Kale Hash / Boerenkoolstamppot

As I'm a Dutch guy living in the Netherlands doing paleo I get a lot of questions from my friends who get all confused when I explain the basics of the paleo diet. Of course the main source of cognitive dissonance for Dutch people is that the paleo diet rejects bread. That's a pretty difficult aspect of the paleo diet for Dutch people as in the Netherlands it's common to eat breakfast twice a day (breakfast and lunch) involving cereal, and lots of bread with sweet and chocolate toppings. Oh well...

What's more easy to get across is that a majority of Dutch cuisine is compatible with paleo. In today's multicultural Holland, the good old potatoes-meat-vegetables dishes are in retreat. And rightly so, because there's a lot of food from all over the world that's tasty and nutritious, so why not eat it?

Anyhow, a traditional winter dish in the Netherlands are hashes of potato and one or more vegetables. A classical Dutch hash is Kale Hash or Boerenkoolstamppot, which is perfectly compatible with the paleo diet. In my opinion the milk can be excluded, just add more butter and optional water when too dry. This version doesn't have fried bacon cubes, so it's obligatory to add it to the mix. Otherwise the Dutch food police might track you down and throw you in jail! Enjoy! ;)