- prep: 25 min
- cook: 0 hr
- total: 25 min
Summary
Cooking collards with a bit of healthy fat like olive oil may help the body absorb certain nutrients -- this hearty dish also features tomatoes and black-eyed peas.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion, diced
- 3 garlic cloves, smashed and peeled
- 2 1/2 pounds collard greens, stems discarded and leaves torn into 2-inch pieces
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 1 can (28 ounces) whole peeled tomatoes
- 1 smoked ham hock
- 1 can (15 ounces) black-eyed peas, rinsed and drained
- Cooked rice, for serving
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 613 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 9 g 13.33%
- Saturated Fat: 1 g 7.01%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 0 mg 0%
- Sodium: 457 mg 19.05%
- Calcium: 334 mg 33.41%
- Potassium: 1591 mg 45.46%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 12 mg 64.75%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 106 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 15 g 59.69%
- Sugar: 13 g
- Protein: 33 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Vitamin A 17.51%
- Vitamin C 104.13%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat1
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch4
- Exchange - Vegetables8
- Exchange - Lean Meat2
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total0 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total1 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total7 oz-eq