Dace, don't use raw spinach daily. It can cause....um.....brain-freeze! Um....kidney stones? Nutrient deficiencies? Can't remember, just don't have it raw daily. I still have it in shakes and salads, I just vary them.
Do you like dips? I love 'em. Green beans, snow peas, sugar snap peas, cukes with the skin (in winter, you can sometimes find pickling cukes that aren't coated in paraffin, and the wrapped European cukes), etc.
Try cooked greens this way....cut up some salt pork into little pieces (1/2 inch by 1 inch, maybe) and fry them in the bottom of a big stock pot. Wash and tear up a bunch or two of collard greens, removing the larger portions of the stems. Add to the pot, along with a little more water....maybe a cup? Cover and simmer on low for an hour. Stir every 10-15 minutes and add more water if needed. Serve well-salted with additional sea salt, if needed. You can eat the salt pork or toss it to the dog or hens. You can do any greens this way, but the cooking time will vary.
Try Swiss Chard with garlic and sunflower seeds. Cook the big stems as a separate veggie, steamed and served with lots of butter and sea salt, my favorite. (My mother made this years ago when our goats got out and ate all the leaves of the chard in the garden, leaving a long row of stems!
) Or put the cut up stems in a soup like celery.
Greens can be quite yummy if cooked creatively.
And OG, you are in for a culinary ride that is mouth-watering, a lot of work at first, and will turn your health around even if you didn't know it needed to be turned around!
One thing at a time. Check out the fermenting thread for an idea of all that talk of kombucha, kefir, etc. Adding home-fermented foods is cheap and easy and very, very good for you.
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