Hey kids, your old pal Mr. Greenjeans says if you want to be healthy, you’ve gotta eat your leafy green veggies. Spinach was always Popeye’s favorite, but there are all sorts of greens to choose from, and most of them actually taste pretty good once you know how to cook ‘em and season ‘em. This post at Epicurious is a great guide to all the different types of greens you can find in the supermarket and even has links to recipes for each kind. Here in the Northeast, we get fresh local greens in the late part of the growing season, but they’re grown as winter crops in the South, so they’re available in supermarkets even now.

Here’s a recipe I like for kale:

Braised Kale with Onions and Pine Nuts

Ingredients
• 1 cup pine nuts
• 1 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 cup minced onions
• 1 bunch kale, stemmed and sliced thin
• 1/2 cup vegetable broth
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper

Directions
In a large saute pan over low heat, toast pine nuts for 3 to 4 minutes until lightly browned. Add butter and allow to brown. Add garlic and onions. Cook for 3 minutes until slightly caramelized. Add kale and toss lightly. Add broth, cook kale for 5 to 6 minutes until tender and liquid has evaporated. Season to taste with salt and pepper.