Congrats on your Thanksgiving dinner . Throwing in my 2 cents to the discussion Grits are wonderful , some days I prefer them to my steel cut oats , naturally being in the South , it ' s quite common here . As a vegan , I eat my grits with sauted shallots , fresh tomatoes , mushrooms , sundried tomatoes , jalapeos and crumbled tempeh . I also eat plenty of cooked spinach , usually sauted . Never wilted , just like to give my greens a kick by adding some sauted tamarind or sundried tomatoes . Greens to me are spinach , kale , mustard and collard greens , romaine lettuce , pretty much all green leafy vegetables . It ' s a regional thing . I don ' t remember thinking of green peppers as greens or even broccoli . Maybe brocollini ? Hmm .