cakes are my fav way to eat kale: http://kaleeats.blogspot.ca/2012/05/white-bean-cakes-topped-with-kale-and.html
I'm a huge fan of all massaged kale salads and love it on top of my pizza too.
As for chard, Ottolenghi knows what he is doing with this one: http://kaleeats.blogspot.ca/2012/08/chard-cakes-with-parsley-sauce.html
the hardest thing about buying greens in the winter is that I know come summer I will be overwhelmed with them from my CSA. Mentally I feel like I should "save up" my greens craving for the summer. It makes no sense. To the farmer's market I go to find some nice winter kale!
I'm telling myself it's a genetic thing, the way some people can't eat cilantro while I could possibly stuff it in my face by the fist full and be happy. Maybe it's because I never ate it as a kid. But who did? Is it just because I lived in suburban Pittsburgh growing up that I was never exposed, compared to my crunchy world of Cambridge in my adult life in which my CSA dumps kale on me? OR is this recent trend and I can assume the bandwagon will pass me by and I can be content with my delightful spinach in a year or two. I choose option 3.I like the quinoa trend better. not big on this salted caramel situation though. I digress.
OH Claireooto you are a chard goddess to be sure! I too LOVE chard & now I must make every one of those recipes!
I grow LOADS of chard during the summer & fall. Not only do I love the taste, but Rainbow Chard is SOOOO beautiful. I also grow baby greens in the winter under grow lights. The taste is not as intense, but still there.
Yes, some of these greens are an 'acquired' taste & they can taste of 'dirt' but somehow that is their charm for me.
If anyone has a Veggie Grill near them, try the All Hale Kale Salad & you will fall in love with kale!
Katekgl: I grew up just south of the 'burgh (ie. the land of perpetual grey winters) and now live in the Boston suburbs, but I adore all greens! I think I was just exposed more veggies due to my Italian-descent mother's cooking.
I think the bitterness of many greens is the issue. Many of us love it (even crave it) especially in the winter months, but some people are just too sensitive of bitter flavors. How do you feel about romaine lettuce, beer, very very dark chocolate?
One thing that might help with that 'dirt' flavor/sensation: instead of rinsing greens, immerse and swish them in a full bowl of water, then lift them out - don't pour the water out around them (you may even have to do this more than once for really sandy greens). The dirt sinks to the bottom instead of getting caught in the folds of the greens.
I'll try it! I talked to my mom about this actually, and a) realized my original thought was silly because SHE grew up in Boston, and b) she also hates kale which is why we didn't eat it. Although..i also worked at a farmer's market (Soergel Orchards, if you know it :) ) and i dont remember ever seeing it in high school. hmm.
You see, i like the other things you mentioned a lot...So i will try the swish method, since my greens usually come straight from the farm actual dirt can be a significant contributing factor...and perhaps just trying some other recipes.
I also think i was overwhelmed by my CSA deliveries and perhaps THAT put a "bad taste in my mouth" for the greens that i couldnt recognize and filled my fridge. I am prepared this year though. Waha!
I am over-analyzing this.
These recipes are fabulous for greens lovers! Can't wait to try them all.
Katekgl, I also totally get what you're saying. I like kale quite a lot and buy it nearly every week, but I don't like it much at ALL in salad, or in kale chip format, which is where I feel like it is really trendy lately. It DOES have kind of a essence of dirt to it. Where I do love it is when cooked with something pretty acidic - I often put it in a stirfry with black bean sauce, or braise it for 15 or 20 minutes with caramelized onions then douse in balsamic. Or make it into a pasta dish with goat cheese and very flavorful tomato sauce. I think, for me at least, kale needs a lot of competing flavors, and a fair amount of actual cooking, to take away that earthiness that I don't love.
I looove how most of these recipes are main dishes that incorporate lots of seasonal veggies! I usually find myself making veggies on the side of the main dish, which really just gives me extra work. Can't wait to try the kale-egg-polenta recipe!


