Preserving Swiss Chard | Putting Food Away for the Winter

[@Nesta_tamo_napisano]

As a farmer, and digital marketing affecionado, absolutely loved watching this one!!!

[@manyhandsorganicfarm5189]

Thank you so much, Josip

[@lisa30red]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I save all of my greens from the garden off amything i grow and lots of root veggies i dehydrate them and put them in the whizzer for a home made veg stock 🙏

[@kahuhinerosemary4984]

I would save that nutritious water when cooking the chard and use it for veggie broth base for soup.

[@julierawson1586]

good ideaa!

[@floralcouture3763]

Exactly!!. What a wasted resource.

[@stephenboyd4934]

Well I put mine through a blenda mixed with courgettes - cabbage - onions - garlic - in fact any veg handy can get added. Then bring to boil then freeze the whole lot, it's a soup I can use for anything. May even start too can / jar them up hot so having a vacuum seal as to save freezer space.

[@stephenboyd4934]

Yes saving the liquid is very important IMO, could jar it up & use as stock, & if jarred when hot the jar will seal in a vacuum if not needed straight away.

[@Tk-iz2ws]

I use it to make my rice.

[@deannafisher1887]

Enjoyed the video .I really don't blanch my vegetables that long and I do save the vegetable water .All my vegetables turn out great. Everyone has their way of doing things and that's a good thing👍

[@ruthcollins7734]

love this. I wanted to chop my chard first and you're the only one I saw who did this, so now I know it's OK. great video. Thanks

[@yvdmerwe6876]

I love your stove.

[@julierawson1586]

I do too!

[@Lemanie7]

Love the video! I had an enlarged thyroid and goiter a few years ago. It caused some fullness in my lower neck. Might be worth a check up.

[@manyhandsorganicfarm5189]

thank you Mela, for your concern. That goiter has been with me almost 40 years now and I do get it checked. Interestingly, it is receding with the use of LifeWave patches.

[@cathycannon8177]

I came here to also express concern about that. Some people are so used to them n the health effects they don't realize it is there. I see she replied and hope she is getting proper help( a hard thing to do anymore). Prayers up.

[@playinglifeoneasy9226]

If you wanna freeze leaks, toss them in olive oil first otherwise they really they dry out and they get kinda dry and flavorless. It taste like shredded paper paper. When you blanch it, it also helps wash out the oxalates because being a member of the goosefoot family charge can be kind of high in oxalates

[@Sheenasalesthriftytreasures]

Thank you new friend look forward to watching your videos have a blessed day

[@julierawson1586]

My pleasure, Sheena, enjoy.

[@Shirmagedrusclau]

Can you share some recipes using the Swiss chard. I grew it for the first time this year I am 100% plant-based I had a hard time with the bitter taste of it.

[@julierawson1586]

Hi Nancy, I have vegetables and eggs each morning - i cut up whatever is in my refrigerator, and saute it in some lard (you could use coconut oil or olive oil) and add some salt and pepper and garlic powder, and steam for a couple of minutes and then add a couple of eggs and stir them in and cook quickly. I know that is not plant based, but if you ever go back to eggs, you can consume a lot of wonderful vegetables each morning quite enjoyably with eggs. I add chard and other greens to my soups. I use meat stocks, but you can make a vegetable stock with potatoes, celery, carrots and onions, and then add the chard and greens and aromatic herbs at the end. I use it as a side dish too - just chop and steam and add some fat of your choice and salt and pepper. It is important to grow your chard with great nutrition, using rock powders to improve fertility, mulch to feed the microbes throughout the season, foliar nutrient sprays (we use Advancing EcoAgriculture products), and keep an eye out for slugs - ashes can help, or egg shells around the base. Well raised chard losses its bitterness and that nasty feeling on the teeth of chalkiness.

[@yvdmerwe6876]

I use it in my soups. We have a dish in South Africa that I grew up with. Take a bushel of raw chard, add about 5 potatoes peeled and diced, add a chopped onion, cook until the potato is soft, strain it well, return to pot, mash it up, add some salt and black pepper and cream. It is a side dish with a cooked meal.

