Swiss Chard

[Ripeberry]

I've got swiss chard in my vegetable patch and it looks lovely.
But what can you do with it? Is it used like spinach? or like salad?
Seeds were given by a friend as she said they look pretty.
Thanks

I like it in a mushroom risotto - just chop up and stir in a few minutes before you serve, so it's just wilted.

Yum.

Swiss chard is great as it will keep growing through the winter.

You can use the small young leaves in salad, the bigger ones need to be cooked. Strip leaf from stalk. Chop stalk into 1 in pieces and chop up leaves. Stalk takes a couple of minutes longer to cook, can either steam or stir fry. Good with garlic as well.

Also can make into gratin, add to soups etc.

You will be sick of it before too long!

We grow it too, looks fab. We use for salads, soups, stir fries. I put it in a curry too once (rather than spinach) but dh looked v unimpressed......

I love looking at it in the allotment. Great colours.