Slow Cooker Collard Greens

Bowl with collard greens and crusty bread, garnished with a lemon slice.

These healthy slow cooker collard greens are a great way to add greens to your diet without undoing it. We borrow the technique from traditional Southern greens, but season with Mediterranean flair for collard greens that are tender, delicious, AND healthy!

Course Side Dish, vegetable

Cuisine American

Diet Diabetic, Gluten Free, Low Calorie, Low Fat, Low Lactose, Low Salt, Vegan, Vegetarian

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 4

Total Time 4 15

Servings

Calories 50kcal

Author Laura Yautz

Ingredients

1 lb Collard Greens cleaned (thick stems removed), and sliced
2 cups No Sodium Vegetable Broth
½ Onion chopped
6 cloves Garlic minced
2 teaspoon Za'atar Seasoning
½ teaspoon Crushed Red Pepper (optional)
½ teaspoon Salt (omit if your vegetable broth is salted)
½ teaspoon Ground Black Pepper plus more for serving
Juice of 1 lemon

Instructions

Add all the ingredients except lemon juice to your slow cooker, and stir to combine.
Put the lid on the slow cooker, and cook on high for 4 hours, or low for 8 hours.
Just before serving, remove the lid and stir in the lemon juice.

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