I've been sick as a dog all week, so the posting hasn't been going as well as I hoped. The good news is that I somehow managed to lose 3.4 lbs last week. This is one happy, happy girl.
Growing up in the south, I always thought that Collard Greens would be a food that I'd eventually have to face at my grandparents' house. After all, it appears to be a staple of the G.R.I.T.S. (girls raised in the south) diet. Thankfully, my parents seemed to have the same aversion to the vegetable whose whole purpose seems to exist to stink up the house on New Years Day. Therefore 3X years in, I was a complete Collard Greens virgin.
Then I went shopping. Eager to try new things, I found myself agreeing to buy this imposing (and potentially stinky) vegetable with nary a clue about what I was going to do with it. The book offered a suggestion that I'd meant to try on New Year's Day (that would be the collard greens and black eyed peas soup). That ultimately didn't happen due to a #beanfindingfail, but I was able to finally pull off the soup.
It was...interesting. The collards didn't stink up the house, exactly, but there was definite a need for hot sauce I wasn't anticipating. Not that I don't mind hot sauce, but it's not exactly a go-to condiment for me. In fact, the only two reasons I have hot sauces in the house are for scrambled eggs and buffalo chicken dip (both foods I can't eat anymore).
Plus, when you started considering that it was 8 points per serving, it seemed like a lot to go for a meal I wasn't completely in love with.
Still, I broke that hurdle. The soup is out in the future, I think, but I'm glad I had the opportunity to try something that has terrified me since I was a child. Little victories, right?
On the other hand, I was eating vegan Indian all week. Well, except for that night I slipped and had to (HAD TO) go for chicken noodle. I need to find an alternative, but I was too far gone that night, and there was no way I was going to make decisions.
One of the recipes I did pull off was this one...at a mere 6 points per serving, it's a downright bargain (though, I guess the brown rice does negate some of it). It was fantastic, and I definitely see myself making gads of this over and over again!! It's on the "company list" too since it was so easy. :)
http://www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/yukon-gold-and-baby-spinach-masala/
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