Vegetarian Diaries - Collard Greens

I know what you're thinking.  Collard Greens?  Is she crazy?  And, the answer is, yes.  You should know that by now.

I wanted to try collard greens, but, the majority of the recipes out there have them cooked with ham.  I'm a vegetarian.  So, trying to make collard greens with the addition of meat happens to be a problem for me.

I searched and found a vegan recipe for Collard Greens and White Beans.  (another one of my Dr. Seuss rhymes)  I found this recipe on allrecipes.com  Here is the link with the recipe here.

I found this recipe real easy to make and it was delicious!  I added a little more garlic (I love garlic) and I definitely had more than 7 ounces of collard greens.  If you read through some of the reviews, some complained that it was real soupy.  I did not have that problem because I had more greens than was needed in the recipe.  Making this into a Collard green and bean soup wouldn't be that bad.  Adjust your recipe so there's enough water to make it into soup.

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Delicious!

Here's the recipe (taken from www.allrecipes.com ).  Give it a try.

"Try them, try them and you may!  Try them and you may, I say!" (Dr. Seuss)

What are you waiting for?

Collard Greens with White Beans

2 tablespoons water, or more as needed
3 Tablespoons of minced garlic
1 cube beef or vegetable boullion
7 ounces collard greens
1 (14.5 ounce) can no-salt-added diced tomatoes
1 1/4 cups water
salt and ground black pepper to taste

1 (14.5 ounce) can Great Northern beans, rinsed and drained

1 teaspoon white sugar *

Directions:

Heat 2 tablespoons water in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in water until onion is softened and translucent, about 10 minutes, adding more water as needed to prevent scorching. Stir vegetarian bouillon into onion mixture.

Stir collard greens, tomatoes, and 1 1/4 cup water into onion mixture. Season with salt and pepper; cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. Stir in great Northern beans and sugar and continue to simmer until liquid evaporates, about 10 minutes more. Adjust seasoning as needed.

 

*I did not add the sugar and it was not missed.

 

 Enjoy!