{"id":15494,"date":"2020-05-18T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=15494"},"modified":"2020-05-01T13:57:38","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T17:57:38","slug":"eat-your-greens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2020\/05\/18\/eat-your-greens\/","title":{"rendered":"Eat Your Greens!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/194-1942510_transparent-collard-greens-png-green-leafy-vegetables-png-300x171.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/194-1942510_transparent-collard-greens-png-green-leafy-vegetables-png-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/194-1942510_transparent-collard-greens-png-green-leafy-vegetables-png-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/194-1942510_transparent-collard-greens-png-green-leafy-vegetables-png.png 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>How often have you been told to eat green leafy vegetables but lacked simple recipes featuring greens? Here are two quick-and-easy recipes you can prepare at home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saut\u00e9ed Collards and Tomatoes<\/strong> (from <em>Simply Vegan<\/em>, by Debra Wasserman)<\/p>\n<p>(Serves 4)<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon oil<\/p>\n<p>1 pound collards, rinsed and chopped into bite-size pieces<\/p>\n<p>2 ripe tomatoes, chopped<\/p>\n<p>2 teaspoons lemon juice<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd teaspoon garlic powder<\/p>\n<p>\u00bc teaspoon mustard powder<\/p>\n<p>Saut\u00e9 all the ingredients together over medium-high heat for 3-5 minutes (until greens are tender). Serve hot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bulgur, Corn, and Greens<\/strong> (from <em>Conveniently Vegan<\/em>, by Debra Wasserman)<\/p>\n<p>(Serves 4)<\/p>\n<p>1 cup bulgur (cracked wheat)<\/p>\n<p>2 cups water<\/p>\n<p>10-ounce box frozen corn kernels<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd pound greens (kale or collards), rinsed and chopped into bite-size pieces<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd teaspoon cumin<\/p>\n<p>2 Tablespoons lemon juice<\/p>\n<p>Cook bulgur in water in a large covered pot for 10 minutes over medium heat. Add remaining ingredients. Heat 10 minutes longer, stirring occasionally. Serve warm.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both <em>Simply Vegan<\/em> and <em>Conveniently Vegan<\/em> are published by The Vegetarian Resource Group and <u>in the USA only<\/u> can be purchased online here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/catalog\">www.vrg.org\/catalog<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How often have you been told to eat green leafy vegetables but lacked simple recipes featuring greens? Here are two quick-and-easy recipes you can prepare at home. Saut\u00e9ed Collards and Tomatoes (from Simply Vegan, by Debra Wasserman) (Serves 4) 1 teaspoon oil 1 pound collards, rinsed and chopped into bite-size pieces 2 ripe tomatoes, chopped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15496,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15494\/revisions\/15496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}