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Eat Your Greens! Swiss Chard with White Beans in Tomato Sauce over Pasta

Swiss Chard with White Beans in Tomato Sauce over Pasta – whole wheat pasta, greens and beans make this dish a hearty vegetarian pasta meal! This recipe was created in partnership with Bush’s Beans.

Swiss Chard with White Beans over Pasta - whole wheat pasta, greens and beans make this dish a hearty vegetarian pasta meal! Recipe via aggieskitchen.com

You all know by now, I like my greens. Spinach, kale, chard…I’ll take it all. Especially this time of year when I find myself googling ‘how to boost immune systems in children’, when I already know the answer. In case you weren’t sure, greens definitely play a part in the good nutrition part of boosting immune systems – and apparently we need all the help we can get lately.

The struggle is real when it comes to including as many greens as possible into my family’s diet. I like to use spinach leaves in place of lettuce in salad and try to include it in pasta or soup as much as possible (see this Pesto Pasta with Turkey and Kale and Chicken Gnocchi Soup). This meatless pasta dish made with whole wheat pasta, greens and Bush’s Great Northern Beans is another way to get some good nutrition on the table – and quick! With beans, pasta and canned crushed tomatoes being pantry staples, this is such a great base pasta recipe to add any fresh vegetable too.

Swiss Chard with White Beans over Pasta - whole wheat pasta, greens and beans make this dish a hearty vegetarian pasta meal! Recipe via aggieskitchen.com

Swiss Chard with White Beans over Pasta - whole wheat pasta, greens and beans make this dish a hearty vegetarian pasta meal! Recipe via aggieskitchen.com

Swiss Chard with White Beans over Pasta - whole wheat pasta, greens and beans make this dish a hearty vegetarian pasta meal! Recipe via aggieskitchen.com

Swiss chard with beans sauteed in tomato sauce are the perfect pairing and a great way to introduce a new leafy green and include beans to your diet.

If your family needs some meat to balance out the meal, add some roasted or grilled Italian chicken or turkey sausage to each dish. With or without the sausage, this is the kind of meal that is exactly what I need when I’m craving something hearty and healthy.

Swiss Chard with White Beans over Pasta - whole wheat pasta, greens and beans make this dish a hearty vegetarian pasta meal! Recipe via aggieskitchen.com

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Swiss Chard with White Beans in Tomato Sauce over Pasta

Yield: 3-4 servings

Ingredients:

  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 3-4 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 bunch swiss chard, shredded
  • 1 28oz can of crushed tomatoes
  • 1 cup of water (added to crushed tomato can to pick up remnant flavor)
  • 1 15 oz can of Bush's Great Northern Beans, drained and rinsed
  • a pinch of salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
  • red hot pepper flakes, to taste
  • 1/2 box of whole wheat pasta

Directions:

  1. Prepare pasta according to directions.
  2. While pasta is cooking, in a large saute pan, heat olive oil and begin to saute onion and garlic. Add a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook onions until soft, about 3-4 minutes. Add chard to pan and saute until soft and wilted, about 8-10 minutes. Add can of tomato sauce with additional water to pan. Stir and bring to a simmer. Add can of white beans to sauce and cook for about 2-3 more minutes until sauce is slightly thick and flavors have come together.
  3. Drain pasta and drizzle with a little olive oil. Serve sauce over pasta with red pepper flakes and parmesan cheese.

So hearty and healthy, I love the combinations of greens, tomato sauce and beans in this recipe. Hope you enjoy it too! Recipe from Aggie's Kitchen, inspired from Everyday with Rachael Ray magazine

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35 comments on “Eat Your Greens! Swiss Chard with White Beans in Tomato Sauce over Pasta”

  1. Hello, lover. Get in my mouth.

    Ew, that came out wrong.

  2. I love adding greens to anything that’s tomato based. Something about the acidity in the tomatoes that goes great with the bitterness of the greens.

    • you are so right! it really is such a great combo. I made red beans n rice tonight but instead of rice I had my beans over sauteed chard (obsessed) so it was lighter…the combo was amazing!

  3. This looks so hardy and delicious! I want it for dinner tonight 🙂

  4. Somehow beans, greens, and tomatoes just WORK. We’re on the same wavelength – I did something similar in a soup recently.

    • those three totally work!! I made soup like this last week too, with kale though, and other veggies. We are on same page! 🙂

  5. OMG- I almost made this EXACT thing for dinner! But I used spinach and Trader Joe’s giant white beans in red sauce! Great minds…great minds 😉

    • ahhh, that sounds great!! I would love those giant white beans, I can’t find them here (had them out somewhere once and loved them)…I haven’t met a bean I didn’t like 🙂
      great minds is right! love it!!

      Hope you and baby are doing well!!

  6. Hi Aggie! It is cold, wet, and raw here in New England! I am SO making this for our dinner this evening! We’ve got the fires going in the kitchen woodstove and the living room … cozy house, cozy tummies coming right up! Thanks for posting this recipe! So glad I dropped in today!

  7. Nice healthy, comforting ingredients, Aggie. We’re crazy about swiss chard too!

  8. Mmmm…. I LOVE all these ingredients!

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  11. Oh, love these ingredients. Going to share with my sister, too! Thanks Aggie!

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  13. Made this with chick peas and spaghetti squash as the “pasta”. Very excellent!

  14. how do you know how big the serving size is. 

  15. I never think to add beans to my pasta dishes. I totally need to start doing that! It looks delicious!

  16. You do easy and healthy well girlfriend! This is so my kinda dinner!

  17. This dinner!  Flavor perfection!!

  18. This looks so hearty!  I love white beans and swiss chard together!

  19. OH, Aggie, I love this so. So healthy, yet comforting.

    Miss you, girl!

  20. Such a perfect and well rounded pasta meal! I love chard and beans, totally making this.

  21. I absolutely love how healthy this is, Aggie!

  22. This is my kind of meal, Aggie!  Packed with fiber, veggies and healthy protein – so much goodness on one plate.

  23. You always share the best beans recipes!!

  24. This is totally my kind of dinner. Like you, I love my greens. And I love my beans. Bush beans are always always always in my cabinet!!! They’re the BEST!!

    • Yes to beans and greens – they are the best combo! My sister saw this post and told me she had pasta with beans and greens for dinner the other night, but with olive oil and garlic 🙂

  25. Can’t wait to try!

  26. I definitely like exactly how healthy and balanced this is. Such a best and well rounded pasta dish! I love chard as well as beans, absolutely making this.

  27. We are always looking for delicious ways to use the bounty of our home garden, in this case our Swiss Chard. This recipe was absolutely scrumptious!  Throw a little Parmesan cheese on top and your in heaven!   We used fresh tomatoes from our garden, which took a little longer to cook down into a sauce but well worth the wait. Great the second day as leftovers.  Definitely a keeper and a great meatless entree.