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Tips for cooking Swiss chard
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By Helen Ashworth, The Canon desk · 2h ago · España · 1 min ·

Tips for cooking Swiss chard

How to buy them?

The best option is to buy a whole fresh bunch, avoiding cut and packaged options, as this way they preserve their taste and properties much better.

What varieties are there?

Although the taste does not change much, we find chard with white stalks, the most common, but also varieties with yellow or reddish stalks. The latter have a slightly more intense flavor and more antioxidant properties, but the color is what gives the most distinctive touch.

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