6 Recipes that Prove Swiss Chard is Underrated

Spinach, kale, or collards might be on your weekly grocery list, but when was the last time you brought Swiss chard home from the store? Though it might feel slightly outside of your comfort zone if it's not in your regular cooking rotation, Swiss chard is as simple to prepare as it is nutritious. It can be used in any recipe that calls for leafy greens, so we often use it as a substitute for kale or spinach to keep our favorite baked pastas and soups interesting and fresh. Plus, with a milder taste than spinach, adding chard to a dish in place of another green is an easy way to sneak vegetables into family meals.

This cool-season crop works wonders in soups and stews, and we particularly enjoy pairing it with white beans, like cannellini. Give our White Bean-and-Chard Soup a try and you'll see why. Chard also plays nicely with potatoes, as you'll see in our Mashed Potatoes with Greens or our Creamy Chard and Potatoes. No matter how you serve it, once you start cooking with chard, you'll see this underrated green deserves more love.