Garlic Pasta with Swiss Chard
A simple dinner that introduces new veggies to kids with a dish that they already love! Garlic Pasta Swiss Chard is a simple weeknight dinner full of color and nutrition.
Swiss Chard
Swiss chard is a nutrition powerhouse. It is an excellent source of vitamins K, A, and C as well as important minerals. The thick stalk part of Swiss chard can have a mildl bitter taste. In this recipe we use the tender parts of the leaves which have a very mild taste similar to spinach. When you combine the Swiss chard in this recipe with the garlic and cheese, it really just takes on those flavors. This dinner is a great way to introduce Swiss chard to your kids if they aren’t really used to eating it yet.
A Powerhouse Dinner: Garlic PastSwiss Chard
This dinner doesn’t have a lot of strong sauces or flavors which can be a perfect meal for kids. But it does have ingredients that are packed with nutrition, so if your kids only eat a few bites for dinner, you can know they still got a lot of important nutrients!
The ingredients we love in this dinner:
White Beans: Mild, smooth texture and packed with B vitamins, protein, and fiber.
Swiss Chard: Leafy green, has high amounts of Vitamins C, A, potassium and magnesium.
Tomatoes: Specifically canned tomatoes have a high amount of the antioxidant lycopene (even compared to fresh tomatoes)
Garlic: High amounts of antioxidants and may help with cholesterol and blood pressure.
This dinner comes together really quickly! There isn’t a lot of chopping, or stirring and mixing. Basically just, dump, pour, dump, stir 
Pasta is typically a staple dish that most parents know there kids will at least try. The add-ins of this dinner are chopped small enough that even if they are leery of eating it at first, they can just have a couple small bites and then at least eat some of the pasta.
Swiss Chard Recipes
If you like this recipe, but want more recipes with Swiss Chard, we have you covered:
Sautéed Swiss Chard with Parmesan Cheese
Any other favorite Swiss chard recipes we should know about??
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