{"id":74404,"date":"2024-03-04T07:05:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T14:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=74404"},"modified":"2025-03-07T11:25:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T18:25:20","slug":"green-foods-to-celebrate-st-patricks-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/green-foods-to-celebrate-st-patricks-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Green foods to celebrate St. Patrick&#8217;s Day. Enjoy kale, avocados, pesto, risotto and more."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_74426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74426\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-74426\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/29160452\/PINZIMONIO-WITH-AVOCADO-web.webp\" alt=\"Nutrient-dense pinzimonio with avocado. Photo by Bill St. John.\" width=\"400\" height=\"415\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nutrient-dense pinzimonio with avocado. Photo by Bill St. John.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>St. Patrick, we need you back, please.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Paddy, for banishing the snakes, but might you also be able to deport so many of these green foods concocted this time of year in your, um, honor?<\/p>\n<p>Green frosting, \u201cemerald eggs\u201d and ham, green velvet cake (gawd), and stuff such as bagels, donuts, pasta, and popcorn tinted green for merely one day. Banish green beer, definitely. And the appletini.<\/p>\n<p>However, you might leave in place guacamole, grasshopper pie, pesto, mint chocolate chip brownies, even lime Jell-O. They are year-round deliciousness.<\/p>\n<p>Alright. OK. Kale. We keep kale.<\/p>\n<p>But to truly honor the eatin\u2019 o\u2019 the green, you everyone-is-\u201cIrish\u201d-on-March-17-ers, why not cook those foods that are viridescent naturally? Or \u2014 here\u2019s a concept \u2014 that are delicious?<\/p>\n<p>A unique risotto sells itself so. Colored vibrantly green from an abundance of herbs and field greens, its Italian name is \u201crisotto verde\u201d and is the central recipe here.<\/p>\n<p>So, we\u2019ll fashion this risotto for <em>La Festa di San Patrizio<\/em>? (Is it a coincidence that the Irish and Italian flags are so similar? Huh?)<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-callout-box col-xs-12 col-sm-6 right\" style=\"background-color:#dce4e7; color:#2e3b44;\">\n<h2>More green foods that are fit for St. Patrick&#8217;s Day<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/asparagus-five-ways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Asparagus Five Ways<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/instant-pot-chile-verde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">Instant Pot Chile Verde<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/cooking-with-fresh-chiles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">Cooking With Fresh Chiles <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/avocado-toast-ten-ways-expand-beyond-the-basic-for-delicious-new-twists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">Avocado Toast Ten Ways <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/how-to-make-quick-homemade-pickles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"5\">Homemade Quick Pickles<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/how-to-use-olive-oil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"6\">How to Use Extra Virgin Olive Oil<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/the-origin-of-caesar-salad-plus-original-recipe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"7\">The Origins of the Caesar Salad<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cooks dislike preparing risotto because they fear being \u201cpot-bound,\u201d slave to 30 minutes of constant babysitting of the simmering rice, adding ladle after ladle of simmering broth, stirring, stirring, stirring. Not nice, that rice.<\/p>\n<p>But I use an anti-helicopter, no-hover-over-the-stove way to cook risotto that I learned, in a roundabout manner, from watching my sister Christine cook Indian food. She washes her basmati rice four or five times before boiling it. Cleaning the rice kernels of their outer starch helps keep them fluffy and buoyant when done, rather than having them end up creamy and sticky.<\/p>\n<p>But that is precisely what I want in a risotto, the gooey creaminess, yet with each kernel still retaining its own slightly al dente core.<\/p>\n<p>So, I rinse my risotto rices ahead of the heat but\u2014this is very important\u2014do not discard or let drain the rinsing liquid. I keep back the starches; in fact, in the liquid to be used.<\/p>\n<p>Then, after just two installments of broth, a couple of stirs, and two 10-minute bubblings, it\u2019s creamy risotto, but with rice kernels that retain a slight bite.<\/p>\n<p>Exactly what a risotto should be.<br \/>\n<div class=\"su-callout-box col-xs-12 col-sm-6 right\" style=\"background-color:#dce4e7; color:#2e3b44;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/holiday-foods-from-around-the-world\/\">Traditional holiday foods from around the world<\/a><\/li>\n<li>More <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/author\/bstjohn\/\">great tips and recipes<\/a> from Bill St. John.