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Green Love

I never thought be would say "love" and "collard greens" in the same sentence. We had two big bunches, right about to go bad so i made the "Collards with Rice & Ham" recipe on the back of the label. He doesn't like them sweet and smoky, he thought they were good with garlic and lemon, but he apparently LOVES the rice dish. I used fake ham from May Wah, diced into tiny cubes, and cooked them with the chopped collards and rice in a pot of stock - very tasty (and nutritious)!

Tonight we got a bunch of red chard AND kale! Instead of green beans we got a big baby bok choy! In summertime i love buying a pound or two of tiny baby bok choy and stir frying them with a little sesame oil - so delicious! There's a produce stand in Chinatown right off Canal on Mulberry St that always sells them in summer. At the Union Square farmers' market one vendor sells them too. I love the baby bok choy because they're crisper and fresher than the mature bok choy with big white stalks.

I don't love dandelion so there's a bag of it starting to go bad in the fridge. I need some new ways to eat this stuff cause i know it's good for you; i just can't eat a whole pound by myself! be once made dandelion pasta dough and it came out okay, but i must admit i prefer the texture of dried pasta over fresh; it gets a little doughy sometimes, and i hate dough. I also hate bell peppers and i used to hate eggplant but now i like it! For the record, be hates: beets, onions, bell peppers and okra.

posted by beXn @ 2:01 AM