Boston1954

I absolutely LOVE spinach. I really do not do recipes for it,. I just boil it up and throw on some butter and salt. Can't get enough. It is expensive at Walmart, but found a different store that has it for less. I bought 3 bags the other day. Yummmmmmm

Betty Ruth

I agree. Spinach is one of my favorite vegetables, but I like other greens, too.

Hunnib

My favorite vegetable is so simple...steamed broccoli with a cheese sauce. At home I eat it just steamed and sometimes melt a little cheese over it in the microwave.

I've tried a couple of cheese sauce recipes but wasn't thrilled with them. If anyone has a suggestion, please let me know, lol!

butterflywing

sorry about that. i didn't realize it would come up this way.

Lisanne

I hadn't checked this in a while, and wow, it grew! What I find so interesting is that most of you just cook and eat the vegetables, maybe in a sauce. I rarely eat them as a separate side dish; instead, they go into my main dishes.

Eggplant (yes, they're aubergines in Europe or vegetable marrows in the U - at least they are in the Agatha Christie books), spinach, cauliflower and broccoli are others I like a lot.

I've found that I like collard greens a lot, too, and I sometimes substitute them for spinach in some recipes. I just don't like them made the classic Southern/soul way, with smoked meat and lard or whatever it is.

Does anyone like Swiss chard or have a good recipe for it?

butterflywing

my husband grows it, but i just substitute it for spinach. steam it and dab a little butter and a shake of salt. don't overcook - it gets mushy.

Betty Ruth

I'm growing Swiss chard in the garden right now. The plants are only about 3 or 4 inches high.They need to be thinned, so I've been putting those that I pull out in a green salad with green onions, lettuce and other greens. Sometimes I add tomatoes and/or cauliflower. The very young plants taste something like baby spinach. when the chard is larger, I will cook it like spinach. My husband likes vinegar on his greens. I don'.t.

butterflywing

btw, another favorite of mine is leeks. anyone out there love those? also makes deeelishus soup.

Lisanne

I love leeks! (Of course I do - they're like another form of onion.)

Betty Ruth, you and I seem to have the same taste (judging from both of your posts in this thread. Like the same veggies, mostly, and I also would not like vinegar on my greens.

Anyway, butterflywing & Betty Ruth, thanks for posting about the Swiss chard. When I cook it, am I supposed to trim it in any way? Like removing spines, or do you eat those, too?

I have a bunch that needs to be used up. Debating whether to make a recipe using the chard with white beans or inventing one putting it with some Buitoni cheese ravioli (or rigatoni, whatever that shape is called). Either way, I need to cook the chard.

butterflywing

http://allrecipes.com/Search/Recipes...=swiss%20chard

have fun and let us know which you choose.

btw, i just trim away the tough part of the stem. i leave the rest, just like spinach.