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WIP Wednesday #28
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Bee blocks
Angela sent each of us in the Sew Beautiful Bee these cool blue lovelies. The instructions were to create a block that felt like "me." This has led to a good bit of soul searching about who exactly "I" am when it comes to quilting. I don't think I have a recognizable style, like Rita from Red Pepper Quilts—her work is usually instantly identifiable as hers. Nor does there seem to be any common design thread in the things that I make. Am I over-thinking this? At any rate, I'll let you know when I do find out who I am. Or run out of time for making the block, whichever comes first. : )
Teacher gifts - lunch bags
Hey, look what arrived the other day from Spoonflower: It's my rain boot fabric that I designed for Project Selvage! I'm not 100% satisfied with the scale of the design, so I might make some modifications there, but other than that, it turned out beautifully. It is now destined to become end-of-year gifts for my daughter's preschool teachers. I had been planning to make Ayumi's fabric baskets, which I also made for the Make Mine Modern swap, but when I went to locate the tutorial on her blog, I noticed her Lunch Bag tutorial and decided those would be perfect! Long-time readers might remember that I'm not much of a bag maker, and I need to get three of these bad boys done by Friday, so keep your fingers crossed for me.
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Inspiration struck the other night, but I'm not sure what exactly will become of this one, so I'm keeping it under wraps for now.
Completed tops awaiting quilting:
Hope Valley (the original Supernova)
Completed quilts awaiting binding:
Modern Meadow
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Central Park jelly roll quilt
Figgy Pudding quilt
Wonky Log Cabin
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Completed projects - 1 (the final scrappy placemat)
Currently in progress - 11 (up two from last week)
Finally, just an FYI: Next week, WIP Wednesday will be taking a little trip to Elizabeth's house! Next week's linky will be at Don't Call Me Betsy, while I take a little blogging break for a few days to concentrate on a WIP I am truly dreading: Potty training. Thank you for guest-hosting, Elizabeth! I will have a link to her blog on that day, so you don't have to remember or change where your button links to or anything like that–just wanted you all to know the plan. And we'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming right here the following week.
Your turn now! 1) Please link to a post from the past week containing a work in progress. Yep, I'm the weirdo who doesn't want a linky full of finishes. : ) It's okay if your post contains finishes, but it must also contain at least one unfinished item. 2) Please link back to my blog in your post. 3) Comment on some of the other links. 4) Enjoy!
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I love that fabric of yours, the rainboots are adorable, especially that little frog. Good luck with the bag making and the potty training!ReplyDelete
We just started really concentrating on potty training our daughter the last couple of days so I'm with you there! Good luck! Can't wait to see your secret project, I hope it works out!ReplyDelete
Love that fabric from Spoonflower, it's very cute and good luck with the bags. Also with the potty training, I hope your little one is not as stubborn as my lady, still in nappies 1 yr and 5 attempts later!!ReplyDelete
I am loving the spoonflower fabric! So cute!! Aren't secret projects fun?! I love it when that inspiration hits! Good luck and I already can't wait to see it!ReplyDelete
I love your welly fabric! How cute is that!! Good luck with the potty training! FiReplyDelete
oh geez, I would have a hard time finding a block that is "ME" too. I think I would probably just do a block style that I like. Love that rain boots fabric, it's adorable.ReplyDelete
Your Spoonflower fabric looks so great!ReplyDelete
Good luck with the potty training. That's the ultimate WIP!
That's so awesome about your Spoonflower fabric arriving!! And you can totally make three bags, I'm pulling for you. Good luck deciding on what to make for Angela's block, you'll find something that says "you." What about a kissy fish block? Oh, and I can't wait to see your secret project, hmmm...ReplyDelete
Your Spoonflower fabric is adorable! I am completely in love with the little frog next to the blue boot :)ReplyDelete
Very cute boots on your fabric. How great to have your own fabric to use. Thanks for hosting!ReplyDelete
Your boot fabric is adorable! It was one of my favorites for Project Selvage, and I was bummed it didn't make it through.ReplyDelete
LOL Love that you are cracking that WIP! The blue fabrics are beautiful! I look forward to seeing that creation!ReplyDelete
Good luck with your bags! Your fabrics are so cute!
