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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Natalie C
I love Bok Choy (or Pak Choy) stir fried with garlic and tamari.
Helen
I love to throw a big bunch of kale into a hearty Tuscan bean soup.
Margarita
Beautiful photographs, congratulations! For a while I was in love with collard greens, then I got hooked on beet greens. Now it’s the mighty, mighty kale and the sharpness it lends to pesto. So good for you, too!
Chris G.
Baked balsamic Kale Chips
Wash the kale. Cut out the stem. Toss in balsamic vinegar. Sprinkle with a little s&p or whatever you may feel inclined to jazz it up just a wee bit – or don’t. Bake on a silpat lined baking sheet for about 25 minutes on 350 degrees. They will dehydrate and the vinegar caramalyzes to become an all new item of perfection and bliss. My kids usually snatch them up right there and we never even have enough to store. Sometimes we use the crumbs on salads which is yummy too! Enjoy!
Ande
I love to use kale in recipes to give my family a green boost. I shred it fine in a food processor so that the kids don’t complain about the texture. Favorite recipes with shredded kale include “Many Bean Crockpot Soup” and “Corn, Kale and Sweet Potato Chowder.”
carol
I love kale in a smoothie with mixed fruit AND a tiny leafy green called a fresh stevia leaf. I also used a five inch branch of stevia in my crock pot chili
and it makes it very sweet and rich flavr you just remove the branch right before serving
Sophia Metzner
My favorite snack is roasted kale chips. Fresh Kale. olive oil. kosher salt.
That all you need and its so delicious!
Jane
I love so many greens – collards and kale and spinach and chard and arugula as well as lettuces – but right now my favorite is bok choy. I have been making soup, not big this-is-the-meal soups, but a lighter soup to have alongside another course. I chop the leafy part of bok choy and put that into the broth first (along with mushrooms, maybe some slivers of red peppers) and then add the sliced stalks at the last, so that they stay delightfully crunchy.
Bambi
I like Kale. I have fond memories of my VaVa making Portuguees Kale soup. Yum!
Angie
Congrats, what beautiful photos! While I love greens enough to eat them every day, my very favorite combo of all time is a simple spinach and strawberry salad with tarragon vinaigrette dressing…yum!!
Erica
Chard or curly kale I can’t decide!! Love to mix ’em with homefries and curry/korma sauce =]
Heidi
Does lettuce count? My favorite lettuce ever is mache, and I don’t find it here all that often. It makes the best salad ever.
Like I said on Facebook, I keep trying to like kale–I’ll have to go through the comments in both places and try it all the ways listed! 🙂
Sara
We love spin have. Mynkids have green smoothies every morning and I throw in dinner recipes all the time.
Phill
My favorite green is baby bok choy. I like it prepared in the Chinese way with a mild soy sauce and steamed.
Sarah Navarro
My favorite greens are dandelion greens and I like them best in smoothies.
Karen
I love collard greens! They are so dense and full of flavor. My favorite is to saute onions, slivered carrots, and sliced mushrooms in water or wine, then add stewed tomatoes, corn, thinly sliced collards with the stems removed, and garbanzo beans or black beans, topping it with nutritional yeast.
Wade Glenn II
Swiss Chard always great, either steamed in pasta or raw in citrus salads.
Jan
Spinach raw and in a salad and I love the steam frying of the kale in the Thai black pepper and garlic tofu recipe featured in your blog recently!!
Seri M
My new favorite green leafy is kale and I like to make green smoothies. But I’m looking for more interesting ways to prepare greens. 🙂
Sarah
Kale! Using the Curried Chickpeas and Kale recipe you posted a couple weeks ago!
patti
My favorite greens would have to be watercress and dandelion greens in a spring salad.
Michelle
KAle Kale Kale Kale and more KAle! I love it prepared anywhich way, but mostly I love it steamed with garlic. YUM! I’m known as the Kale girl at my community garden because I grow tons of it in the summer!
Kristy
I like brussels sprouts roasted in the oven, sometimes with a little barbecue sauce. Or served alongside your seitan ribz. The Mister likes kale with sesame teriyaki sauce. He eats it as a side with almost every meal.
Aimee
Mmm my favorite leafy green is absolutely kale!!! I can’t get enough! The best way to eat it is raw with a light lemony vinaigrette, pepitas, nooch and whatever veggies I have on hand!
Carolyn
Kale! Juiced, in smoothies, or in salad! 🙂
Debra Sabah Press
I love all the dark leafy greens, but I especially love the beautiful organic collards from our local farmer’s market plain steamed or in place of a tortilla in a wrap!
suzyq
Brussel Sprouts cut in half (lengthwise) that are par-boiled, then sauteed in coconut or macadamia nut oil. Excellent mixed with pistachios & dried apricots! YUM!
Andrina
I’ve always loved arugula but fallen again in love with it. I love it in salads or adding it in to a cooked dish. It has so much flavour by itself it doesn’t need much more to it.
Consuela
Kale…in Kale and Carrot Soup!
heather
Kale made into Kale Chips! YUM!
Joss
Looks wonderful! My favorite leafy green is kale, and I like to either make a kale-pear-apple-spinach smoothie, or make kale chips.
Thanks!
Laura
I’m with so many others, hard to pick just one! But the one I am obsessed with right now would have to be:
Swiss Chard
I love it many ways but when I have time my favourite way right now would be with vegan omelettes (made with chickpea flour!) Saute the Chard with garlic, mushrooms and asparagus for a power brunch!
Lizz
I’m partial to spinach. I make a spinach soup with white beans and rotini that’s really good!
Micah
spinach with raisins, red onion, and garam masala.
Molly
I know I’m part of the broken record but we LOVE Kale chips! Oh with some nooch – oh. so. good. and oh. so. gone! 🙂
selina
My favorite vegetable is cabbage. I fry up onions and garlic first, then I add the cabbage. when the cabbage is soft I add fresh ginger and vegetable broth and vegetarian fish sauce. I cook until the gabbage is tener and add red pepper flakes at the end.
Lauren
I love me some kale 🙂 I love it steamed
Justine
That’s a tough one! My most loved green is spinach and my favorite way to have my greens is in my smoothies! The first one I tried was from your blog (https://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2008/01/toast-2-years-and-400-posts.html)! Now I have one every day and my routine these days is spinach, ginger, dates, banana, flax seeds, blueberries and mango! It’s such a wonderful treat 🙂
Amber
Oh goodness. I absolutely love spinach, arugula, and kale. It’s actually really hard for me to pick amongst the three, you know? With spinach, you’re only a few minutes away from a filling “cream” soup or a cold refreshing salad. Kale chips are absolutely delicious, too! And I’ve been toying with a recipe for way to make a vegan arugula pesto to top pastas or pita chips!
I love greens!
Erin
Aloo Palak! My husband is Indian and has introduced me to so many flavorful dishes. My favorite dish with greens is aloo palak, or spinach and potatoes. We like to eat it our finger using with whole grain flat breads called roti. He makes the aloo palak and I make the roti! The only thing we leave out of standard recipes is the ghee.
My friends husband still won’t eat greens. Maybe this book is just the thing to get him on board!