Today I wanted some comfort food. I was feeling a bit under the weather so I also just wanted something that would pretty much just cook itself. My mom gave me a pressure cooker that she hadn’t even taken out of the box.

I love Christmas on random days of the year. I really am a sucker for kitchen stuff and they all know it. I couldn’t wait to try it and today was definitely the day to do it! Let’s do it!

What you will need:

• 9-10 cups of collard greens after they are chopped
• 2 Tbsp white vinegar
• 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 1 large onion
• 6 cloves of chopped garlic
• 1 cup of veggie broth
• 1 Tbsp of smoked paprika
• 1 Tbsp of chili powder
• 1/2 tsp of turmeric
• 1/2- 1 tsp of liquid smoke (I use a little bit closer to 1 tsp because I like mine smoky)
• 1.5 tsp of black pepper
• 1.5 tsp of liquid aminos

What do I do now?

• Clean your collard green leaves. I usually soak mine to make it a little bit easier to clean.

• After you clean the leaves, cut the spine out of each one (just pretend like it’s the person that ate the last slice of your favorite vegan cheesecake).

• Chop up your leaves into about 2-3 inch squares and drop them into your pressure cooker.
• Cut your onions into slices and chop your garlic cloves.
• Add everything into the pressure cooker except for the liquid smoke and the liquid aminos. ( I use Bragg’s because they are just awesome af)

• Once you add everything in, give it a little stir!

• Set your pressure cooker to 25 minutes and let it do its thing!
• Carefully let the steam out of your cooker, open it, and add your liquid aminos and liquid smoke. If you want to add any kind of faux meat to it like tofurky ham or chorizo, this is the time to do it. I use either depending on what I have on hand. I had half of a tofurky ham in the fridge today.
• Set your cooker for another 10 minutes.
• Once your timer goes off, your greens are good to enjoy.
• TASTE IT BEFORE YOU ADD ANYTHING TO IT! You don’t want to miss it if it is perfect when you take it out.

I usually add some hot sauce to it and once in a while, some nooch. Either way, it’s delicious and guilt free!

Tell me what you thought about this recipe if you try it. Just remember until next time, anything you can make, I can probably make vegan!