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Simple Vegan Collard Greens

Tastes better than it looks. I have very little experience with collard greens because they are so often made with meat. I think the first time I ever tasted them was at  Black Wolf Supper Club , where they cook them with kimchi. And I loved them, but I have yet to successfully recreate them. So this time, I decided to play it simple. I perused a few recipes before deciding how to do it, and I hoped for the best. And then end result was so much more delicious than I expected! I ate these alongside hard boiled eggs in one clean-out-the-fridge night, and then the next night we put the leftovers on Annie's mac and cheese, and THIS was delicious.  The Recipe: 1 bunch collard greens, cut into ribbons 3 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 onion, minced 2 c vegetable broth salt and pepper, to taste cider vinegar, to taste Saute onions in olive oil until translucent and slightly browned. Add garlic and saute for 1 more minute. Add vegetable broth and 1 tsp sa

Pasta with Cauliflower and Chard

My photo... Original photo from "Joanne Eats Well with Others" Ok, aside from the fact that my photography needs work, this recipe was outstanding and I will be making it again soon. I followed  this recipe from Joanne Eats Well with Others . I was not familiar with this blog until Pinterest showed me this recipe. I'm a new fan. After posting this, I plan to go bookmark a bunch more of her recipes. I like recipes that are packed with veggies but don't feel like they're packed with veggies. The "sauce" is mostly just cauliflower and chard, but it feels rich like pesto (thanks in part to the parmesan). And I love the texture of the food-processed cauliflower. My only real modification was that I added lemon zest. Because I already had the lemon and it just seemed like the right thing to do. Also, instead of grating the parmesan, I food-processed it into little pebbles. This was purely a matter of laziness, but I actually really l