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Italian-Style Swiss Chard is for Dinner.

Italian-Style Swiss Chard takes 5 minutes to prepare.

Italian-Style Swiss Chard takes 10 minutes to cook.

Italian-Style Swiss Chard makes 2 servings.

The ingredients for Italian-Style Swiss Chard are:

3 cups Swiss chard
1 cup water
1 tablespoon salt
olive oil spray
4 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
.5 tbsp Real bacon bits
1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

Here is how you make Italian-Style Swiss Chard:

1. Wash the Swiss chard and cut into 1 inch strips. Separate the thick and tough stalk sections from the upper leafy strips. 2. Bring the water and 1 teaspoon of salt to a boil in a large saucepan. 3. Cook the stalk sections in the salted boiling water for 2 minutes. Stir in the leafy strips and cook until the leaves are wilted and the stalks are fork tender, about 6 minutes. Drain and set aside.4. Spray large skillet with the olive oil spray, add garlic, bacon bits and red pepper flakes cooking over medium heat until aromatic, about 3 minutes. Add the drained Swiss chard, cook and stir for 2 minutes.Serves 2 with LARGE servings (can easily be stretched to four smaller side servings).Number of Servings: 2Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NALLIE01.

The nutritional information for Italian-Style Swiss Chard is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 2
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 70.6

• Total Fat: 0.7 g
• Cholesterol: 1.3 mg
• Sodium: 1,694.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 13.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5.8 g
• Protein: 6.4 g

Italian-Style Swiss Chard is Italian cuisine.

The dietary needs meet for Italian-Style Swiss Chard is Lactose Free