Vlogging Collards. The overlooked smelly vegetable.
Earlier this week, I harvested the last of my collard greens to fix for dinner. For some unknown reason, I thought this would be a perfect vlog. Enlightening the non-Southern blogging community on how to cook the nutritious collard plant.
Linking up with Mama Kat’s Vlogging workshop this week.
Prompts:
1.) Teach us something!
2.) March is national nutrition month…what tips can you share about eating healthy?
Okay.
This is possibly the worst how-to video ever.
This is probably the worst video on the nutrition value of collards ever.
This is probably the worst video on the history of collards in Southern cooking ever.
All that ended up on the cutting room floor.
But I really do love the uber-nutrious collard:
The recipe.
* A bunch of collards.
* One onion.
* Two cloves garlic.
* Three slices of bacon.
* Three cups chicken broth.
Brown the bacon in a pot. Cook the onions in the drippings and add the garlic. Then add the chopped up greens. Once they wilt a good bit add your broth, cover and cook for 40 minutes. Or until tender.
The collard is full of fiber, Vitamins A, C and K. Also high in foliate.
Though strongly associated with Southern African American history, I don’t know any child raised in the south — black, white, rich or poor who didn’t have collards growing up. Or at least be made to try some New Year’s Day to bring money in the coming year.
So here it goes. Probably the lamest cooking video evah.
Enjoy.
And here’s how it should look. Though I think this Ken chef-person wouldn’t approve of my collard cutting, he does use bacon. Me likey.
