Mashed Favas (broad Beans) & Greens

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 lbs fresh fava beans or 2 cups canned fava beans or 2 cups frozen fava beans
• 3/4 lb spinach or 3/4 lb collard greens or 3/4 lb dandelion greens or 3/4 lb escarole or 3/4 lb kale or 3/4 lb mustard greens, your choice
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic, minced

Recipe

• 1 shuck the fresh beans, put in boiling water for apprx 10 minutes, dash with cold and remove outer membrane from each bean.
• 2 if using frozen check that they are already cooked, if not follow instructions.
• 3 canned are ready as is, drained.
• 4 coursely mash the fava beans.
• 5 i used a fork, you do not want to puree them just mash a bit.
• 6 if using collards for the greens pre boil for 20 minutes, squeeze when cooked to get as much moisture out as possible, coarsely chop.
• 7 with other greens wash them and allow the water to cling to the leaves.
• 8 coarsely chop.
• 9 pour half the oil into a skillet using medium heat saute the chopped garlic, stir, cook until it starts to color, apprx 5 minutes.
• 10 add favas, stir& heat through.
• 11 add greens, cover, allow the greens to wilt 3 minutes,and serve.