Chard

You can use any greens that will wilt in this recipe—chard, kale, and spinach are all delicious with pasta and yogurt.

A mix of leafy greens turns extremely tender with the simplest treatment. Topped with crispy breadcrumbs, this is proof that boiled vegetables aren’t boring.

Somewhere between a soup and stew, this spicy chicken bouyon is a family favorite.

Swiss chard, bitsy ditalini, salty feta, toasted pistachios, and sage take your average pasta salad into winter territory.

Muối mè is a 3-ingredient sesame salt mix, which instantly changes the mundane into something special. Sprinkle it over vegetables, rice, and more.

Salt. Fat. Acid. Bacon. Hot fat from bacon drippings douses vinegar-drenched spring greens for a tasty salad to end all salads.

Canned beans get a full-on makeover in this creamy, coconutty, spiced stew fortified with Swiss chard and sweet potato—perfect for cold winter days.

Broiled kale adds a whisper of smokiness to this callaloo—a dish of braised leafy greens integral to Caribbean cuisine.

Transform store-bought dumplings into a restaurant-worthy meal using wilted greens, creamy garlicky yogurt, and plenty of chile butter.

This is a rare case in which just one crispy, veggie-packed pakora IS indeed enough. 

Give ground chicken the respect it deserves.

This is everything we want in a hearty, cozy meal: Tender yogurt-marinated chicken in an aromatic tomato curry, lots of caramelized onion, and fluffy Swiss chard rice.

This 5-ingredient rice porridge is pure cold-weather comfort in a bowl. (Did we mention it’s cheesy? It’s cheesy.)

Give wilty greens a new lease on life by blanching and blitzing them into the ultrasmooth, ultragreen base of a simple bowl of beans.