Thank you for the overwhelming response to this giveaway! A winner has been chosen–scroll down to the end of the post for details.
Instead of one recipe today, how about an entire book? Because I took the photos for Wild About Greens, Nava Atlas’ brilliant new cookbook, her editor was kind enough to send me several copies, and I would like to pass two of those books on to a couple of my faithful readers. So look below for details on how you can enter to win.
But first, some photos of the book:
When you take photos for a book, you never know how they’ll look; the designers crop them to fit their layout and design and sometimes even flip them so that they are mirror images of the way you actually shot them. The designers of Wild About Greens did a fantastic job of editing my photos, making them look better than I ever expected.
My photos are in a color insert in the middle of the book, but Nava’s lovely illustrations grace almost every page. One of my favorite sections is the introduction to leafy greens which gives information on 18 different types of greens.
But my very favorite page? That would have to be the title page!
For more information about the book, as well as the recipe for Nava’s Three Potato Salad with Arugula, see my earlier post.
If you would like a chance to win your own copy of Wild About Greens, all you have to do is leave a comment below telling me your favorite leafy green vegetable and how you like to prepare it. The contest will close at noon Central time on Wednesday, June 20, when I will pick a winner at random. Check back here to see if you’ve won. But wait! For a second chance to win, check my Facebook page, where I’m running a second contest simultaneously. Leave a comment on the Wild About Greens post there, and I’ll select a winner at random from those entries, too.
Update: The contest is now over. The winning comment, selected by Random.org, is number 425, by Sheila, who wrote, “I love baby bok choy stir ‘fried’ with veggie broth with shiitake mushrooms and other veggies over brown rice. Sometimes I thicken the sauce with a corn starch slurry for a thicker coating over my rice.” Congratulations, Sheila! Baby bok choy is one of my favorites, too.
Thank you for all your comments, especially for the cooking suggestions. I could cook greens all year using your ideas!
If you entered in the Facebook giveaway, be sure to check my Facebook page for the winner.
Thank you!
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Emmy
Kale! I like to make kale chips!
Leah McDermott
This book looks great! Preparing greens is something I need to learn more about! We love Swiss Chard around here and love to use it fresh on sandwiches or very lightly saute it with lemon and garlic.
Catherine
Kale is my favourite leafy green, particularly when lightly sauteed with garlic and some red onion and just a tiny dash of liquid smoke.
Nora
My fave green, leafy veg is kale in a kale, banana and green apple smoothie.
Brian
I really like the Russian Kale, baked with salt and black pepper and a light mist of olive or grapeseed oil (not completely fat-free, I know, but very low fat)
Sarah Hillard
I love Kale! I throw a bunch in a lentil soup recipe that I make about twice a week.
Jessica B.
I love Escarole. Sauteed with some olive oil and garlic and it compliments anything Italian! 🙂
Jax
Spinach. Cooked with garlic & onions. Just a pinch of sea salt. Mmmmmmmm!
Errin
Brussel Sprouts…..1 lb slice and saute with sliced and seeded 1-2 jalepeno and salt/cracked black pepper to taspe, 2 TBSP minced fresh garlic…olive oil for pan ….once wilted just enough sprinkle with 1/2 TBSP sugar….
Sarah (appifanie)
kale! steamed over brown rice with vegan caesar dressing.
Lauren Krygier
Kale! Sprayed with coconut oil, sprinked with seasoned nori flakes and baked to a crisp! Seaweed AND Kale…superfoodasaurus!!
Allison
I will try your version…yumola! thnx
Julie
Kale is my go to green- smoothie, kale chips, white bean and kale soup are our favorites, and I crave vanilla Kale milk!
Valerie
I want this book. It looks amazing! I love green smoothies made with kale!
Mary Pomerantz
I love all kinds of greens and they are the centerpiece of what I eat from green smoothies for breakfast, salads for lunch and steamed veggies or stir fry for dinner. My favorite of the moment is baby bok choy, stir fried in a lightly oiled pan with mushrooms, onions, garlic and spinach and seasoned with garlic, lite soy sauce and ginger.
Rusty M.
So hard to pick. Right now I’m enjoying dinosaur kale. Like it raw with sliced peaches on top. So good!
