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Garlic Greens

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Category:     Side Dish

Description:
A way to serve fresh collards that's tasty and quick, taken from about.com's southernfoods recipe page and adapted slightly for the BTD.


General applicability:

Garlic Greens
Green: recipe contains only neutral or a beneficials ingredients for that type.
Yellow: recipe contains an secondary avoid ingredient that may be substituted by a more permissable one.
Orange: contains an avoid in a primary ingredient.



Ingredient list:
  • 1-1/2 to 2 pounds collard greens or turnip greens, boiled or steamed until tender
  • 3 to 4 Tablespoons light olive oil or ghee
  • 2 to 3 Tablespoons minced garlic (about 4 large cloves)
  • salt and black pepper, to taste (optional)
  • hot pepper sauce (optional)


How to make it:
  • Drain greens well.
  • In a large skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat, cook garlic in the oil until it just begins to brown.
  • Add the drained greens.
  • Season to taste with salt and pepper if desired.
  • Add a few dashes of your favorite hot sauce.
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Blood Type Diet Analysis:

Core Ingredients Analysis:
The ingredients in this category are either BTD compliant for all types or the recipe author and/or editor did not suggest a possible substitution. If this category contains avoids for your blood type this recipe may not work for you, unless you feel like you can omit the item or make an appropriate substitution.

Ingredient
A
B
O
AB
A NS
B NS
O NS
AB NS
Collard Greens
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
Sea Salt
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Garlic
B
N
B
B
N
B
B
B
Olive Oil
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B


Variations and Substitutions Analysis:
This category of ingredients contains possible substitutions that may allow different blood types to use the recipe or ingredients that can be left out of the recipe altogether.

Ingredient
A
B
O
AB
A NS
B NS
O NS
AB NS
Pepper, Black
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A


Macronutrient Analysis:

This recipe may contain macronutrients with important effects on health

  • The recipe may contain ingredients high in lignans
  • The recipe may contain ingredients encourage health microbiome balance