Healthy or Healthful?

Dinner last night was a skillet of hamburger, onion, sweet potatoes, and collard greens--quick, easy, and reasonably healthful.

(Long years as a student and teacher of English have made of me a word snob. Healthful, to my old ears, means promoting good health; while healthy describes someone or something that is in good health.

However--online dictionaries tell me that while my usage is the more correct, the use of healthy to mean good for you is so popular that it is accepted.

But I digress . . .)

            

Here's the how-to of this healthful meal.

2 sweet potatoes, chopped into cubes

2 onions, chopped

3 cups chopped kale or collards

2 TB olive oil

salt, Berbere seasoning

1 cup water

Saute beef and onions in olive oil till beef is no longer pink (this actually would work as vegan by leaving out the beef.)

Add the sweet potatoes and water, salt and berbere; cover and swimmer about 10 minutes till potatoes are soft.

Add greens, cover and simmer briefly till greens are wilted. Remove cover, turn up heat, and saute till water is evaporated.

Notes: some Berbere seasoning is hotter than others. I used a scant teaspoon. Also, in my opinion, the best greens for this dish are the Tuscan kale (lacinato) as it's especially tender. But ordinary kale or collards work just fine.

I served with tomato and blue cheese in a vinaigrette.