greens

Asparagus Anyone?Spring season means it's greens season -- and you will find no shortage of the good stuff popping to the surface right now in the Bird Back 40. Proof is offered to your immediate right. These are three of the fattest asparagus spears t...

Something about this dish reminds of me of my mother. Strange because I don't remember her ever making beets when I was a kid.I do remember being maybe nine or ten years old. Our family driving down the highway in our giant brown station wagon wit...

I'm always surprised when I'm shopping at the farmers' market and the vendors ask me if I want the tops to my beets, why wouldn't I? They're delicious! Turns out a lot of folks have them lopped off right there at the stand and have the vendor chuck the...

There was such a smokin' good deal on fresh chard this weekend at the farmers' market that I went a little bit crazy and bought a ton of the leafy greens. Lucky for me, I never get tired of eating chard. One of my favorite ways to prepare it is in a&nb...

Swiss chard with pine nuts Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes Serves 6 Any chard is fine in this dish, but the colorful stems of ruby or rainbow chard look lovely against the deep green leaves. Recipe...

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I've been trying to find a delicious way with black eye peas for years, and here's one I'm finally happy about. It's a great combination of flavors, and can be easily adjusted for any families taste buds. Ingredients: 1 cup dried black eye pearswater&n...

These greens, that I adapted from a recipe in an old Food & Wine magazine, are my second all-time favorite way to have greens. The first is my recipe for Two-Cheese Collard Green Gratin. In this recipe I used red chard, but you could also use brocc...