What's in This Pot???

I've always been tempted by restaurants that advertise "Soul Food" I've never stopped...either I have other plans for a restaurant or I couldn't find anyone to go with. I watch the cooking shows on TV. They are cooking "greens" for hours it seems. Lately I've been watching Dr. Oz. I enjoy his program...not in agreement with everything he says, but willing to learn more about what is healthy to put into my body. It seems that his program and others have caused a big turn around in our "greens" department at the grocery. I have tried to buy kale in several stores....only to fine an empty space where it should be. I asked a grocer what was going on and he told me that greens have never been so popular in the produce dept. They used to have bundles of kale, collards, mustard greens past their date of freshness...and had to toss them. I went into our little local grocery, looking again for kale. I found a plastic tub of prewashed "super greens" for salads. They had just got a shipment of greens. I brought home kale and collards. I've never eaten collards or cooked them, for that matter. This morning I got up before 6 and started cooking them. After checking some recipes on the internet, I made up my own recipe using some of the ideas that I read. Here's how it went....
I had two bundles of collards. I washed them and cut the tough stems off and cut the leaves in thirds. Then I diced a lg. red onion. (Dr. Oz says to use red onions...the more color the more nutrients) I put some olive oil in my dutch oven and browned the onions. Then I had a piece of salt pork. (Dr. Oz wouldn't approve) I just sliced three slices about 2X3 in. and added them to the onion. Got this all browned and added 32 oz. chicken stock to the pan. Then I put the collards in and mixed them all around. I added salt and pepper and a toss of red pepper flakes. Put on the lid and turned the flame down to low. These have cooked now for about 4 hrs. I sampled one and it was tender. Now, I added two cans of cannellini beans to the mixture. I had a small amount of ham leftover and cut that up and added it. A spoonful of white vinegar and a little more pepper. Now this is our meal for today. I didn't add very much meat to this recipe...so I think that it can still be called healthy. I'm going to try to have greens more often...maybe 3 or 4 times a week. I have a recipe starting to be created in my head using linguine and broccoli. Just thought...I could add carrots to this dish. Soon we will sprout long ears and have a little twitch in our nose.

Balisha