Your boot fabric is fun...good luck on your gifts!ReplyDelete
it's been a loooong while since i was doing potty-training (don't miss those days lol). Spoonflower is so awesome...it is just the neatest thing that anyone can make their design dreams come true! your rain boots are adorable!ReplyDelete
best wishes on all your projects =D
Love the rainboots!!! Especially that cute little frog. :)ReplyDelete
What fun fabrics... good luck making the lunch bags!! And best of luck potty training!! Bet you will be happy to have that squared away! See you soon!ReplyDelete
Can you put a fussy cut piece of YOUR fabric into the 'blues' block? I feel like my own style is all over the board since I like to design for other people and their interests are so eclectic on a combined basis....so I hear you when struggling to find an identity within quilting. Look forward to seeing what you come up with...just do what you love.ReplyDelete
Good luck with everything this coming week, it sounds like you have a lot going on.ReplyDelete
I've been going through the exact same thoughts with Angela's block. I've really struggled with what I want to make. Only a few days to go. I've got to decide.ReplyDelete
Those rainboots are so fun! Good luck with the potty training. I've found that bribery works best. ;)ReplyDelete
It is so nice to see your rain boots fabric actually printed, it looks great! Have fun potty training, I guess I should technically do the same thing next week, I just keep putting it off....ReplyDelete
Ohhhh, a secret project. I am excited to see it.ReplyDelete
Lee, I have a great potty training method that was shared with me from friends. Worked for my daughter last year in 3 days! If you are interested, I will send it to you.ReplyDelete
LOL I hope you don't think it's just going to take a week LOL! I had 2 in diapers for over a year, as my 2 boys are so close together in age. It's such a nice thing though when they are finally potty trained... so worth any work and accidents. Good luck!ReplyDelete
Thanks for hosting as always! you're rainy day boots turned out super cute, how cool is that to have a fabric from your imagination! Good luck with potty training!ReplyDelete
I love the rainboot material where did you find it at?ReplyDelete
Oooohhh!! Those blues are SO pretty! It's hard to define "me", so I don't think you're overthinking it at all! :) For my bee month, I'm going to ask my fellow worker bees to make a block that says "California" to them because when we started, we all lived in California, and now I've moved away, so I want a commemorative quilt. :)ReplyDelete
Oh, and good luck with the potty training. I've got to do that, too, once the weather warms up a bit more.
I just have three words for you: Dora Potty Seat. Good luck!ReplyDelete
oh man, potty training, peace be with you....ReplyDelete
I adore your rainboot fabric - so cute!ReplyDelete
Good luck with the potty training - we'll miss you next week.
We have just done potty training here, I was dreading it but he took to it like a duck to water, I think if you are both ready then there is nothing to worry about, good luck.ReplyDelete
Love the rain boots, so sweet
I love that fabric, the boots are so cute! Good luck with the parenting adventures, it will work out in the end.ReplyDelete
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I really like your rain boot fabric! Can I ask what program you used for the graphics? I would love to learn to make graphics that look that nice and clean. (sorry for the double post, blogger is giving me headaches)ReplyDelete
I know what you mean about style--there are a few quilters out there that you look at their quilt and you don't even need to see a name! Good luck with the block. And congrats on almost 80 people linking up so far. :)ReplyDelete
Wow your spoonflower fabric is gorgeous! I'm sure the teacher gifts will turn out wonderfully! I just remembered that this afternoon ... got to think about something thoughtful for my son's teacher - she's so very great!ReplyDelete
Love the blue fabric. Can't wait to see what you make out of it. The Spoonflower fabric is lots of fun too!ReplyDelete
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Lovin the blues especially the one in the middle. So pretty.ReplyDelete
Thanx so much for the linky. I come here every week for inspiration from other blogs and yours of-course ;)
Love that fabric of yours, those booties are sooo cute:)ReplyDelete
And good luck on that potty training!!!
Love your spoonflower boots. And what about a Supernova block for your bee? That's very "you"!ReplyDelete
Good luck with the potty training. My unsolicited advice is don't make it a battle. If there's resistance, retreat and wait til they're ready.
- AnonymousMay 26, 2011 at 6:27 AM
Love your boots! Good luck with potty training. My daughter (now 9) trained early, then completely stopped after about a month. I always told my hubbie it was like she was saying, "Oh, you want me to do this all the time? I don't think so." She did get it, just later.ReplyDelete
I fully appreciate your "3 new projects = crap" comment. A new project (complete with hand quilting) arrived on my doorstep today. But, when they're good, you just can't say no!ReplyDelete
sheesh! I just realized I forgot to hook up in the linky but I see it's closed now. Oh well, always next week and your button is still on my blog post.ReplyDelete
You always have so many great projects going. I see the placemat tutorial so I need to hop back over there and save it to favorites to check out when I have time.
Hi! I'd like to start participating in WIP Wednesday, and I wrote my first post and linked to Don't call me betsy, cause I guess that's who hosted it yesterday, but I don't know how to do the thing with the pictures and links of everybody else's WIPS... Can you tell me how to do that?ReplyDelete