Does anyone have some good vegetarian recipes that use swiss chard?

Question

I've had some delivered in my organic veg box and dont know what to do with it!

Answer 1

Traditional Swiss Chard and Beans

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

    1 large bunch of red (Swiss) chard

    1/2 a large diced onion

    minced garlic

    1 can white or navy beans, strain the liquid (or you can soak your own)

    2 tablespoons olive oil

    salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Chop the chard into cube sized pieces.

Sauté onion and garlic in olive oil, add chard (do all over medium/low heat. Strain the bean juice (you can leave some if you want a "thicker" consistency) and add the beans. Heat up until chard becomes soft but not mushy. Salt and pepper to your taste.

Serves: 4-5

Preparation time: less than 20 minutes

Super Hummus Greens

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

    4-8 small cloves garlic, minced

    15 oz canned tomatoes

    1 cup hummus

    1 pound chard, chopped into 1-1/2 inch pieces

    2/3 cup water

    6 oz spinach

    1 red pepper, chopped

    28 oz chickpeas, drained

    1 medium onion, chopped

    1/3 cup parsely, chopped

Directions:

Saute pepper and onion is water until onion begins to look translucent. Add hummus, spinach, chard, and more water. Cook until chard begins to wilt. Add beans, some parsley and cook until chard is tender. Garnish with remaining parsely and serve.

Serves: 4

Swiss Chard and Peppers

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

    1 bunch of Swiss Chard

    1 small onion

    1 red pepper

    1 yellow pepper

    4 white mushrooms (optional)

    1 teaspoon lemon pepper

    1 teaspoon thyme

    1 tablespoon of corn or canola oil

    2 teaspoon of soy sauce

Directions:

Cut the Swiss Chard into medium size pieces. Dice the onion and mushrooms. Cut the red and yellow peppers into strips. Over a medium to high heat sauté the mushrooms, onions and peppers until onions are slightly translucent. Add the Swiss Chard, thyme and lemon pepper. Blend the ingredients well. Reduce the heat, then add the Soy Sauce. Cook until the Swiss Chard is slightly cooked. Serve and enjoy!!

Serves: 4

Preparation time: 20 mins

Summer Greens with Roasted Vegetables

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

    2 bunches chard (or other greens)

    1 red bell pepper

    1 bulb fennel

    1/2 large sweet onion

    vinegar

    vegetarian bouillon (dry)

    garlic (as much as you can stand)

    non-stick spray or vegetable oil

Directions:

Coat broiler pan with non-stick spray and preheat broiler.  Set a pot of water to boil for steaming the greens.  Cut up red pepper into strips.  Cut fennel bulb into slices crosswise which will fall apart into smaller pieces.  Lay veggies in pan, broil 5-10 minutes until pepper skins blister and curl up.

Next, chop greens up into bite-sized pieces.  Place in steamer basket over boiling water until just tender.  Meanwhile, chop onion and heat skillet.  Sauté onion and garlic until they begin to soften; add chard.  Cook, stirring frequently, 2-3 minutes.  Add red pepper and fennel to chard mixture, along with a good splash or two of vinegar.  Sprinkle on some bouillon or whatever other seasonings you like, cook another minute or so.  Serve with rice or pasta or as a side dish.  Yummy with hot sauce!

Serves: 3 (ish)

Preparation time: 20-25 min

Answer 2

Wash the leaves, slice finely and use in stirfries.

Or cook and use like spinach.

Answer 3

Try this:

1 large bunch of fresh Swiss chard

1 small clove garlic, sliced

2 Tbsp olive oil

2 Tbsp water

Pinch of dried crushed red pepper

1 teaspoon butter

salt

Method

1 Rinse out the Swiss chard leaves thoroughly. Remove the toughest third of the stalk, discard or save for another recipe (such as this Swiss chard ribs with cream and pasta). Roughly chop the leaves into inch-wide strips.

2 Heat a saucepan on a medium heat setting, add olive oil, a few small slices of garlic and the crushed red pepper. Sauté for about a minute. Add the chopped Swiss chard leaves. Cover. Check after about 5 minutes. If it looks dry, add a couple tablespoons of water. Flip the leaves over in the pan, so that what was on the bottom, is now on the top. Cover again. Check for doneness after another 5 minutes (remove a piece and taste it). Add salt to taste, and a small amount of butter. Remove the swiss chard to a serving dish.

Answer 4

I eat 'em raw!

Slice finely and put with salads, they taste good with olive oil, garlic and a little lemon juice with a pinch of salt.

Or finely chop just the stems in a salad.