'Spring greens' recipes

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I am 38 and have only discovered the big packets of spring greens available in the supermarket at this point in the year. Very cheap and lots of veg for your money.

So far I've sauted them off with garlic and butter (big hit), added them to veg soups and also to creamy pasta dishes.

What are you all doing with them? Educate me!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/taglioliniwithlemono_70911
I make this a lot its very quick and easy and would def work with spring greens

Sauté them in a bit of sesame oil, with garlic, ginger and chillies, then finish with a generous amount of oyster sauce. Really great side. You can add mushrooms, as well (sauté before adding greens).

Make a rubbed salad. Make a vinaigrette, add to the spring greens (perhaps with some grated carrot and slivered red peppers) and massage vigorously for a few minutes. Leave to sit in the fridge for a few hours. Serve topped with crumbled feta.

Sautéed with garlic, olive oil/butter and lemon is my fave. But we also mostly have them in stir fries or noodle dishes and pasta dishes as you've said.

Have added them to lentils before similar dishes to this (which is a great recipe) https://www.vervemagazine.co.nz/chard-lentil-and-bay-gratin/

I sometimes add a bit of cumin/coriander seed (toasted and ground) when I'm sauteeing - I like them like that with scrambled eggs and feta for breakfast!

God I love spring greens, not fashionable but the best 'green' in my view

I think you really cant beat them done like you said OP, but this weekend (although Im not making ti with greens), Im doing creamed spinach, because for some reason Im overrun with bags of frozen spinach in the freezer. But I believe this could work with greens if you shred it enough and also cook it down enough

Am literally just about to go and make spring greens for supper -
fry garlic & chilli flakes in butter for a minute or two, then crumble in a veg stock cube... add butter beans & pitted black olives for another minute or two... add shredded spring greens and a little water & let them wilt... add lemon juice just before taking off the heat. Serve with dollop of creme fraiche. Think it came from a book called called Take One Veg and is served with a roast sweet pot in their version (i tend not to bother with the spud tho). Flipping lush!

That sounds nice. I am rather boring with my greens. I just steam them, and serve😵‍💫

Take out the bigger stems and you can use spring greens in place of spinach or kale for any recipe.
As a side dish steamed with a turn of salt crystals and a pinch of nutmeg; creamed with butter and a splash of cream; in any Indian dish instead of spinach (especially saag paneer and pakora).
In Italian minestrone instead of shredded kale. Shredded finely and cooked into anything that can use a burst of green.

They go well in a chicken broth

Oooh one of my absolute favourite recipes (when I can be arsed) just has them as a side, but it's a gusto recipe - smoked fishcakes with buttered spring greens and a curried mayo dip. The whole dish is fantastic and when I make it I try and do enough to create leftovers to take to work as it reheats perfectly. The greens you just shred and steam until wilted, stir in some butter and then fry for a couple of minutes. The curry mayo is what makes the whole dish and for that you just melt some butter then add curry powder and cook for a couple of minutes. Let it cool for a bit, but not so long that it solidifies, then just add mayo to taste. It's delicious.

You could use any fishcake recipe as long as you use smoked fish, not plain.

I’ve just seen a recipe which uses them (stalk taken out) as wraps for various fillings. Blanch them in boiling water to soften them and then fill with whatever you want - the recipe had a mix using couscous, onion, cheese, mint pine nuts and raisins.

I’ve just bought myself a bag of spring greens inspired by this thread! 75p from Sainsbury’s! 😊

yes you could do dolmades