Rainbow Chard and other goodies

rainbow chard, beet pickles, golden beets

chard stems

chard leaves

steam roasted golden beets

my veggie snack

My friend S dropped by one evening with some goodies from her sister's farm. There were these large bunches or rainbow chard, a jar of pickled beets and some large golden beets. I must say this made my evening. Swiss Chard is a special type of beet leaf.  We rinsed and cut the chard, separating the stems from the leaves and cooked them the next day. I also steam roasted the golden beets.

Here is my chard recipe:

Rinse leaves well, separate stems from leaves, chop stems into 1/2" pieces. Roll the leaves up and cut into 3/4" pieces. Keep leaves separate.

2 bunches rainbow chard cut into 1/2" pieces
1 tbs sesame oil
2 tbs soy sauce
spring onions diced
2 cloves garlic minced
2 tbs canola oil

Saute spring onions and garlic in oil, add soy sauce, saute stems only. after a couple of minutes cover simmer approx 10 mins, add leaves, simmer covered another 10 mins.

Golden Beets

My friend S gave me some of these golden beets recently.  Her sister actually has a farm. They are the size of new potatoes and when you cut them, they are yellow inside. I put a couple of handfuls into some chicken soup I was making, they are sweet tasting and I liked them.  I just cut the ends off and left the skins on.  I also put in a handful of sliced red beets which turned the soup red, so I imagine the golden beets would have turned the soup yellow. Anyway, I had never seen these golden beets before, have you?  In fact I haven't seen them in the supermarkets.