and for dinner tonite ...

About a month ago, Kim over at what am I going to be when I grow up? posted this delicious pennette recipe that called for fresh swiss chard. Her photos looked so delicious I swear I could smell the flavor from that delicious bowl in her last photo - I was dying to try it! About a week later, Kimberly at yep, they are all mine posted about the same recipe, but she exchanged the chard for fresh asparagus (you can find that post right here) ... now I was reeeeally dying to try it, but which way?! - they both sounded so good!! Since I'm not a gardener, I decided to wait until our local Farmer's Market finally opened for the season ... and whichever I could find fresh, the swiss chard or the asparagus, that's the one I would try first. Ta-da ...

Swiss chard it is! So I gave Kim's recipe a test drive tonight while hubby is out of town and reduced the portions for a party of one (but made enough pasta for my girls to have for dinner - plain of course, heaven forbid we mix greens into it!). Here's all that I needed - I love easy!

I won't walk you through it step by step - use the link above for that, Kim did a great job ... I will say that timing was a minor pitfall for me. I started the chard and onion combo too early, so it was quite well done by the time the pasta was ready (I hadn't anticipated how long it would take for the water to boil for the pasta - and in the meantime, the chard and onions were sizzling away). It all turned out just fine, though ... here's the evolution from pan to plate ...

See?! ... easy as 1-2-3 - and delicious, too! Thank you so much, Kim - this recipe's a keeper for sure! And, Kimberly, I'm definitely trying your asparagus version soon ... thanks, ladies!