10 Great Greens

10 Great Greens Recipe
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Categories: Vegetables, Lettuce Salads, Other Non-Edibles, Quick & Easy, For Kids, Vegetarian, Healthy

Ingredients

arugula
beet greens
bok choy
collard greens
kale
mustard greens
romaine and red leaf lettuce
spinach
swiss chard
turnip greens
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frenchtutor
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Susan's Notes:

I got this idea from several sources: South Beach Diet, a book called Eat To Live, and various internet sites about the value of adding greens to the diet.
And greens have almost NO calories - so a free food with a big nutritional punch!
Greens grow well in cold weather, and you can usually get them year round at most markets.

 

Directions
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Research shows that consuming dark greens may help you maintain good health by lowering blood pressure and cholesterol and reducing your risk of heart disease.
The most recent dietary guidelines released in 2010 by the USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommend that Americans fill half their plate with fruits and vegetables at every meal, and that includes dark leafy greens.
Spinach and Dark Leafy Greens
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If you’re following a healthy diet and lifestyle, you already know the importance of eating dark greens. Research shows that consuming dark greens may help you maintain good health by lowering blood pressure and cholesterol and reducing your risk of heart disease.
Spinach Salad with Orange Segments and a Lime vinaigrrette
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Dark greens are rich in beta-carotene, folate, and vitamins C, E, and K, which help protect against free radicals (unstable oxygen molecules that can damage cells). These are known as Antioxidants.
"Collard Greens" Southern Style
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Those in the Cruciferae family (a.k.a. cruciferous vegetables) — such as beet greens, bok choy, collard greens, kale, and Swiss chard to name just a few — have also been found to protect against macular degeneration (a cause of blindness) and reduce age-related memory loss.
Wine Braised Ruby Chard
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The real point is that eating a wide variety of vegetables — green and all the other colors too — throughout the week will put you well on your way to getting many of the essential nutrients you need for optimal health.
Winter Kale
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Jan 9, 2013
good info, Susan. Thanks for sharing! Love all of them!!!
coffeetime
Jan 9, 2013
YUM...I love greens!
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Jan 9, 2013
had gastric bypass surgery in spring and in early fall my iron and couple other vitamins was low, because of timing of surgery I could not eat salads during summer, which I ALWAYS start out with spinach and other dark leaf stuff..had I tried to eat my leafies other ways I wouldnt have had the problems.....so boys and girls EAT YOUR VEGGIES
frenchtutor
Jan 9, 2013
I've found out you can really CHEW AND CHEW your raw spinach, and it disappears down to almost nothing before your swallow it...

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