How to Cook Greens the Whole Family Will Love

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I get a lot of questions about menu planning and how to make real food when pressed for time.  The thing I recommend most is to keep it simple.  Real, delicious, tasty food does not have to be complicated or elaborate.  At our house, we often eat meat and veggies for dinner.  I buy locally raised, organic, grassf-fed, and pastured beef, pork, and poultry in large quantities and freeze it.  I defrost what I want to prepare either the night before or in the morning.  I buy local, organic produce on Sundays at the Farmer’s Market and make a simple veggie side or two to go with dinner.  That’s it.

The thing we eat most is greens.  Every week, I buy chard, collards, and several bunches of kale (if it’s not growing in the garden.)  I cook the green the same way every time.  My family never tires of them.  It’s quick.  It’s easy.  And it tastes good.

The method I am about to show you is simple.  It creates a whole bunch of shredded green strips that are easy and fast to cook.  I simple add a little grass-fed ghee (or butter if you prefer) and a bit of coconut oil.  A little celtic sea salt and you are ready to eat…….

How to Prepare Your Greens:

Simple place greens into large bowl in kitchen sink.  Fill the bowl with water and gently swish them around in the water.  Empty the water out and repeat a couple of times.  I wash greens this way because greens are notorious for having gritty dirt stuck to them, and I don’t like gritty greens.

Drain greens in a colander.

Stack several leaves of greens on top of each other on a cutting board.

Begin to ROLL the greens all together…….

Once rolled together into a tube, grab the end and begin to cut with a sharp knife into thin strips.

Repeat until all greens are shredded.

This is what you will end up with:  a beautiful pile of green strips ready to be cooked.

How to Cook Your Greens:

1. Place shredded greens into steamer basket and steam for 5-10 minutes (depending on the type of green and your personal preference.)  More for collards and kale, less for chard.
2. Remove from heat, place into glass bowl, add 1 TBS grass-fed ghee (or butter) and 1 TBS coconut oil.
3. celtic sea salt to taste.
4. Serve and ENJOY!!!

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