Greens get a sizzling new makeover! We’ve combined slightly bitter mustard greens with the sweet creaminess of coconut milk. If you can’t find mustard greens, substitute collard greens or kale, or a blend of your favorite leafy vegetables. It’s a delicious, dairy-free greens recipe!
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large yellow onion, medium diced
Pinch of salt
1 minced jalapeño pepper, seeds removed (optional)
4 cloves of garlic, minced
1/2 cup coconut milk
12 packed cups of chopped mustard greens, cleaned with large stems removed
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Juice of 1/2 lime
Ground black pepper
An Oldways recipe. Media: contact us for permission to reprint.Â
Nezaa says: Africans throughout the Diaspora have always included coconut products in their cooking. As a Jamaican, cooking with coconut is not a ‘fad’ to us. Promoting dairy free recipes demonstrates that dairy or no dairy is not a binary choice, but sometimes a matter of one’s health.
Katherine-Oldways says: Beautifully said! It is important to us to uplift the diversity of traditions that exist across the Diaspora.
Tamee says: I liked the recipe I will keep using it!
Cynthia Edwards says: I tired it. It came out wonderful. I had to add a smidgen of brown sugar to stave off the bitterness of the collards, but! I just finished a bowl snd I am HAPPILY satisfied. This will be on my Thanksgiving dinner menu.
Phe says: Wasn’t what I expected. Kinda bland. I had to add my own flavor to it and it turned out great once I did.
mmoore says: We encourage people to experiment and make it their own! Do you mind sharing what you added?
Tamia says: I’m so glad I found oldways,(African heritage) Im so looking forward to making this! Thanks a million I would never have thought of making greens this way.
Erin says: I’m really disappointed to see Oldways jumping on the coconut oil bandwagon and shunning dairy in the description. It wreaks of fad diets. And using “guilt” in reference to food promotes disordered eating.
Cynthia says: Hi Erin. We agree that calling this recipe “guilt-free” as we did originally wasn’t the best wording, and we’ve edited the intro text. However, our desire to share a creamy yet dairy-free recipe wasn’t based on fad diets but on the fact that up to 75% of African Americans are lactose intolerant to some degree, so we try to make recipes connected to our African Heritage & Health program dairy-free whenever possible.
Tamia says: Thanks true about the lactose intolerance
EmsRB says: Coconut oil, coconut juice and coconut milk are three different things.
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