Spanish-Style Recipe • Spanish-Style Swiss Chard with Raisins and Pine Nuts

A Spanish-style, vegetarian delight. Chard lovers everywhere rejoice! Also works well with spinach.

Ingredients

• 2 pounds Swiss chard, stemmed and chopped
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 4 ounces raisins
• 2 ounces pine nuts
• salt and ground black pepper to taste

Cooking Directions

1. Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and pour in enough water to reach just below the bottom of the insert. Bring the water to a boil. Add the chard and steam until just tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain and set aside.
2. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook the raisins and pine nuts in the hot oil until the pine nuts turn golden, about 5 minutes. Add the chard, season with salt and pepper, and continue cooking while stirring constantly until the chard is hot, about 2 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories178.6
• carbohydrateContent21.8 g
• fatContent9.7 g
• fiberContent3.5 g
• proteinContent5.6 g
• saturatedFatContent1.4 g
• sodiumContent324.8 mg
• sugarContent13 g