Hot Collard Slaw - Eat Your Greens!

A year or so ago, I decided to make friends with vegetables. So I went on a quest for recipes to make vegetables taste good. This has become my favorite. I could eat this every day. If I'm just cooking them for me, I use one bunch of greens, and if someone else is around who will eat them too, I use two bunches...it will seem like a lot, but really, they shrink way down. If I can make someone else a collard green lover, I'll be happy :-)

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 clove garlic, crushed (or 2...I love garlic)
• 2 T apple cider vinegar
  
• 2 T whole grain mustard
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 bunch collard greens (cut the hard center stems out, then chop the leaves into 1 inch strips)
• 1/2 lb bacon, cut into 1/2 inch strips, cooked*

1. In small bowl, combine 3 T olive oil, cider vinegar, mustard, salt, pepper, sugar. Set aside.
2. Heat remaining olive oil in large skillet. Add crushed garlic & greens and saute until greens are tender (5 - 6 minutes).
3. Add vinegar mixture and toss to cover evenly.
4. Transfer to serving dish and top with bacon pieces.

*I've never actually used bacon, although I'm sure it's a great addition. I have added thinly sliced steak, or slices of polish sausage, and made it a one-dish meal, and it's delicious that way.