Chard - help need recipes!!

jennet1

I make mash potato and add the wilted leaves(finely chopped) and cheddar cheese and my kids wolf it down!

Georgiabay

I've grown chard for a few years now just because I like the look of it (the ones with red, yellow and white stalks) but I've never eaten it because I don't know what to do with it.
Is just the leafy part eaten or the whole lot and does it have to be cooked?
Thanks

Pink.

Hi Georgia,

There's an earlier thread that should help so I've added your post to it to keep the replies together.

Pink

Georgiabay

Thanks Pink,

After reading the earlier thread I think it's better off being ornamental as I hate spinach and it seems chard is even stronger.

Penelope_Penguin

Georgiabay wrote: »

Thanks Pink,

After reading the earlier thread I think it's better off being ornamental as I hate spinach and it seems chard is even stronger.

Noooooooooooooooo!! I've grown chard for the first time this year, and it's delicious - not at all strong tasting eaten fresh straight from the garden Chop it finely (stalks and all) and sweat in a little butter until it wilts. You can then add soem ricotta and parmesan, season with nutmeg and pepper, and it's a pasta sauce. Alternatively, put into a pastry case with beaten egg, top with cheese and it's quiche.

Please give it a try before dismissing it

Penny. x

Taye

My Swiss Chard is going crazy atm, harvesting loads off it .. :j:T

atm i've experimented with sticking it in stirfry's and eating it as a vegatable on it's own.

Any of you fab lady's and gents got any other idea's ?

Penelope_Penguin

I'll be having a glut later in the summer :T I use chard in recipes that call for spinach, so chard and ricotta lasagne is a favourite.

Take a look at this thread of chard recipes (that I'll merge this thread into later to keep ideas together )

Penny. x

hotcookie101

Hi everyone,
I want to make this recipe for dinner this week. I will be getting chard in my veg box,if I remember rightly fromlast time I had it, it is a little like spinach-so do you reckon I will be able to sub it?
Thanks

Sunnyday

I think it will be fine, i used all my chard out of the garden as subs for things like cabbage and spinach and everything turned out well.

The leaves are a little thicker so may take a bit longer to cook and the taste is different too but should still be fine.

Enjoy!

SD

kunekune

That will work. What you will need to do is divide the chard into two piles. One pile of shredded green and the thinner bits of the stem, and the other of the thicker bits of the stem, cut fine. Put the stem bits in about half way through the leeks cooking, and then follow the rest of the instructions for the green bits. The end result will, I think, be better than the original recipe.