Recipes for Greens

Sauteed Greens with Pine Nuts and Raisons:

This is a classic Sicilian side dish, prepared with leafy greens, toasted pine nuts and raisins.  It's sweet, savory, salty, spicy and just a little bitter. So as my mother would say, well balanced. We used dinosaur kale (aka Lacinato or Tuscan kale) but you could easily use collard greens, mustard or turnip greens, or spinach. Any leafy green will do.   sauteed greens with pine nuts and raisins

Kale Sausage with White Beans:

Of course, it's hard to go wrong when you mix kale with Italian sausage and white beans. But, baby steps people. Baby steps.
Kale with sausage and white beans

Nettle Pasta:

The pasta is a breeze.  Nettles are easier to deal with than you think. Here I quickly blanch them straight from the bag they came in, in the same water I cook the pasta. One pot, no stings. I add toasted almonds for crunch, feta because its tangy creaminess plays nice with the nettles, and onion sprouts. Bit of garlic.

nettle pasta recipe

Hollyhock Sesame Maple Dressing:
Another great salad dressing from the Hollyhock cookbook.

1/3 cup tamari/soya sauce ¼ cup water 
¼ cup maple syrup 
2 tsp Dijon mustard 
1 tsp minced garlic 
1/3 cup sunflower/safflower oil 
3 Tbsp sesame oil 


BLEND everything except oils. 
In a measuring cup, COMBINE oils. 
SLOWLY BLEND in oils to other ingredients. 
STOP BLENDING as soon as the oils have been added. 

Notes: 
Makes 1½ cups. Can be refrigerated for 1 week (in theory, but I’ve never had it around that long!) Try it over green salads, steamed vegetables, as a fish marinade, or just dip bread into it.