Ali Kouba
I am obsessed with Kale!! I eat a smoothie every day with 2 cups of it in there with fruit and Vega One! Would LOVE to learn other ways to eat all those good greens!
bronwyn betz
Spinach with olive Olin and gaarlic…..can’t go wrong!
Linda
Spinach – blended into a smoothie.
Karen
Kale is my absolute favorite green! I put it in smoothies; saute it with onion, garlic, sesame oil, rice vinegar, tahini, soy sauce, and top it with nutritional yeast; and my favorite is a kale salad with olive oil, lemon, crushed red pepper, and garlic dressing. I’m getting hungry thinking about it!
Minda
Kale! Either in the juicer, in an Asian salad , or stir fried with black beans and Bragg’s Amino Acids.
Amelia
My favorite green leafy vegetable is swiss chard. I like to make risotto with the chopped stems, red onion and walnuts. Then blanch the leaves and fill them with the risotto and bake them in the oven as one would do with traditional cabbage rolls. They taste great served with a marinara sauce and are totally vegan.
Pam
actually dont know if I will get booted.. its a combo of Tuscan Kale and chard sauteed in a bit of olive oil, then add chopped garlic, salt & pepper to taste, and the last few minutes a small handful of golden raisins. delish. easy. very Italian!
Melanie
My favorite leafy green (right now, it changes almost weekly!) is the little gem lettuce! So tasty in a summery salad!
Ghada
I love spinach with garilc, onions and tomatoes sauce!
Liz Long (Anita Bonghit)
Roasted Brussel Sprouts! Garlic, olive oil, and walnuts sprinkled over Brussel Sprouts oven roasted in a cast iron skillet. sooooooooo tasty!
bonnie
I love kale sauteed in olive oil with lots of garlic!
This book looks great.
Carolyn
My favorite leafy green is bok choy, which I like to use in stir-fries, and other Asian dishes.
Justyna Stec
“massaged Kale salad” – literally massage thinly sliced kale with lemon juice (approx 5 min till it’s soft and bright green), add diced sweet mango and toasted pumpkin seeds. Agave nectar + more lemon juice dressing best complements this amazing salad.
Michele
Mustard greens, the spicer the better. I love to sautee them in a little coconut oil and then top sprinkle some raw dried coconut on top. Sometimes I add some red pepper when cooking. So simple and so good. Especially if you love coconut. A little raw coconut aminos drizzled on top when serving is good too.
Jennie
I love kale and use it in smoothies. I like it best with bananas, bluberries and some almond milk, a little chia too.
christa
Spinach! I like it cooked or raw and in just about anything!
Debbie
I just entered on Facebook, but for variety I’ll skip the lettuce and tell you one of my favorite uses for frozen spinach, which is about the only other leafy green I know well. I love it in calzones. Now, I haven’t really made these vegan yet, and I’m still trying to get used to the idea of a tofu ricotta, and I’m not very fond of “fake” cheese so I leave that out entirely. But I think the dark green spinach against the white “ricotta” filling, served with red marinara sauce for dipping, is gorgeous. As a non-Italian, it makes me feel like I am at least getting the Italian flag colors right even if my food isn’t “authentic.”
starfishflinger
Kale Butter! It is just kale and toasted walnuts, tossed in a food processor until a paste is formed. I cannot get enough of this stuff!
Jewel Stam
I have to try this!!!
Valerie
That sounds yummy!
SproutsMom
My favorite is probably always going to be forellenschluss speckled romaine. We grow a lot of lettuce and this one is just so darn forgiving and delicious! I enjoy it fresh, fresh, fresh so it can be the star!
M.E. Matthews
Kale!!! I like kale chips to snack, steamed kale with meals, and pureed kale in every smoothie I make! I also like that the kale in my garden survived our mild New England winter and has been producing heartily all the while!
Marie
Going to make Kale Avacado Salad today for the first time!
Cadry
Congratulations on your photographic inclusion in another book! Well done! I love the idea of a whole book of recipes for greens.
My favorite green is kale, and I enjoy it several times a week as a raw kale salad or green smoothie.
Sara-Marie
I love kale! Either made into chips or sautéed with onion. 🙂
Leslie Anderson
Kale Chips
Martha North-Bocchichio
What a gorgeous book! For a 2nd shot at possibly winning one, my new fave green veggie – Frost Shocked Collard Flowers! Yum, just got introduced to them this year 🙂 I sauteed them with coconut oil and mushrooms YUM!