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Leafy Green Recipes by Esselstyn Family
23 Oct 2021
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In Dr Esselstyn's Food Guidelines, leafy greens are special! Dr Esselstyn asks us to eat 6 or more servings of leafy greens daily! That's a lot of greens! Practically speaking, how may we eat so many greens? What are the recipes? Below are videos by Esselstyn family with interesting ideas.
Which Greens To Eat?

Source: Dr Esselstyn's Leafy Greens Jingle (19 seconds, YouTube).

High Nitrate Veggies: The guidelines from this FaceBook Group that follows Dr Esselstyn diligently are:

"Eat (chew) a fist-size (after cooking) serving of high nitrate veggies, with a few drops of balsamic vinegar or other vinegar, six times spaced throughout the day from breakfast to bedtime. This promotes the formation of nitric oxide (NO), the most powerful vasodilator we have, so arteries will dilate to their fullest. Esselstyn's favorite 6 'greens' for NO production are KALE, SPINACH, SWISS CHARD, ARUGULA, BEET GREENS, BEETS (yes, beets!) Dr. E also has a 'greens' jingle (19 seconds, YouTube) which mentions bok choy, collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, napa cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, cilantro, parsley and asparagus."

"Eat Lots of Greens" — "Mix them up! Don't just focus on spinach! — see offset 6:37 of Jane & Ann's video.

What about high nitrate veggies from other parts of the world? Dr Esselstyn has shortlisted high nitrate veggies commonly found in USA. Many other greens (and veggies) from other parts of the world are also rich in nitrates? Which ones? I haven't found such a list prepared by anybody so far. We could construct them by studying the research papers underlying Dr Greger's videos in these articles: Plant Nitrates. If you have developed such a list, please share. Thank you.

Videos by Esselstyn Family

Since leafy greens are an integral part of Dr Esselstyn's food guidelines, Esselstyn family has made a series of videos with green recipes! Most recipes are from these books:

  1. Prevent And Reverse Heart Disease (320 pages, 2008) by Dr Caldwell Esselstyn.
  2. The Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook (288 pages, 2014) by Jane Esselstyn and Ann Esselstyn.
  3. The Engine 2 Cookbook (288 pages, 2017) by Jane Esselstyn and Rip Esselstyn.

(15 mins, 2019) Greens, Greens, Greens! How to eat them 6 times a day!
(10 mins, 2021) Kale Caesar Salad
(10 mins, 2021) Kale Chips! Two Crispy Plant-Based Recipes

Made two ways: plant-perfect and plant-strong.

(11 mins, 2021) Plant-Based Lemony Cheezy Kale McMuffin
(17 mins, 2021) Kale Cake!
(29 mins, 2020) More Greens, More with Dr. Esselstyn, More Answers!
(21 mins, 2020) Green Lightning Bowl — our favorite!
(10 mins, 2020) Dr Esselstyn, Greens, and COVID 19
(12 mins, 2020) Plant-Based Corn Muffins with Salsa, Greens and Jalepeno
(18 mins, 2020) Kale Burgers, Kale Yeah!
(5 mins, 2019) Ravioli and Greens
(5 mins, 2018) Fast Pasta and Greens
(4 mins, 2018) Massaged Kale Salad
(4 mins, 2018) Super Kale Salad
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