#collard greens

[morethansalad]

Vegan Jamaican Bowl

[lettucecook]

FUCK AROUND N FIND OUT

lovely vegan collard greens base with butter thyme honey potatoes, a side of brûlée’d butternut squash, and topped with fried lemon pepper tofu with a smoky seitan crumble. Oh and a creamy cauliflower dill dressing on the potatoes topped with chives.

HAPPY HALLOWEEEN

[fattributes]

Ethiopian Red Lentil Stew and Collard Greens on Homemade Injera

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

Kamala’s DISRESPECTFUL Fake Accent & Bathtub Collard Greens.

FYI: No, black people do not wash our collards in a bathtub nor do we use bacon to flavor our greens.

[najia-cooks]

[ID: First image is bowl of collard greens with tomato and sliced jalepeño; second image shows several Ethiopian vegetable dishes on a piece of injera. End ID]

ጎመን / Gomen (Ethiopian collard greens)

This wot, or stew, consists of leafy greens that are cooked until tender with onion, garlic, ginger, tomato, and spices including korerima (Ethiopian false cardamom) and tikur azmud (nigella seeds). The result is a robust, flavorful side dish with an intensely aromatic finish.

Recipe under the cut!

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Ingredients:

12oz (340g) collard greens, kale, or other bitter greens, washed

1/4 cup avocado or sunflower oil, or other neutral oil

1 red onion, chopped or grated

2 cloves garlic, chopped

1 1/2 tsp minced ginger

1 tomato, minced

1 tsp cumin seeds, toasted and ground

1 tsp coriander seeds, toasted and ground

1/2 tsp Ethiopian false cardamom (korerima / ኮረሪማ; Aframomum melegueta), toasted and ground

1 tsp nigella seeds (tikur azmud / ጥቁር አዝሙድ; Nigella sativa), toasted and ground

1 jalapeño, sliced

Salt to taste (about 3/4 tsp table salt)

Mitmita (ሚጥሚጣ), to taste (see notes at end)

For more information on Ethiopian herbs and spices, including suggested substitutions, see the notes at the end of my berbere recipe.

Some recipes include niter kibbeh (ንጥር ቅቤ) in Ethiopian vegetable dishes such as gomen; this isn't typical, but you may add a teaspoon or so at the end of the cooking time if you have some lying around!

Instructions:

1. If using collard greens, discard any yellow leaves. Bend the end of each stem backwards and peel away the string that emerges. If the stems are stiff, remove them; if they are tender, they may be minced and included in the dish. Dice greens (finer than I did in the picture!).

2. Heat onion, tomato, about a third of the garlic, and a pinch of salt in a dry pot on medium heat. Continue to cook, stirring and scraping the bottom of the pot often, until tomato is softened and onion is translucent.

Beginning the cooking process without oil is traditional in Ethiopia, but if you’re worried that they may stick, you may heat a little oil in the pot before adding the onion, tomato, and garlic.

3. Add oil and sauté, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes, until mixture is very soft and homogenous. Lower heat it ncessary.

4. Add ginger and another third of the garlic and sauté for about 30 seconds, until no longer raw-smelling.

5. Add ground spices and a couple tablespoons of water. Heat until simmering and add chopped greens.

6. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender (about 20-30 minutes).

7. Add salt to taste, jalepeño, and the remainder of the garlic and cook for another couple minutes.

Serve warm as a side with injera, misir wat, doro wat, etc.

For the mitmita:

Mitmita is a spicy seasoning mix that may be included in Ethiopian dishes, or served at the table as a condiment. Preparations differ, but recipes usually include chili, korerima, and cloves, and may also include cumin, green cardamom, allspice, black pepper, cinnamon, or garlic powder.

Ingredients:

20 dried bird's-eye chili peppers (piri piri)

2 Tbsp cumin seeds (optional)

1 Tbsp korerima seeds

1 Tbsp green cardamom pods (optional)

2 tsp whole cloves

1-inch piece Ceylon cinnamon (optional)

Bags of bird's-eye chili peppers can be purchased at a halal grocery store, where they will likely be a product of India or Thailand; they may not be labelled "bird's-eye," but look for the small size and curved shape.

Instructions:

Toast spices one at a time in a small dry skillet on medium heat until fragrant. Allow to cool completely and then grind in a spice mill or using a mortar and pestle. Store in an airtight jar in a cool, dry place.

[vegan-nom-noms]

Collard Greens Rainbow Salad Wraps

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[scarletbegoniaz]

Nights like this, I'm a knight like this...

Sword in my hand, I fight like thissss

[solarpunkpresentspodcast]

I thought I'd use Solarpunk Action Week as an excuse to start reducing our diet's reliance on the top four of the ten staple crops--maize, rice, wheat, potatoes, cassava, soybeans, sweet potatoes, yams, sorghum, and plantain--that humanity is overly reliant upon.

I cooked up some amaranth to go with a lentil-tomato-feta salad and braised collard greens. The little pile of nutty amaranth was viewed initially with skepticism, but the ultimate verdict was two thumbs up.

In the future, I'll try to set aside one or two days a week where we eat amaranth or quinoa instead of rice, wheat, potatoes, or even sweet potatoes as our carb.

-Christina

[natureisthegreatestartist]

Collard greens are one of my favorite vegetables to grow in the garden. Lovely leaves, right? And so tasty when cooked!

[morethansalad]

Vegan Buffalo "Chicken" Rainbow Wraps

[savourygoodness]

Kalitsounia-Cretan Savory Hand Pies

[fattributes]

Smoky Black Eyed Pea Soup

[inthecityofgoodabode]

December 2023: Greens, Fog & Twilight

Backyard garden harvest:

Foggy Saturday Night:

Sunday dinner:

[laurkamkitchen]

I thought I'd made this collard wrap recipe before, but the blog says not, at least in the past 4 years, so here we are.

I made roughly a third of this using pecans, carrots, chard since Whole Foods didn't have any actual collard greens, and homemade miso tahini hummus.

For a first meal back after 2 weeks of travel and a big holiday, this was perfect, simple, healthy, and delicious. Though not the best or most inspired collard wrap recipe to be found on the blog, it was exactly what I needed all the same.