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Other recipes here for \u201ceatin\u2019 o\u2019 the green\u201d include a vegetarian sausage and greens soup and two appetizer preparations, one of raw vegetables and another of cooked greens on toast.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, these recipes are heavy on the green\u2014that\u2019s the idea: In honor of The Emerald Isle, St Patrick\u2019s tri-leafed shamrock, the green field on the Irish flag, and the symbolism given all green plants, vegetables and fruits\u2014of new beginnings, growth, health, renewal and abundance.<\/p>\n<p>Enough meat will be around anyway, as corned beef and shepherd\u2019s pie.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s give green its day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74427\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74427\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-74427\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/29160503\/RISOTTO-VERDE-web.webp\" alt=\"Looking for green foods to celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Try this risotto verde recipe as a main or side dish. Photo by Bill St. John, for UCHealth.\" width=\"640\" height=\"311\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking for green foods to celebrate St. Patrick&#8217;s Day? Try this risotto verde recipe as a main or side dish. Photo by Bill St. John, for UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Risotto Verde<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Serves 6-8<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>2 cups risotto rice (short-grain rice such as Arborio, Vialone Nero, Carnaroli, Bomba, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>6 cups chicken broth (vegetarians and vegans, use vegetable broth)<\/p>\n<p>4 cups firmly packed greens and herbs (any mix that you fancy, but more leafy greens than herbs; see note)<\/p>\n<p>3 garlic cloves, peeled<\/p>\n<p>3 tablespoons fat (depending on your diet, either unsalted butter or vegetable oil)<\/p>\n<p>4 tablespoons leek, light green part, finely chopped<\/p>\n<p>1 cup white wine or ginger ale or apple juice<\/p>\n<p>1 12-13 ounce package frozen green peas<\/p>\n<p>2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice<\/p>\n<p>1 cup finely shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese<\/p>\n<p>Salt and pepper, to taste<\/p>\n<p>Finely sliced or peeled lemon rind and chopped flat-leaf parsley, for garnish<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Assemble 2-3 large bowls side by side, along with a sieve or fine-mesh strainer. Pour all the broth into one of the bowls, add the rice, and rinse the rice with your fingers for 5-6 minutes, until the liquid gets very cloudy. Using the straining implement, drain the rice from the liquid, <em>but also capture the liquid.<\/em> It is very important not to discard the broth, while also allowing the rice to drain well.<\/p>\n<p>Make a slurry of the cloudy broth, the greens, and the garlic, using a traditional or immersion blender or a food processor, being sure that the greens are very well pur\u00e9ed. Heat the green broth in a saucepan until it is quite warm but neither boiling nor simmering and keep it that way.<\/p>\n<p>Over medium-high heat, in a large and open, heavy-bottomed pot, cook the leeks in the fat for 5 minutes, until they have melted a bit. Add the rinsed rice and stir well to coat as many grains of rice with the fat as possible, 5-6 minutes. When the rice begins to smell slightly nutty, add the wine (or ginger ale or apple juice) and stir well until the rice has taken it in, 4-5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Add 4 cups of the heated broth, stir it in well, bring the pot to a slow boil, cover and then set the heat to as low as it goes. Cook for 10 minutes, undisturbed. Remove the cover, add the rest of the broth and the peas, stir again well, bring up the heat until the risotto bubbles once more, cover, lower the heat to very low, and cook for another 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the grated cheese, salt and pepper to taste (the cheese and broth may have carried in enough salt), and the lemon juice.<\/p>\n<p>Serve garnished with the lemon rind and parsley.<\/p>\n<p>Note on the greens: For the mix of greens, these proportions will work: 3 cups 50\/50 blend of baby arugula and baby spinach (widely available) or 3 cups baby spinach, plus 1 cup mixed green herbs such as basil, parsley leaves, dill, chives, chervil, and (if used, less than the others) tarragon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74424\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-74424\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/29160428\/VEGETARIAN-SAUSAGE-AND-GREENS-SOUP-WITH-EGG-web.webp\" alt=\"Eat your greens with this vegetarian sausage and greens soup. \" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eat your greens with this vegetarian sausage and greens soup. Photo by Bill St. John, for UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Vegetarian Sausage and Greens Soup<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This recipe is from my friend and colleague, Chef Erin Boyle. She heads up an organization to which I also belong, CHOW, which aims to support wellness within the food service, beverage and hospitality industry. To make vegan, simply omit the eggs and choose vegan sausage. I used vegan chorizo both for a punch of flavor and aroma, and for its reddish color. Serves 2-4, depending on portion size.