Chard Recipes

This is a traditional Mongolian beef recipe that I have worked on for over a year to perfect. My husband and I love Chinese food, and now we make it at home -- even better than the restaurant!

Ribollita means twice-cooked, or 'reboiled,' in Italian. A white bean stock is livened up with greens, tomatoes, and potatoes with added slices of toasted bread. The soup should be refrigerated overnight. All you'll have to do the next day is reboil it. Allow time for soaking the beans.

This is a hearty, wonderful soup that takes a very short time to make. If you have a rind from a piece of Parmiggiano Reggiano, add it to the broth as you cook; if you don't, you may want to add grated Parmesan cheese to the soup. This soup thickens as it stands (due to the pasta and cheese).

In this one-skillet supper, we toss dark leafy greens, diced tomatoes and white beans with gnocchi and top it all with gooey mozzarella.

Easy to prepare super delicious vegetarian soup.

This is a delicious blend of flavors primarily using kale and chard. I've brought it to picnics and potlucks and even the kids loved it!

A vegan version of a traditional Russian/Ukranian soup.

This is a very simple recipe for Swiss chard flavored with garlic and lemon juice. It uses both the stems and the leaves.

It's a scientific fact that eating pork, beans, or greens at the beginning of a new year brings you great luck-just imagine if we put all three of those things together in a single dish. This is so satisfying and delicious that even if it brought me bad luck, I'd still make it. Best served with some crusty, toasted bread.

Use up leftover cooked greens (which, in my experience, don't reheat so nicely) in this delicious frittata! You can use spinach, Swiss chard, kale, etc.

This quick and delicious Swiss chard recipe can be served as a side dish or as a meal over rice.

This is an Iraqi Kurdish soup that is very popular in Israel.

This simple vegan dish combines the distinctive, nutty flavor of quinoa with chard, mushrooms, and lentils. Try using rainbow chard for a colorful effect!

Start your morning off right with this cheesy egg breakfast dish, saturated with a nutritiously green medley of arugula, chard, and spinach.

I was gifted some farm-fresh eggs and wanted to make something that would showcase them. I decided to use up some freshly picked greens to make these vegetarian frittatas! Try them with a green salad for a light brunch or even dinner.

Smells, looks, and tastes delicious. As with many soup recipes, use this as the basis for an aromatic, tasty soup. I've made it with fresh minced ginger, fresh minced turmeric, and fresh ground cardamom. I didn't notice a substantial difference in flavor, but if you like fresh, give them a try.

This hearty and comforting minestrone soup with potatoes and chard is a meal in a bowl.

These tacos are a healthy vegan version of the classic Mexican taco. Serve with avocado on the side, if you wish!

If it's difficult to get your family to eat greens, they'll gobble them up in this potato-based soup featuring healthier turkey sausage and a garnish of crispy bacon.

This is a super easy and delicious chard recipe that only uses few ingredients--serve as a vegetarian side or a vegetarian main with crusty bread.

Cotechino is a large, Italian pork sausage traditionally served to celebrate the New Year. Its thick casing is pierced all over with a knife, then gently braised in a pot of lentils until done. After the sausage is cooked, it's sliced into round coins, which are then fried crisp in a pan, and used to garnish the lentils or beans.

This delicious vegetable dish with chard and tomatoes is simmered in a hearty sauce with garlic, cream, and feta cheese. Tastes great as a vegetarian main with some crusty bread.

A nutritious soup made from the seasonal vegetables in our CSA bag. When veggies are overly abundant we make them into soups and sauces so as to not waste any of these fresh and wonderful foods.

Swiss chard and mixed greens topped with citrus fruit, avocado, red onion, and cashews and drizzled with a citrus vinaigrette. You can use any combination of citrus fruits, such as grapefruit, oranges, tangerines, or pomelos.