The Must-Eat Green Most Women Overlook

advertise it, make it popular, then it becomes a health risk all of a sudden because of ecoli and what not, just like the spinach scare of 2008.
NEXT!

Arugula and Broccoli Raabe are my must eat greens. With Arugula, i wilt it slightly with salt and olive oil and make a sandwich pairing it with sauteed chicken breast, roasted red pepper and mozzarella cheese. Yummy!!!

stupid article. as someone else noted, just written to be an article.. course given that i was stupid even looking at the article....

Oh, and one of the commentors on the first page said something about not worrying about which particular green leaft vegetable was the, "best."

Exactly!

Eat them all... a good variety.

Learn to braise them with onions, mushrooms, artichoke hearts, peppers, leek, Julienned ham, sausages, whatever you want and like... with a little wine or stock. Add beans for a complete meatless meal.

Braised escarole, even romaine lettuce... and of course spinach, chard, mustard greens, kale (I hate kale), all the different cabbages, radicchio, endive, friesé.

They're ALL good. And, we should all be eating more of these.

This group is sooo under-utilized in American kitchens.

my husband eats Kale daily! He is 25 years older than me and a strict vegetarian, what strength the old goat has!!

But i dont care for it much...watercress sounds right for me

yes i have to agree people in the island of haiti eat watercress alot, they eat it to boost their energy its a good source of vitamin. i love it. especially if you sick and your body is getting weak eat that.

I'm European and grew up on this stuff. This is nothing new on the other side of the pond. Maybe that is why I've rarely been sick. My grandfather lived until 96. My father until 92 and my mother until 94. I guess I'll live forever.

love to eat that stuff with all the K vitamin, but taking coumidin prevents it if I want to have my blood keep from clotting.

just get the damned surgery...

backcracker, I read about 4 years ago that V8 juice's main ingredient is watercress, and then I saw a doctor on TV that said watercress is good to ward off lung cancer. Since I was a smoker I drank a lot of V8 juice, I am now an ex smoker, no lung cancer yet, thank goodness, 66 yrs old and healthy as a horse. well who knows the real truth about these studies, but my Grandma loved watercress sandwiches, and I still do also, in 2010, who knows?

I just eat watercress raw, taste good that way

I try to eat this daily and it makes me feel so full of energy!! The flavor is strong but I got used to it, tastes good for me. I recommend eating it with just salt and olive oil. I eat it as a light meal at night and I can feel how good it acts as a digestive aid, it clears up my skin, it has lots of antioxidants and vitamins and iron, and I read it cleanses liver and kidney of kidney stones. I have the worst diet I eat lots of junk food daily but this helps me a lot, I highly recommend it!

fresh collards greens cooked about an hour seasoned with bacon salt and a teaspoon of sugar are one of our favorite

if children were presented greens daily in the classroom, and the teacher said "CATERPILLAR TIME" the munching wouldn't stop 'til there were no more veggies. carrots, celery, lettuce even raw cabbage would be devoured. try it, see if i am right. and remember, vegetables don't come microwave-ready.

Watercress may prove to be very healthful but, it carries with it an inherent risk from the water in which it is grown. That supply must be as close to pristine as possible and, it should be tested regularly for waterborne bacteria such as e-coli and, run-off from the useage of fertilizers and pesticides.

Italian watercress is another name for arugula, which is hugely popular and the most delicious leafy green ever. I hope that the benefits of regular watercress apply to arugula as well.

Warning about Watercress: be careful of where you buy it! I usually buy watercress because it's used a lot in Asian cooking, but the last time i bought watercress, there were snails and a dead spider in the bunch.

...kinda took the taste out of it...

I was on a camping trip in Hawaii and found watercress in a fresh water stream. It is fantastic wilted with grilled salmon or in a sandwich with thinly sliced steak and aioli!

might as well fricking be grazing on grass

Kale is the champion of American greens. I eat it virtually every day. Chinese cabbage is good also, and you won't go wrong with spinach greens, mustard greens, broccoli rabe...