Collard Greens
/At Growing Lots we grow Collard Greens for science! We are in partnership with the University of Minnesota doing a three year study on the ecological benefits urban farming brings to the city. Collard Greens are our guinea pig or test crop rather. We are hoping to gain insight on how our regenerative farming practices might effect things like storm water run off, carbon capturing, and biodiversity. We hope someday these studies will be used to influence both policy and practice to help make way for more Urban Farming! So we are not only eating greens cause they are good for us, we eat them for the sake of good science!
The best tip you will ever get about cooking with collard greens is to cook the crap out of them. They are much tougher then other dark leafy greens, so take that into account. Often times cooking the crap out of collard greens means cooking them up with something greasy like coconut oil or bacon. You can also slow cook collard greens with well seasoned beans in a crock pot. Eating raw collard greens can make you gassy so they don’t do well in salads or smoothies. They do however cook up well in soups, and cook down great into heaps of greens that are wholesomely nourishing!
Crock Pot Black Eyed Peas and Collard Greens
Quick Southern Collard Greens and Bacon
