Silverbeet is tasty and versatile, and very under-used.
I'm always amused when people start going on about how easy it is to grow your own food. Silverbeet is usually the first vegetable mentioned. Yes, silverbeet is easy to grow, but, if you're like me, much of it ends up going to seed or compost. I should plant less.
I do like silverbeet and do use it, but tend to fall back on it as a token green. I'm not sure why. It's a good tasting, versatile veg, and unlike spinach you don't need to cook piles of it to get a portion, but it seems to be treated as a poor cousin.
For some people it is a complete anathema; that is probably due to their first experience of it as an over boiled, khaki-coloured offering. Give it another go.
Silverbeet should be well washed after picking by giving it a good soak in cold water. Drain it and tear the leaves from the white stem. Don't throw the stems out, slice them finely and cook these before adding the leaves.
