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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Mary Lynn
I’ve been vegetarian for just one year and starting to explore a vegan lifestyle. This book looks like it would be a favorite! Steamed bok choy with lemon, mushrooms, and garlic!
Susan Durrence
I am wild about greens! We southerners love turnip greens sauteed with red onions and a tad of minced ginger. Yum.
Iris Miller
I love greens, especially spinach, kale and baby bok choy and usually steam or saute or use them in soups, but these three mostly get braised Italian flavor, saute’d in a hot pan with a bit of hot oil with lots of fresh garlic and a pinch of crushed pepper flakes (and sometimes a a pinch of sugar if the greens are very bitter) then cover and lower the heat for two minutes. Sometimes I add a second step to these greens if there are any cold leftovers, by seasoning to taste like Japanese seaweed salad. I add a tsp. of low sodium soy sauce and 1 tsp. of sesame oil, and a tablespoon of rice vinegar, mix and serve cold or room temperature. I would love to win one of those greens cookbooks!
Thanks for your great blogs and delicious recipes, I really enjoy them. best regards, Iris
Cherry Hart
My favorite green leafy vegetable is baby spinach. Although I love it raw in salads, my favorite thing to do is throw a huge handful of spinach into a pasta dish just before I take it to the table to be served. The wilted spinach always adds that extra special “touch” as well as those wonderful nutrients!
Sunny
My favorite is spinach, and I love to put it in just about everything! But especially in green smoothies.
Keli Adkins
I love spinach! I know it sounds boring but it’s so versatile. I even put it in smoothies!
Alison
Kale, lightly steamed and added to everything–particularly as a replacement for rice in curries/stews and the like.
joelle
I love greens but struggle to find ways to make them! I would love to add this to my vegan cookbook collection.
SRobbins
I love arugula served fresh on top of hot-out-of-the-oven flat bread pizza with goat cheese and roasted grapes. Yum!
Deb
I am in love with Kale. I love it in salads, and also braised in broth with freeze dried garlic and a little onion powder — yummy!!! Thanks for the chance to win the book!
Judy
I love Kale…I love to dehydrate it with some hummus and water and nutritional yeast. It is so good!
jodie
That is a tough question. I love all vegetables, but if I have to choose one will have to say Kale. Tossed with olive oil, salt and pepper, avocado onions, tomatoes and fennel.
Renee Popkes
My favorite leafy green is spinach and I love it on top of our vegan pizza. Lightly stir-fried in some garlic and olive oil until wilted and then on top of the sauce it goes along with the other veggies. Yum!
Larry Giese
My family changed how we ate about 2 months ago. We always like to try new things. Thanks to the delicious recipes you have provided we are all eating much healthier. As a side benefit we have all lost weight and my diabeties is more under control. One of the staples of our lunch and dinner meals is leafy green veggies. We cook alot with kale and sometimes arugla and collard greens. The book looks like it would provide even more variety for us. Thanks for all your hard work and sharing with us.
Nicole
I just recently tried kale chips…..and subsequently have fallen in love with them.
Kim C
This time of year I love the kale, mixed with some olive oil, onions and sauteed garlic. The kale may need some flash steam tenderizing, but then it’s all mixed together in a skillet with lid and topped off with some red pepper flakes.
Ellen
I love kale, particularly homemade kale chips with garlic salt and crushed red pepper!
Randy
To me nothing tastes better than a fresh head of red leaf lettuce – organically grown and fresh picked that morning.
Kami
Steamed kale with sesame seeds. Easy and delicious!
Debbie (Accidently Delish)
I have been on a huge kale kick. I love putting it in my green smoothies and of course kale chips. I love how you can really flavor it up with so many things! Nutritional yeast for cheesy chips or cinnamon for sweet chips. Addicted!
TJ
Kale! Favorite is Garlicky Kale from Whole Foods salad bar.
Karen
Sounds like an amazing book! I would love to have it. Just getting into cooking and eating greens. I have kale in my smoothie – kale, frozen mixed berries, 1/4 cup pomegranate juice, 1/2 cup nondairy milk and a banana and 1 tbs flax meal . Also love kale in a kale waldorf salad. It is made with kale, walnuts, dried cranberries or raisins. The dressing is made with walnuts, some apple and dried cranberries. The recipe can be found on the Whole Foods Market website under Kale Waldorf Salad.
Laura Nichols
This is a tough one. I love them all. I would have to say spinach is one of my top favorites. I saute spinach with onions , garlic , yellow and red grape tomatoes. This dish looks beautiful with all those colors. It is simple , easy and yummy.
Francesca C
I dont know if they totally count but pea greens sauteed with garlic and some lemon juice are awesome!
Sue Hall
What a lovely book and those photos just ‘pop’ from the page with vibrancy.
My favourite green leafy vegetable – well that would have to be Kale, and I keep it simple, chop it slightly and add to the water of almost cooked pasta, then drain them together and tip into a dish containing an eg yolk and some Parmesan style veggie cheese.
Totally simple and totally yummy.
At the moment I’m a vegetarian but I eat vegan at least two days a week, one day I’ll get there completely.
Sue xx
tiaj3
A favorite green of mine is Collard Greens. I roll them up and cut in 1/2 in slices, seasoned with a little vegetable broth to cover the greens, then simmer and saute until tender. After they are tender, I add coconut milk, simmer until coconut milk is dissolved. I substitute Kale often for this dish.
Sarah F. at bentoriffic
My favorite is a massaged kale salad with lemon juice, agave, and fresh mango on top.
Violette
It may be classic but I will always love spinach! Nothing beats some sauteed spinach with mushrooms and onions as a fast side, or as a delicious portabella stuffing.
shawna
Kale is my favorite green! I’m crazy about kale chips!
Amanda Springer
My Favorite leafy green is Kale. I love to chop it up and mix it together with some almonds, kalamata olives, some lemon vinaigrette and some parmesan! It is very delicious!!
Jess
Rainbow chard because it’s so pretty! The best way I’ve prepared it was sauteed with fiddleheads, asparagus, and garlic and tossed with pasta.
Xerxes
Kale is definitely my favorite. I’m especially fond of lactinado kale and love it steamed with a plate of lentils and quinoa, or raw, rubbed with a pinch of salt and some lemon juice.
Judy
A favorite recipe I whipped up to eat while my honey drove me to the airport: Bottom layer: broth sauteed collard greens with garlic and onion. Topped with some mashed sweet potato. Then crowned with a layer of refried beans drizzled with hotsauce. It had bitter, sweet, and spice – YUM!
Laura
Spinach and Kale-Spinach anyway I can get it! Kale in chips or raw in salad!
hille
my very favourite leafy green vegetable is:
silverbeet!
I love it in several preparations, but the one coming spontaneously in my mind to be a specially yummy one is the following:
cut it into stripes, fry it in a pan together with chopped onions and garlic (with olive oil, sorry..), add salt and pepper, and serve with basmati-rice, together with some peanut-puree: yeah!
Kyrandia
Turnip greens are a new favorite of mine!
Karen
I love spinach and use it in salads, soups, lasagna. I would love to try other greens and this book is just what could teach me.
Jude Eastman
I’m in! Kale, kale, and more Kale! I love kale. Steamed kale is my favorite with a little lemon juice. Kale chips is a runner up! Congrats on the photo job!
Denise
Swiss chard sauteed with white beans, tomatoes, onion and bell peppers!
Sarah B.
Kale… sauteed with soy sauce, crushed red pepper, and sesame oil…. served with rice, avocado, and fried tofu. Yum!