While most of my garden is waiting to hit its stride, one thing is growing, and growing strong. Mustard greens. Prompting this week’s featured food to be, well, a given. And yes, thanks for noticing, I ate mustard greens for four meals in one day. And have eaten them at least twice a day for almost a week now. Moderation and gardens do not mix.
Breakfast
Ingredients: Mustard greens, banana, faux-milk and hemp seeds.
Result: A pre-workout breakfast drink–sweet yet earthy, with a kick of peppery spice.
Snack
Ingredients: Two eggs, mustard greens, baking powder, spices.
Result: Eggy muffin cups for on-the-go snackage.
Lunch
Ingredients: Mustard greens, parsley, mint, quinoa, onion, lemon juice. Tilapia.
Result: Quinoa tabbouleh on garden lettuce. Yes, I put my salad on a salad. With Moroccan-spiced tilapia.
Snack
Ingredients: Almonds and frozen cranberries.
Result: Okay, fine, there were no mustard greens in this one.
Dinner
Ingredients: Mustard greens, banana peppers, cilantro, garlic, rice vinegar and tempeh.
Result: Tempeh stir-fry!
And there are still enough greens left to feed a (health-conscious) army. Time to start freezing the extras.
Any ideas for how I can use more mustard greens?
ForgottenBeast 
I’m a huge fan of egg snacks baked in muffin tins. Would mustard greens be good in some kind of dip, like spinach and artichoke dip?
Oh man, they WOULD! They have a hint of spice/pepper to them, so they’d be perfect in a dip…Hmm…
Well now you have a recipe I think you need to make immediately and then blog about!
Do you use a blender or a juicer for your morning drink? Just curious (I just bought a juicer haha)
Haha, I use a 7+ year old magic bullet…Soo, really old blender with dull blades and weak motor. I have to let it sit and whir for a while or I get soggy chunks of green, but otherwise it works perfectly fine.
The muffins look Wonderful, Allie! How much baking powder and how long/what temp for cooking. This would be Great to have on the go! Thanks, sweetie!
Somewhere around 1/2t of powder and 350 for 12 minutes (I think–until the middle is firm). I don’t really pay a whole lot of attention when I make these–just throw stuff together and bake until solid–hence the reason I didn’t post much of a recipe ;D
SAAG PANEER!!!!!!!!!!!!
I knooow! It’s still on my to-do list since you mentioned it last time–my mom makes homemade paneer so I keep putting it off until I can get FRESH CHEESE to toss in!
I AM SO JEALOUS
Is there such a thing as mustard green pesto? Could be good…
Ooo, I like how you think! It would be just like pesto with a peppery kick. And that could be a very good thing…
So much mustard greens! I never tried it in a smoothie, I’m sure it would taste delicious.
They’re actually my new favorite green for smoothies! They add just a hint of spice to offset sweet fruit–kinda like adding ginger to a smoothie, in terms of the slight kick.
Me + mustard greens have a LOVE/hate relationship literally. I eat them but only steamed with sea salt otherwise I can’t stand them! I give you props! Enjoy your greens 😉 Love + Shine CourtStar
I’ve never tried them steamed! I’ll have to add that to the list 🙂
Man, I love greens, but I think I’d have a pretty hard time eating the same ones four meals a day! You win. I was just going to suggest blanching & freezing, actually. Maybe stuff them into some sort of spicy eggplant involtini, mixed either with traditional ricotta or some sort of cashew cheese-lentil concoction? Or use them to make ultra-spicy pesto?
Also, salad on salad!! YES!
I definitely need to start freezing all the extras! And oh, mustard greens and ricotta would just be PERFECT together!
I’ve never tried mustard greens before 0.0 That’s a lot of greens in one day too but it’s not like you eat like that every day.
Gardens are like that. I remember one of the women from my lab was growing cucumbers in her garden. She’d bring me two cucumbers every day because she didn’t know what to do with all of them. So I ate two cucumbers every day lol.
Moderation and gardens do not mix. One of the best lines ever. Followed closely by I put my salad on a salad.
Ah the joys of gardens and CSA’s. I think I see your competitive streak coming out, and I like it.
I have three giant head of lettuce in my fridge right now and there’s a good chance I’m getting two more tomorrow. It’s going to get interesting up in here…up in here.
Summer brings out the best in me. Or, yes, the competitive side. I WILL dominate those mustard greens! Just as I’m sure you can and will tackle that lettuce. Maybe literally.
Love the lil eggy muffins!
Spinach in green smoothies is so passe now ;)! I’ve never tried mustard greens but I especially like the look of those muffins- let’s be honest…everything tastes good in mustard form ;)!
Salad on salad. Mind blown.
So many greens, so little time. Making ultra spicy pesto for your turkey burgers sounds super good to me.
Mmm, I like that thought.
I have no idea how else you can use mustard greens. I think you thought of everything except public banana wrapped in mustard greens…. just sayin’!
Ahaha, well, that smoothie IS technically banana and mustard greens…but nope, not quite the same thing. Ooo, now if I had a grill and could roast some bananas in mustard greens? I’d totally go public with that.
I’m so impressed that you came up with so many ways to use mustard greens! I think possibly some sauteed mustard greens in olive/coconut oil with some scrambled eggs and veggies may be good!
I think I like Allie’s idea above 😉 I’d like to see a picture of that!
Mmm, I haven’t cooked them in coconut oil yet–that WILL be a great combo!
Ya know, mustard greens are probably the only greens I haven’t really experimented with…because I never knew what to do with them…until NOW! That stir-fry looks awesome. It’s been a while since I’ve whipped up a good stir fry…I just keep piling the veggies in a bowl and slathering salad dressing on them! Maybe I’ll actually try cooking some this week! 🙂