Warm boot recommendations please

[Cinnamon]

I got a bag of Chard in my Riverford box this week, & have never come across it before.

So, what on earth do I do with it ?

 

it looks salady, but also spinachy so maybe steamable???

 

All help appreciated

[The Dogmother]

Cook like spinach Hon.

 

I've never eaten it as a salad, but I guess you can, the same as spinach.

[Chicken Licken]

you can steam it like spinach. the thick stemmy bits taste a bit asparagus like and you can remove the leaf and just eat the stems. I got it in my river nene book too and have loads growing ont he allotment.

[Laura & CTB]

Chickens love it too

[Cinnamon]

Thanks all - glad hens like it as I have now tried a bit raw & am very unconvinced any of my lot will at it raw or cooked

[chickencam]

If you steam the stalks and eat with butter and black pepper they are delish. I wilt the leaves in butter like spinach they are very similar so you can use them for any spinach recipe but take the thick stalks out first.

 

A great veggie to grow it is much less likely to bolt than spinach and is fairly winter hardy. I comes in varieties with coloiured stalks therefore can be grown in ornamental beds as well provided there are no chicckens near by!

[Dancing Gal]

As the others have said treat it like spinach - but I think it's much much nicer than spinach and so pretty. I eat the leaves raw in salad - very nice. umm making me hungry.