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Swiss Chard Recipes: These Must Be Some Of The Best Kept Cooking Secrets In The World
Swiss chard is a vegetable that is often overlooked. It is worth a try, however. Colorful and tasty, Swiss chard is full of nutritional goodness. Swiss chard is related to the beet, and comes in a variety of colors. The leafy portion is always a nice green, while the stalk can be white, bright yellow, or a Christmas red. If you are growing your own, or buy it from a farmer's market, it is not unusual to see all three colors packaged together as 'Rainbow Chard'. A very colorful salad or vegetable dish can be made using all three colors together. The edible portion is the leaf and stalk. The stalk needs to cook longer than the leaf, so it can be treated as two separate vegetables.
The younger, sweeter leaves can be put raw in salads, providing color, nutrition, and a spinach-like taste. Larger leaves can be chopped and cooked. The leafy portions cook quickly like spinach; the stalks should be chopped into bite-size pieces and can be sautéed or steamed for a longer period of time than the leaves.
Contents at a Glance
- Why Is Your Swiss Chard Recipe The Best?
- Swiss Chard: Where To Find Swiss Chard Recipes
- What Do You Love About Swiss Chard?
Why Is Your Swiss Chard Recipe The Best?
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So, you think your swiss chard recipe is the best, huh? Why?
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kristin says:
beacause i'm just better
Posted February 23, 2009
food 24/7 says:
because even gorden ramsay would like it!! :)
Posted February 18, 2009
Lala_hungryfoodsource says:
it just is
Posted February 18, 2009
Is the most healthy
Swiss Chard: Where To Find Swiss Chard Recipes
You may have trouble finding Swiss chard recipes in many conventional cookbooks. This luscious leafy green seems to get overlooked! You may have better luck in vegetarian cookbooks, or you can substitute the Swiss chard for spinach or beet greens in many recipes. It is very tasty added as desired in many existing recipes like Asian stir-fries, mixed green salads, or even soups. Online resources for recipes are abundant, so you may wish to check out the links listed here or do your own search. What Do You Love About Swiss Chard?
Swisstoons wrote...
How could I NOT favorite this lens, 5-star you and rolling it to my Laftovers lens and my Best Buds lens. How could I not? Swiss chard and yams, eh. You have piqued my curiosity. I mean, this sounds like about as likely a combination as calves' liver and M&Ms. :)
Posted May 21, 2009
kristin wrote
chard is a gross word.....why chard...y not sumthing bttr?
Posted February 23, 2009
lol wrote
Im eatin it since i was 4
Posted October 26, 2008
Sandi wrote
I am so glad you had a picture! I had never heard of this vegetable until I read about its nutritional value a few days ago. Now that I know about it, I will have to try it in some recipes.
Thanks.
Posted May 06, 2008
tplus wrote...
Thanks for stopping by my lens:) I've never had swiss chard before but I'm going to try it now cause you made it sound (nad look) so yummy!
Posted May 01, 2008
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Nutritional Value Of Swiss Chard
Swiss chard is chock full of nutrition. A single cup of Swiss chard provides you with over 300% of your daily requirements of Vitamin K, which is useful in clotting your blood, preventing osteoporosis, and preventing cell damage. Vitamin A, synthesized from beta-carotene, helps with vision and lung health. Beta-carotene is also useful in the prevention of many cancers. Magnesium balances calcium in the body, helping control nerve and muscle tone. A lack of magnesium can be responsible for migraines, muscle spasms, and high blood pressure. Swiss chard also provides part of your daily calcium requirements, and both calcium and magnesium help with bone health. Other important nutrients found in Swiss chard include Vitamin C, potassium, iron, and Vitamin E, riboflavin, Vitamin B6, and manganese. Swiss Chard: What Would You Rather Do - Watch TV Or Improve Your Health
Medicinal Properties Of Swiss Chard - Read on ....
Medicinally, studies have shown that Swiss chard can help prevent cancers of the digestive tract, specifically colon cancer. Research also shows that chard may help protect the kidneys in diabetics by decreasing creatinine and serum urea levels. Swiss chard also helps your cardiovascular system by providing needed nutrients for managing blood pressure and protects against atherosclerosis and stroke. Studies have shown that green leafy vegetables also lessen the loss of mental function. Swiss Chard: Who Else Wants To Cook Swiss Chard & Yams!
Swiss chard is remarkably versatile. Besides being cooked like spinach or beet greens, creamed, or added to soups, you can mix chard with yams. It may sound a little unusual, but there are several recipes online suggesting adding cooked chard stems and leaves to mashed yams, and then baking the mixture. Several cooks have reviewed this combination as a winner, and it may be worth a try. There is a link to this recipe in the list of resources earlier in this article. Swiss Chard: The Video On Swiss Chard
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The Overlooked Vegetable
The versatility of Swiss chard is mind-boggling if your Swiss chard patch is overabundant, you should be able to eat it in a different recipe every night. How such an amazing vegetable can be overlooked is amazing. Swiss chard provides a healthy, very nutritious, colorful alternative to the usual spinach. Next time you're looking for something a little different, try a taste of Swiss chard. If You Like My Lens - Give Me A Star or Two or Five!
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Swiss Chard Recipes: Resource List Of Swiss Chard Recipes
- Some Really Tasty Swiss Chard Recipes
- This page offers a couple really tasty recipes, but be sure and read the comments%u2026 more serving suggestions are sprinkled liberally throughout!
- Mariquita Farm's Newsletter
- Lots of terrific recipes here, many are ethnic.
- Beyond Salmon: Technique of the Week: How to cook swiss chard
- An excellent recipe for roasting Swiss chard and some prep techniques as well.
- Loads Of Swiss Chard Recipes
- A whole slew of Swiss chard recipes to choose from!
- 211 Swiss Chard Recipes
- 211 recipes for Swiss chard%u2026 jump in and experiment!
- Yams and Swiss chard recipe
- A delicious yam and swiss chard recipe.
- Resources for nutrition and medicinal value
- Nutritional and medicinal links page with information about swiss chard.
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