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Swiss chard w/ Parmesan takes several minutes to prepare.

Swiss chard w/ Parmesan takes several minutes to cook.

Swiss chard w/ Parmesan makes 2 servings.

The ingredients for Swiss chard w/ Parmesan are:

Green part of leaves from one bunch Swiss chard
1/2 ounce of shredded Parmesan
1 1/2 teaspoons butter (8 g.)
sea salt

NOTE: The SparkPeople calculator had 4 cups of Swiss Chard as being 135 calories, which does not sound right at all. I used somebody's entered values, which were 7 calories a cup, which sounded a lot better.

Here is how you make Swiss chard w/ Parmesan:

1) Boil a pot of salted water. Separate greens from stems (use elsewhere?) and add to water for 3-4 minutes2) Melt butter in pan. 3) Remove greens w slotted spoon or pour into colander, and squeeze out water as best you can. Toss in the butter briefly, and sprinkle in Parmesan.I love this by itself. Or I put it in the bottom of a bowl and put something else on top - quinoa w veggies, etc.NOTE: this recipe is derived from Alice Waters The Art of Simple Food, (Chard with Parmesan), except she uses 3 T of butter!Number of Servings: 2Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user AMAZINGANN.

The nutritional information for Swiss chard w/ Parmesan is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 2
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 71.7

• Total Fat: 5.4 g
• Cholesterol: 13.8 mg
• Sodium: 273.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 2.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.2 g
• Protein: 3.9 g

The dietary needs meet for Swiss chard w/ Parmesan is Vegetarian