The red Swiss Chard is very nutritious. The sliced leaves and stems can be sautéed with olive oil, garlic, pepper, salt, and wine vinegar. When you attend field days of seed companies, you often see foreign vegetable varieties that are growing very well under local conditions. Yet, they are rarely appreciated by the local people. Swiss Chard This red plant was showcased recently at the experimental farm of Allied Botanical in Tayug, Pangasinan. The plants were very attractive but when we asked what it was good for, the person right next to us answered he did not know and that he was not interested to know. Rowena Bienes, however, interjected and told us it is a vegetable loaded with health-enhancing compounds. We checked it and here was what we found: It is claimed to contain no less than 13 polyphenol antioxidants plus syrengica acid, which is supposed to be capable [...]
