A roundup of recipes featuring collard greens.
Planning to eat a big bowl of greens for the New Year? Collard greens get a little sliver of the culinary spotlight on New Year’s Day thanks to superstitious Southerner’s. Eating the greens is thought to ensure a prosperous new year. While some deny being superstitious, when pressed they have tales of an unfortunate series of events that happened the ONE year they missed having greens and black-eyed-peas on New Year’s Day. At our house we definitely make sure to get a healthy serving of greens and black-eyed-peas on New Year’s.
Collard Greens have a lot to offer nutritionally. While this winter garden vegetable is in season, I urge you to try it more than just once on New Year’s Day!
- In-Season: October - April
- Selection: Look for dark green leaves, avoid bunches with excessive yellow spots.
- Nutritional Highlights:
- Contain 8% of daily value for Calcium per cup
- 35% of daily value for Vitamin A
- Ring in the New Year with 20% of daily value of Vitamin C per cup
- Excellent source of Folic Acid
- Low in Calories
- Recipes
- An assortment of recipes featuring Collard Greens.
- Crock Pot Collard Greens from Palatable Pastimes
- Grits & Greens Breakfast Bake from Southern Living
- Black-Eyed-Pea Stew with Collard Greens and Potatoes from Clean Eating
- Collard Green Gratin from Bon Apetit
- Lemony Collard Greens Pasta from Cookie and Kate
- Collard Green Wraps with Tofu & Thai Peanut Sauce from Kara Lydon
Wishing y'all a healthy and prosperous 2016!
~Alaine
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