6 glorious green Recipes

assorted greens (red-leaf lettuce , arugula, frisee, endive, etc.), torn fresh basil leaves, ripe plum tomatoes , cut into eighths, red onion , thinly slivered, red pepper, cut into 1/4-inch dice, hothouse cucumber, peeled , halved lengthwise and cut into 1/2-inch dice, pitted black olives, halved, salt and freshly ground black pepper, your favorite vinaigrette

potatoes (750 g), milk, butter or 30 g margarine, softened, sour cream or 1/4 cup curds, cream cheese, at room temp, salt, black pepper, fresh finely chopped chives or 2 tsp dried chives (use chopped cilantro and mint chopped instead of the chives for a variation in flavour), green chili , deseeded and chopped (optional)

fresh whole roasted green chili pepper, bulk italian sausage (your choice of mild or hot), your favorite italian marinara sauce, 1 made with red wine is always better (enough to cover), fresh mozzarella cheese, grated

gratin dishes, sheets of puff pastry (fresh or commercial - its your hands not mine), collard , turnip and mustard greens and fresh spinach, leeks, fresh garlic (or less if you are a wimp or unlike me have a girlfriend), eggs, half - 1 cup of heavy cream, bechamel, more of double cream, milk, flour, butter, half a tsp. of dijon mustard, a lilliputian s pinch of nutmeg, butter, salt , white pepper, fresh coarse bread crumbs, sharp yellow cheddar, fresh chopped herbs