Category: Greens

Savory Vegan Mustard Greens

Savory Vegan Mustard Greens

Mustard greens are one of my favorites.  The flavor is unique and sharp and bitter and I love it.  This is a simple way to prepare mustard greens without the pork but full of flavor. Different brands of liquid smoke have different strengths.  You might…

Lentil Curry with Beet Greens and Potatoes

Lentil Curry with Beet Greens and Potatoes

This simple, satisfying Lentil Curry can be made with beet greens, chard or spinach.   You can use any type of lentil, but my favorite is while masoor dal.  Aside from cooking the lentils, everything is done in one pot so clean up is a breeze.…

Onion Greens and Ginger Dressing

When life (or your CSA farmer) gives you onion greens, make dressing.  Specifically this punchy and flavorsome Onion Green and Ginger Dressing. Whether in the CSA share or on the farmers market table, we like to keep the greens on the veg as much as…

Kale Salad with Tahini Lemon Dressing

This Kale Salad with Tahini Lemon Dressing is creamy and filling.  It includes all the elements of a great kale salad, including tangy lemon, sweet dates, and crunchy almonds.  I love hummus, so it is no surprise I love this salad with it’s Mediterranean flair.…

Radishes Sauteed with their Greens

You might be surprised how cooking mellows and sweetens the spicy radish. Customers at the farmers market often ask if the radish greens can be eaten. Here is a recipe that uses both the root and the green in the same simple dish. Finishing with…

Tangy Citrus Kale Salad

Tangy Citrus Kale Salad

Sweet + Sour + Crunchy = Delicious You know by now that kale is a superfood.  If Popeye had known about this amazing green he’d surely be slamming this tangy citrus kale salad instead of spinach.  Kale is wonderful for salad because you can make…

Universal Recipe for Sauteed Greens

This recipe is the universal how-to for sauteed greens.  What kind of greens?  This will work for kale, collards, beet greens, chard, mustard, turnip greens, radish greens and probably any other greens you can come up with.  Although we also put greens in soups, salads…