Swiss Chard Pasta with a Swiss Chard pesto sauce

Swiss Chard Pasta with a Swiss Chard pesto sauce

You'll be cooking onions, garlic and swiss chard twice in two separate batches.

Better than Basil Rainbow Chard Pesto

Ingredients

8 ounces rainbow chard

1/2 onion, diced

2 cloves garlic

2 cups walnuts

1 1/2 cups Parmesan

olive oil, kosher salt and pepper (to taste and texture)

Instructions

Dice stalks and toss with onions in a bit of olive oil and cook for about 5 minutes. Add chopped leaves and cook for an additional minute.

Chop nuts and Parmesan in the chopper attachment. Put everything into the 4 cup container and blend with the stick blender attachment. Add olive oil until the pesto reaches your desired consistency.

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I chopped the walnuts in a chopper we have. And since I don't yet have a food processor, I used our blender. It works ok for sauces but not so good if your adding nuts.

For the pasta portion of this dish:

1 bunch of swiss chard

1/2 onion

3 garlic cloves

olive oil

desired amount of pasta

Chop the garlic and onions.

Boil the water for the pasta.

Separate the swiss chard leaves from the stalks. Cut the stalks into small pieces. Cut the leaves in 1 inch strips.

In a wok of skillet brown the onions, garlic and swiss chard stalks for 5 minutes. Add the swiss chard leaves and cook until just wilted.

Add the sauce and pasta and mix together. Then serve.

There are lots of things you can add to this like celery or tomatoes.