My healthy chili recipe calls for celery (and lots of beans). I didn't have any, but I had the uncooked tough stems of rainbow swiss chard left over from chard and chicken quesadillas the other night, so they ended up in my batch of chili this week.
If you're not familiar with swiss chard, you should try it, especially if you like spinach. It has a similar texture when wilted or sauteed. Chard it looks more appealing; with bright green leaves and magenta stems and veins running through the leaves. For the past two weeks we've been fortunate enough to get rainbow swiss chard in our Central City Co-Op veggie share. Rainbow swiss chard is way cool in my book. I love all the colors, so do the kids.
Little boo ate the chard and chicken quesadillas right up. Big boo protested at the greens hanging out, and removed them prior to eating. He preferred his chard plain and separate from the quesadilla. To each his own. I asked him to eat the chard he picked out of each triangle before he took his next slice of mexican pizza. He was very agreeable. Problem solved, both parties happy. He didn't want the greens mixed with quesadilla, I wanted him to eat his greens.
Click the word "recipe" for my healthy bean chili recipe (this week's post for Happy to Be at Home). This dish omes in handy when you want to cook for a crowd, take a dish to a new mom, sick relative or just have a half recipe to freeze for next week.
What is your kidlet's favorite colorful healthy food?
We love swiss chard...we had a bumper crop of swiss chard in our garden last summer, and found out that it was very versatile!
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