Re: Beet Greens (an LSCDL recipe)

[Guest guest]

Oh I want to try this on the weekend! I'm getting lots of beets with greens in my CSA box, and getting tired of just sauteeing them with garlic. Thanks Marilyn!Kat

http://scdkat.comOn Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Wizop Marilyn L. Alm wrote:

 

Beet Greens (an LSCDL recipe)

So you made some pickled beets or some roasted beets or some

nomato sauce, and you have all these beet greens lying around. Not being

partial to most greens with the exception of chopped spinach, I do like

kale chips and collard chips, though.(My vegetable greens tend to end up

in the raw veggie slop I make for the fur children.)

 

1 pound beet greens (or collard or kale greens)

1 strip of thick cut bacon, chopped (or a

Tablespoon of bacon fat)[1]

1/4 cup chopped onion

1 large garlic clove, pressed

3/4 cup of water

3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

1 Tablespoon honey

1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

 

Trim the greens, removing any heavy stems. Wash well in cold water. Drain

greens and wash a second time, to be sure they are free of any grit. Cut

leaves into bite-sized pieces. Set aside.

In a large skillet or 3-qt saucepan, cook bacon until lightly browned on

medium heat (or heat 1 Tablespoon of bacon fat)2.

 

Add onions. Cook over medium heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally,

until the onions soften and start to brown.

 

Stir in garlic aand sautee for a minute. Add water to the hot pan,

stirring to loosen any particles from bottom.

 

Stir in honey and red pepper. Bring mixture to a boil.

 

Add the greens, then gently toss in the onion mixture so they are well

coated.

 

Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 5-15 minutes until the greens

are tender. Kale or collard greens will require an additional 20-25

minutes cooking time.

 

Stir in vinegar. Serve.

 

Note: While this recipe calls for discarding the stems, you can use them

if they aren't too woody. Cut them into one inch segments and add them to

the onions after the onions have been cooking for a minute.

[1] We usually make Gene’s Crispy Bacon for breakfast

on weekends. It’s easy to add an extra strip of bacon to the rack and

then have crispy bacon crumbles to add to this recipe, while saving out

the tablespoon or so of fat necessary to give good flavor.

—

Marilyn

    New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

    Darn Good SCD Cook

    No Human Children

    Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

    Babette the Foundling Beagle

   

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[Guest guest]

At 09:44 AM 9/30/2010, you wrote:

Oh I want to try this on the

weekend! I'm getting lots of beets with greens in my CSA box, and getting

tired of just sauteeing them with garlic.

Yes, coming up with imaginative ways to have greens can be a tough

one.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

I'll have to give this a try too :-). I just don't have a love of plain ol'

cooked greens. I think I tried cooked spinach all of once. I am digging brussel

sprouts though, so it's a start at least.

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

>

> >Oh I want to try this on the weekend! I'm

> >getting lots of beets with greens in my CSA box,

> >and getting tired of just sauteeing them with garlic.

>

> Yes, coming up with imaginative ways to have greens can be a tough one.

>

>

> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

> Babette the Foundling Beagle

>

[Guest guest]

At 01:21 AM 10/1/2010, you wrote:

I'll have to give this a try too

:-). I just don't have a love of plain ol' cooked greens. I think I tried

cooked spinach all of once. I am digging brussel sprouts though, so it's

a start at least.

Well, I maintain that brie sauce will improve almost any

vegetable.

My niece maintains that putting brie sauce on yucky " vegibles "

is a waste of good brie sauce.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

Marilyn,

Ah, well, perhaps as time goes on you will be able to educate her

palate!

My niece maintains that putting brie sauce on > yucky " vegibles " is a waste of good brie sauce.

[Guest guest]

At 07:05 PM 10/3/2010, you wrote:

Ah, well, perhaps as time goes

on you will be able to educate her palate!

Unlikely.... she's in Minneapolis and I'm in New Orleans, and

unfortunately, we don't see her as often as we'd like. Besides, she's

raising two small SCD boys.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle