Simple And Fresh Collard Greens

• 1 cup collard greens, chopped
• 1/2 garlic clove, minced (optional)
• nonstick cooking spray or 1 teaspoon oil
• salt and pepper

1. Chop your greens into 1 inch strips that are no longer than 4 or 5 inches long (or you'll be getting a mouthful of stringy greens!). (I like to cut down the middle of the leaf and then put one half on top of the other and chop into strips).
2. Rinse your greens (This is an important step! The water that stays on helps these cook to perfection).
3. Heat your skillet to medium and spray or add oil, and garlic if wanted. Then just add your greens (these will shrink down a lot so you can do it in a small pan) and stir just until all greens have just turned bright green, usually not more than 3~ minutes.
4. Turn up to medium-hot and fry for 30 more seconds or until greens are just tender.
5. Toss with salt and pepper to taste (for this amount I usually use about 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper). Serve with your favorite entree :)!

collard greens, garlic, nonstick cooking spray, salt

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/simple-and-fresh-collard-greens-285447 (may not work)