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Cheryl Felder-Brannon
• Jun 5
“Collards are everything — so I wanted them to BE everything.” That’s a whole philosophy in one sentence. Let me rewrite it.
Collard greens have always been everything to me.
Not a side dish. Not an afterthought. Sometimes the only thing on my plate and completely enough. I have never needed convincing to eat collard greens — I have always needed more of them.
So when I sat down to create something new with them, that word kept showing up. Everything. If collards are everything to me, what else could they BE? What other forms could they take beyond the southern pot or the salad bowl?
The answer was noodles. Long, silky strands that collapse in the pan and absorb whatever sauce you put near them. And the sauce that showed up in my imagination was Velvet Fire — cashew-based, smoky, creamy, with harissa bringing the heat. Two words that told me exactly what to build.
I wrote the recipe. Made it two days later. Improved it in the kitchen — more garlic, more onion, harissa getting a proper seat at the table. The result made me stop and say yes, this is it.
This is what happens when a recipe comes from love rather than a formula. A vegetable that was already everything — becoming even more.
📩 Available for recipe development and food writing projects.
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