[@iknownothing-49]

Sautéed lots of garlic and then sautéed the chard with a pinch of salt. If it’s totally dry add some water. Serve as is or over pasta.

[@julimarshall2543]

I know this has nothing to do with your video however I do ultrasound and I would recommend that you have someone look at your thyroid. God bless you and keep you safe. Juli 🥰

[@julierawson1586]

Hi Juli, Nice looking goiter, eh? Yes, I have had it for about 35 years, and it is actually shrinking some. I have had it checked from time to time and it is behaving. Thanks for your concern! I grew up on a conventional farm in the Midwest in the 50's and 60's and I think it got fried when I was a kid. But healthy eating and lifestyle have helped me be able to manage it without drugs or surgery.

[@inekebee1115]

You threw out the water??? I would have saved it and used it later to make soup. I always save my veggie water for that purpose

[@julierawson1586]

Good for you, Ina - waste not, want not

[@putiwang7679]

I want to try this.

[@manyhandsorganicfarm5189]

it is very easy!

[@r3m0rs34]

The wasted cooking water can be poured into the garden as fertilizer

[@jodiejensen6970]

Totally agree -med professionals are dumbed down…

[@julierawson1586]

I think that medical professionals are often trained to see disease. I think that we need to learn to see health.

[@Lorna.Bowman]

What do you mean stopping the enzymes? Why cant you freeze raw?

[@julierawson1586]

Hi Lorna, The enzymes in the chard continue to work to degrade it. Once anything is picked, it naturally moves toward decay. Even if it is frozen, this process will continue, unless you blanche it to impair the enzymatic action. But you should run a little experiment and do it both ways, and then 6 months later thaw and cook the chard and see if you note any difference. Good luck. Julie

[@mmr1646]

Could you try to make your videos with a higher volume it’s hard to hear.

[@julierawson1586]

Sorry you can't hear me. I do have a soft voice.

[@kimberlysmith8790]

Wish I could hear her better

[@manyhandsorganicfarm5189]

Sorry, Km, Julie

[@craigmajoros2607]

what happens if you just freeze it without blanching?

[@manyhandsorganicfarm5189]

HI Craig, if you don't stop the enzyme activity in the chard by blanching it will slowly turn to a cardboardy taste. The quick blanch will help keep the best flavor.

[@julierawson1586]

Hi Craig, if you don't blanch green veggies, they will continue to break down while in the freezer and lose all quality.

[@neilgrier3092]

😮this is the plan of the evil one. He uses men that don't think the way God does. This is why as the believe we should pray for those who are lost 🙏 The Lord our God is still incontrol and will see us win in the end.

[@ioanasinca2510]

Faceți traducerea și în limba română ca să înțelegem și noi despre ce e vorba

[@sandymick8639]

Cant hardly hear her.

[@irinapeter1402]

Was. Vird. Tas. Sainn

[@MRPIZZA77-i1w]

Enjoy your greens folks!!!! The best thing you could ever consume. No wonder the Bible book of Genesis highlighted its value to all creatures.... Genesis 1:29,30 Then God said: “Here I have given to you every seed-bearing plant that is on the entire earth and every tree with seed-bearing fruit. Let them serve as food for you. And to every wild animal of the earth and to every flying creature of the heavens and to everything moving on the earth in which there is life, I have given all green vegetation for food.” And it was so No doubt these fruits and greens are amazing for us, as Jehovah God saw it to be very beneficial for humans to eat them. Keep indulging friends, they are a healthy choice gifted to our bodies by our creator......Enjoy!!!!

[@DanFree7]

you cooked it for about 5-6 minutes :D

[@julierawson1586]

no, just bring it to a boil, add the chard, and then when it starts to boil again, 2-3 minutes more

[@kimberlysmith8790]

You cooed the shit outta that chard😮