Eat Your Veggies

Does your diet lack a sufficient amount of the color green? When you pass by that leafy green stuff in the produce section do you walk right past mistaking it for a pretty art installation? Do you run the other direction to the boxed and frozen meal section?

Well, fear no more! Get yourself on over to the greens and start munching like a little bunny (okay, you might want to pay for them first . . .). Here is a rundown of different kinds of greens and how to prepare them:

·        Spinach – yes, Popeye’s favorite. Raw spinach is excellent in salads along with other greens. Canned spinach tastes mushy, stringy and bitter. Instead of popping open that can, pick up a bag of raw spinach and when you get it home, steam it for 5-10 minutes instead.

·        Kale – despite the funny name, kale is a great dark green leaf that is great when sautéed to a medium brown along with garlic and/or onions. This is our favorite as our greens for our New Year’s Day meal.

·        Mustard Greens – these are the only greens that I really like when boiled. But, I still don’t like to boil them for too long, just until tender. It helps to chop them before boiling. You also want to take off any hard stems before cooking.

·        Turnip Greens – are great steamed with small pieces of turnip. The turnip pieces need to be small so that they will cook to being tender before the greens get too mushy. I like to shred the turnip and steam the shredded strips with the greens.

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