<\/a>This makes a lot because we love having leftovers.\u00a0 I’ve been known to eat the leftovers for breakfast the next day.\u00a0 Also?\u00a0 Collards on top of a waffle with a little more maple syrup is an amazing breakfast.\u00a0 Promise.<\/p>\nThis can be a hearty side dish or you can make it a main dish by adding in some more veggies (carrots, zucchini?) and some beans.\u00a0 I think white beans paired with collards is a tasty combo.<\/p>\n
Of course you can make this a completely vegetarian side dish by removing the ham hocks.<\/p>\n
When straining the collards, you can reserve the broth to use for another time.\u00a0 Perhaps as a base for some soup?\u00a0 Or you can freeze the broth in ice cube trays and use them when you want to add a little more flavor to another dish.<\/p>\n
Even during the warmer months, a big pile of collards will make just about everyone happy!<\/p>\n
Have fun guys, and remember, always play with your food! \u00a0Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We eat greens a lot over here at the HQ. \u00a0They are one of my favorite side dishes to make! \u00a0Greens are pretty budget friendly, full of flavor, and you can make a lot at one time very easily. Collards are my favorite.\u00a0 They take on flavor so well and become tender with long slow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[15,16],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/collards2.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-4iS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16546"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}