Try It!

My daughter brought me a sealed plastic baggie of freshly picked and washed Swiss chard from her garden.  This is her 2nd gift as I told her how much I loved the first bagful. Have you ever had Swiss chard? It is a lot like spinach and full of vitamins, especially iron. The stalks are a variety of colors and I pull off the leafy parts from the large ones.

This time I made a soup! I boiled the leaves for a few minutes and then strained them.  I used one can of cream of mushroom soup and one can of whole milk in the stove top pot. I brought it to a slow simmer and added a pat of butter, some salt and pepper, paprika, onion powder and celery salt to the mixture. I then added the drained Swiss chard along with two chunks of sharp cheddar cheese and brought it up again to a slow simmer stirring until the cheese was melted. No recipe - just my own conglomeration. 

Let me tell you it was a fantastic soup and a very successful, tasty meal. I shall make this again for sure! I wish I could share it.

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Swiss Chard Nutrition