Kallaloo! A Caribbean Tale

I just finished reading this cute book that is a Caribbean version of the traditional Stone Soup story.

In the story there is a talking sea shell that speaks to Granny hungry tummy to help her prepare lunch. With a little help from people in the market place she has a wonderful meal in no time. The cutest part about the book is that there is an actually recipe for Kallaloo, a Caribbean dish, included in the book. My daughter and I are going to try our hand at making it and I thought other moms might enjoy reading the book and creating this dish. Here's a similar recipe I found.

Ingredients:

2 pounds of crab (optional)

2 pounds fresh fish fillets (snapper, yellow-tail)
1 pound fresh spinach
1 pound fresh greens (collards, kale, turnip greens)
12 okra
1 large onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, diced
1 sprig each thyme & parsley
2 teaspoons hot sauce (or more to taste)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons vinegar

Directions:

In a large soup pot, boil fish in 1- to 1 1/2 quarts of water until the fish turns opaque. Clean greens and okra. Finely chop vegetables in a food processor or blender. Remove fish from kettle. Bone fish and dice flesh. Add fish, vegetables and remaining ingredient to fish broth in the soup pot. Boil ingredients rapidly for 30 minutes. Do not "skim" while boiling. The vinegar in the recipe should prevent a slimy film from forming over the top of this soup.

Per serving: 150 calories 4 grams fat 24% fat calories 34 milligrams cholesterol 415 milligrams sodium. This dish offers an excellent source of folate, vitamin A, iron and dietary fiber

This recipe Kallaloo Soup serves 8.