Healthy Benefits of Leafy Greens

Vitamin and mineral-rich collard greens hold up well to extended cooking, thanks to their thick leaves.

With its array of antioxidants, adding spinach to any dish gives it a nutritional boost.

Cook vitamin K-rich chard with onion, garlic, raisins, pine nuts, red pepper flakes, and a splash of vinegar.

Purslane makes a lovely, crisp addition to salads. And it's rich in omega-3s.

Not only is kale a powerful ally to your health, it also handles any intense flavors you throw its way.

Have an abundance of bitter greens in your fridge? Turn them into this dish, a Roman classic.

If a kale-centric salad isn't your thing, try mixing it with snap peas and a bright passion fruit vinaigrette.

This multi-generation collard greens recipe gets a meat-free twist from shiitake mushrooms.

Use this fragrant leaf for its antioxidant and mouth freshening properties in a salad. 

Drink up your greens and pair them with fruits to boost their goodness.

Let leaves be both parcel and fillings for sumptuous snacks and mains.

Whether in the country or city, you'll encounter purslane in unexpected places. Just keep your eyes open.

The author on how the nutritional variety of greens from their kitchen garden keeps generations linked. 

Gardening provides opportunities to seek delight in transient things, like the giant leaves of mustard greens.

Chef Deborah Madison turns greens into stars on your plate letting their nutrition shine.