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1\/3 cup fine yellow cornmeal (see note)<\/p>\n<p>1\u20442 tablespoon olive oil<\/p>\n<p>6 ounces vegetarian or vegan sausage, sliced or crumbled<\/p>\n<p>5 cups thin vegetable stock (from 1 cube or 1 teaspoon bouillon paste)<\/p>\n<p>Around 3 cups collard greens, stemmed and thinly sliced crosswise<\/p>\n<p>2 eggs (optional)<\/p>\n<p>Extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling (optional)<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Heat cornmeal in a pot over medium-high heat and cook for a few minutes, stirring\u00a0 pan constantly, until lightly toasted and fragrant. Transfer cornmeal to a bowl and set aside.<\/p>\n<p>Saut\u00e9 the sausage in the olive oil in the same pot, turning occasionally, until browned and cooked through. Transfer to a plate and set aside.<\/p>\n<p>Bring vegetable stock to a boil in the same pot over high heat. Carefully and slowly whisk in reserved cornmeal, constantly whisking at first, then reduce heat to medium-low, and cook, whisking often, for about 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Stir in the reserved collards, first, then the sausage and cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until collards wilt well. If either or both the stock or sausage are low sodium, correct for salt.<\/p>\n<p>Crack eggs into a small bowl and keep yolks whole. Poach in the simmering soup until cooked.\u00a0Serve in warmed bowls and drizzle with the olive oil, if desired.<\/p>\n<p>Cook&#8217;s note: The finer the cornmeal, the thicker the soup. If you wish, you may thin towards the end with more veg broth.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Pinzimonio with Avocado<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Marcella Hazan, the cookbook author and cooking teacher, told me, one Aspen Food &amp; Wine Classic, that the Italian appetizer preparation called \u201c<em>pinzimonio<\/em>&#8221; is a combination of the verb &#8220;<em>pinzare<\/em>&#8221; (to pinch; you pick up the raw vegetable pieces with your fingertips) and &#8220;<em>matrimonio<\/em>.&#8221; You &#8220;marry&#8221; the crudit\u00e9s with the best possible extra virgin olive oil. That&#8217;s all. That\u2019s it. Makes 1 serving.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ingredients <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1\/2 ripe avocado, pit removed<\/p>\n<p>Your best extra virgin olive oil<\/p>\n<p>Any of many possible raw vegetables, in quantity of your choosing, cleaned and cut (and all green, if as a centerpiece for St Patrick\u2019s Day): small stalks of celery and their leaves (the tenderest and palest possible); fennel, cleaned of its feathery top and sliced into half-moons, tender stems remaining attached if desired; Persian cucumbers, sliced longways into fourths; scallions (&#8220;green onions&#8221;), cleaned and root ends trimmed off.<\/p>\n<p>Non-green vegetables that serve here: radishes, rough stems and roots pared away, stuck with decorative toothpicks as holders, carrots, peeled (the slimmest and tenderest possible); red bell pepper, de-veined and seeded, cut into strips; leaves of Belgian endive or thin radicchio.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Place the avocado half in the center of a large bowl or plate. (It may help to sliver off and flatten the bottom of the avocado if it wants to roll around.) Place any number of the raw vegetables around the avocado half.<\/p>\n<p>Pour the olive oil in the well of the avocado where the pit was. To the oil, add unholy amounts of a finishing salt such as Maldon and freshly ground black pepper. Dip away and, of course, spoon out the avocado flesh itself with the oil clinging to it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74425\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74425\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-74425\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/02\/29160440\/TOASTS-WITH-LACINATO-KALE-web.webp\" alt=\"Enjoy the nutritional benefits of this green food recipe: toasts with lacinato kale.\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enjoy the nutritional benefits of this green food recipe: toasts with lacinato kale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Toasts with Lacinato Kale<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Adapted from &#8220;The Cafe Cook Book,&#8221; by Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers (Broadway, 1997). Makes 2.<\/p>\n<p>Take 6-8 leaves of lacinato kale (also known by its Italian name, cavolo nero), stiff stems stripped away, and simmer them in salted boiling water (or, better, homemade stock) for 10 minutes. Drain, then place 1\/2 of the kale atop toasted slices of trimmed ciabatta or other toast. Season liberally with finishing salt (such as Maldon) and freshly ground black pepper. Pour on liberal drizzles of your best extra virgin olive oil.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reach Bill St. John at <\/em><a href=\"mailto:bill@billstjohn.com\"><em>bill@billstjohn.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Patrick, we need you back, please. Thanks, Paddy, for banishing the snakes, but might you also be able to deport so many of these green foods concocted this time of year in your, um, honor? 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