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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Kellianne
Oh, that’s a tough choice… I love kale chips, green smoothies, kale and white bean saute, collard wraps and spinach salads. It’s a tie between kale and spinach. And collards. TY!
Carlyn Kline
Kale is my favorite and your recipe for Curried Chickpeas and Kale is so delightful that I make it more often than I do any other.
Melissa
My favorite green of the moment? Everyone’s favorite kale!!! Right now I am loving it massaged & tossed with tahini-lemon dressing & summer veggies!
MB
chopped raw kale “massaged” with avocado and lemon juice!
moonwatcher
Hi Susan,
Well, it’s hard for me to pick a favorite green, since I LOVE all of them! But if I had to pick, I’d pick kale. Red Russian, or lacinato. Lightly steamed and put on top of a salad full of my other favorites: arugula, mustard, romaine, lovage, and bok choy tossed with a version of your vinaigrette. Then I’d sprinkle the kale with some notch and teaspoon of ground flax, and fold it into the other greens. Oh, and there’d be julienned carrots, zucchini, maybe radishes and cucumber.
My other close second would be romaine. I love it’s crunch and strength. And how it makes a great “sandwich” with a slice of lentil loaf, or anything else. Tonight I plan to put a pan seared mushroom in a big leaf or two.
Your photographs and Nava’s illustrations are exquisite. This book must truly be a thing of beauty. How lucky you are to have helped create it!
xo
moonwatcher
Jason Sullivan
I love all leafy greens. Huge fan of grilled leeks.
Karen Beth
Right now, my favorite green is rainbow chard steamed with a bit of coconut oil and topped with a dash of ume plum vinegar. So good!
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Melissa
Kale, hands down, because it’s so versatile. I especially love it in a massaged salad with apples, sunflower kernels and avocado, with a lemon/agave dressing.
mary
Love spinach in my morning green smoothie.
mary
love spinach in my green smoothie
Susan Kramer
I love Spinach. I simply brown a handful of garlic cloves in Coconut oil. I then steam and lightly sauté the spinach on top so that it is barely wilted and add sea salt and ground black pepper to taste. On occasion, I crumple some feta cheese on top. Delicious!
Melissa
Wow – what a great giveaway! This would come in handy for all the wonderful greens I’m getting from my CSA right now. I just cooked up two huge bunches of chard tonight… sauteed with a little olive oil and finished with balsamic and some sea salt. We ate them in a “big bowl” with quinoa, adzuki beans, and shitake mushrooms with a little miso/tahini sauce drizzled over the top. I guess that right now, chard is my favorite – it was delicious!
Brenda
My favorite greens are collards. And I have “invented” a new way to eat them
so that I get a grain and extra veggie serving along with the collards. I make
a “collard sandwich.” I use a large multi-grain wrap, place the cooked, drained collards down the center, top with some salsa and wrap the whole thing like a
burrito! Delicious!
Beth
Unfortunately I dont even have an answer tot hat question. That’s why I need this book!
Paige Brooks
My favorite leafy green is kale. I grow it in the garden and right now I have so much I couldn’t possibly eat it all! I put some in a pasta dish tonight, but also like to make kale chips (the kids LOVE them!) and kale salad with lemon vinaigrette and parmesan. I would love to learn some new recipes to make with kale and the other leafy greens I grow (chard and arugula). Thanks!
Suzy
My favorite greens are kale. Its the best in smoothies.
Sharon
We’re newbies at this! So far, our favorite ways to prepare greens are to throw them in a smoothie and braised bok choy. Hoping I win because as you can see, we could use a little variety in how we prepare these delicious goodies!
mark
Red Russian Kale is my favorite…I usually use it in place of Spinach in the Indian dish Palak Paneer.
Elizabeth
Our favorite here is kale, any type, from our CSA share! We saute it with garlic and have it with anything. The book looks like it would help put our CSA share to good use!
denielle
My favorite leafy green is kale. I love to saute it with garlic and olive oil with a tiny bit of red pepper. I also love making kale chips in my dehydrator.
Julie D
Broccoli rabe — barely blanched, then sautéed with Garlic and hot pepper flakes. Mmmmmm…. I could eat it every day of the week! It’s even great leftover & used as a hoagie topping!
Susan
hi Susan. My favorite leafy green is kale and I love it massaged with an avocado, lemon juice, and cayenne pepper.
neil
kale! i love it in kale salad.
Andrea
My husband and I just signed up for a share in our local CSA. We picked up our first distribution last week. The produce is great, but I need a cookbook so I know how to prepare all these wonderful greens. Thanks!
Renee
My favorite green is spinach. It would be hard for me to pick just one way I prepare it. I love it in salads with a bit of a crispier, but flavor lacking, lettuce like romaine. That way you get a lot of flavor and the crunch in the base of your salad. I love adding some spinach in my smoothie. I like spinach pasta. And just tonight I put spinach in my red beans and rice.
radioactivegan
Those pictures look great! Congratulations – you did an awesome job. My favorite green right now is chard (rainbow, if I can). I love it all sorts of ways – steamed, sauteed, in the frittata in Vegan Brunch. I just can’t get enough right now!
Lesley
Spinach salad with just plain, fresh strawberries or raspberries as “dressing”.
Caryn
I love bok choy. I cook it with a bit of vegetable broth. delicious!
Amanda
Definitely Kale. I like to saute it in olive oil and garlic with white beans!
Rosemary Evergreen
My favorite leafy green is Chinese kale or kai lan. For those who aren’t familiar with this green, it has a thinner stalk and flowery head than broccoli, and has more leaves. It is wonderful with just about anything in a stir-fry. I have not been successful growing it myself, and the seeds are difficult to locate, but I can occasionally find it at our farmers’ market.
Jeana
Kale – simply roasted into chips with olive oil, salt + pepper 🙂
kathleen gordon
My favorite green vegetable is broccoli with garlic, olive oil and tamari sauce.
Thank you for the opportunity to win the green cookbook.
Lisa
kale is my favorite. My daily smoothie has banana, kale, frozen papaya, pineapple and blueberries.
Donald Luke
I usually eat my kale raw. Either in a salad or in a green smoothie.
Muriel
I love chard and dinasou
It is difficult to select one green. I love chard, kale and spinach, both raw and cooked. In summer, I love to slightly sauté spinach and sprinkle with a little salt, then drizzle with balsamic vinegar plus a few sliced strawberries or blueberries. This makes a great light side dish.
I would love to win Navas book to learn more about greens.
Jerri
Kale is my favorite green and I like Massaged Kale Salad.
Sara
I’m crazy about spinach. I eat handfuls of it raw, but I’ll also throw it in just about anything. Second in line would be kale, which I tend to marinate, massage and eat raw, though braised is delicious as well.
Mary
Spinach is one of my favorites, and I love to steam it and add it to pasta with tomatoes and red bell peppers that have been roasted with a bit of onion, garlic, and a touch of olive oil. Throw a dash of pepper on top, and you’re all set!
d'ayanna hicks
i am wild about kale. i cook it with tempeh and sweet potatoes and onions and garlic and mushrooms and tomatoes. sometimes i combine the kale with spinach or cabbage.
i call it my one pot kale stew.
Halcyon Morrison
Wild About Greens looks fabulous and it is already on my Amazon Wish List! So far I have purchased every one of the books you have reviewed since I started reading your blog about 3 months ago. And my favorite greens recipe? Simple scrambled tofu and kale from your website. I go back to it again and again. Please include me in your book give away.