Tuesday, March 6, 2012

All About the Chard


I'm still working my way through this bottomless basket of rainbow chard. My Dark Days Challenge meal for the week was another chard meal--a mozzarella-chard omelet. The mozzarella cheese was from the Blue Ridge Dairy in VA. I also used butter from the Blue Ridge Dairy. The omelet was good; the cooked chard tasted like spinach but with more intense flavor, and because it didn't wilt as quickly as spinach does, it gave the omelet a little crunch.

{the never-ending chard. no matter how much I eat, the bowl never gets empty}

Since it looks like I'm going to be eating rainbow chard for the rest of the month, I decided to embrace it and looked for every chard recipe I could possibly find. Looks like this NYTimes columnist found herself with a never-ending basket of chard as well.

I also found this recipe for a swiss chard, brown rice, chickpea dish, which I plan to try this week. It sounds very healthy. It won't count as a local meal under the Challenge because I don't have local sources of chickpeas or rice. After this, I will likely have exhausted my desire to eat chard for a while. I'm really looking forward to late spring and summer for the wider variety of vegetables that come with those seasons.

8 comments:

  1. I really enjoy chard and use it a lot - I use it as a spinach substitute (as you mention it needs a bit longer cooking but otherwise works well in most recipes). I have a couple of recipes on my blog which include it - I think I may have called it silverbeet but its the same thing.

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  2. I don't eat eggs or chard, but that looks like a nice dish to make. I do make omelets for my husband though.

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  3. I am finally growing chard this year...can't wait!!

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  4. Don't you just hate to have too much of any one thing? Your omelet looks good! Hope you enjoy your other recipes using up your chard, too!

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  5. Good job on the omelet. Sometimes, I tear it when folding it over. I love eggs and probably eat too many of them.

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  6. I am always looking for new recipes for my chard from the garden. I have never tried it in an omelet...sounds like a great and delicious idea.

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  7. Yum--your recipes look delish! I wonder if we'll get Swiss Chard from our CSA this year. Can't wait to get those fresh veggies!

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  8. Hi Bubble Lush Thank you for all your chard recipes. I am going to try using kale as it is quite similar instead but you have inspired me to grow some more chard this year. I grew some before called "bright lights" and the deer came in and ate it all one night. Will visit again and you are welcome to visit me in the orchard. I am your newest member. Happy gardening.

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