According to the World’s Healthiest Foods web site, Swiss Chard is THE vegetable valedictorian and with good reason.  One serving of this leafy green vegetable provides 716% of your DV of Vitamin K, 109% of Vitamin A and 52.5% of Vitamin C for only 35 skinny calories!  According to the web site, swiss chard’s charms include:

The combination of traditional nutrients, phytonutrients (particularly anthocyans), plus fiber in this food seems particularly effective in preventing digestive tract cancers.

According to Leslie Beck, RD swiss chard  is also known as spinach beet and is actually an offshoot of the beet family. 

Want to supercharge swiss chard’s bone building properties?  Cook it with garlic to boost calcium absorption by up to 18%.

Gluten a Go-Go provides a great recipe combining these ingredients in Swiss Chard with Garlic Mustard Vinaigrette.  D-life also offers a highly rated recipe, Swiss Chard with Hot-Pepper Sauce