Thursday, June 8, 2023

Swiss Chard

 


Have you ever grown Swiss Chard?  It is a variety of beet that I grow.  You don't eat the root.  You eat the leaves.  They are very similar to spinach in flavor, and the nice thing is that they do not "bolt" when the weather warms up.  You can eat them all season and into the fall.  With some protection, they can even stand through the winter and you can eat them next year!  Of course, next year they will go to seed, but if you don't want that to happen, just keep cutting off the seed stalks. Like spinach, they have oxalates, so you don't want to eat these greens in large amounts every day.  Here is an excellent article all about them: Swiss Chard: Nutrition, Health Benefits, and How to Cook It (healthline.com) 

In the picture above you, can see our row of Swiss chard.  It will get much bigger than this, too, as the summer advances. To the right you see turnip greens, which are wonderful, also.

My favorite way to cook Swiss chard, other than just putting it in soup, chop it up with some sliced green onion, a few sliced mushrooms and some cubed tofu.  I sauté all of this in a little fat-free vegetable broth and then serve it on it's own next to some sort of starch... rice, lentil loaf, potatoes, whatever I have.  I put Bragg's Liquid Aminos on mine.  

2 comments:

  1. I'm so sorry, I cannot find anyway to reach you, but here. I've canned peaches with your method for years now. Thank you SO much for that!
    Can you use that method with strawberries? Orher fruits?
    Thank you in advance. I don't want to post my phone number here, but if there's anyway to message you privately, please let me know. I'm wondering if posting this gives you my hotmail address. ..

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    1. I'm sorry it's taken so long to get back to you! I have never tried other fruits. I think that strawberries would just turn to mush, but if you don't mind that...you could try just one small jar and see. Feel free to email me at yolanda.nohr@yahoo.com I'm so glad to know the peach recipe has been a hit at your house! Thank you for telling me. I hope to do some this year. Take care. Thanks again (been super busy with gardening and not on here!)

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