Étuvéed Mixed Greens or Spinach

Use a large pot and pile in all the coarsely chopped greens you can possibly save: leek greens, large leaves of any lettuce too unattractive for a fresh salad, older spinach that has started to look thirsty, any leftover herbs, the green tops of beets and Swiss chard, even the shells of fresh young peas. African American and American Indian cooks have done this type of vegetable dish for centuries, as did the pioneer women who came over from Europe. Here is a formula, but feel free to elabo