Swiss Chard??

[WitchypooNo2]

when doth one harvest it and what doth one do with it???

We have shed loads of the stuff!! So any advice most welcome

[Luath]

It's best harvested before the leaves got too big; take a couple from each plant and leave it to grow on and produce more leaves and stems.
You can chop teh bay/small leaves into salad; bigger leaves are removed from the stalks and treatd like spinach - steamed/wilted, then add butter, nutmeg, etc. Good in quiches too. The stems can be steamed and eaten as a speparate veg, or along with the leaves, or can be chopped and added to soups, quiches, casseroles, etc.
I grow the Bright Lights/Jacob's Coat chard every year. They will get quite big if you grow them on to seed.
Excellent productive vegetable that looks good int he garden and will stand the winter.

[Cheezy]

Another recipe if they get too big is one from Alister Little, chard lasagine.

Basically chard in layers (cooked) with the white sauce and parmasan, then pasta, repeat.

Bloody great. I now chop the chard hard down to the ground, that way you prelong the bolting , and get smaller leaves