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40 interesting ways to eat your (leafy) greens

Blanch them, wilt them, hide them, braise them, blitz into a puree (or souffle!) or snuggle the leaves straight into a stew. Here’s a big bunch of recipes for kale, rainbow chard, silverbeet and spinach.

40 recipes
Risotto swirled with spinach puree and topped with creamy stracciatella.

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's green risotto with stracciatella and lemon

  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura'
Rainbow chard and quinoa salad
EASY

Rainbow chard and quinoa salad with sultanas, sunflower seeds and ricotta

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
This one-pot wonder will warm you up.
EASY

Warm chickpea and rice one-pot wonder with yoghurt and greens

  • Katrina Meynink
One tray baked fish and creamed greens.
EASY

One-tray baked fish and creamed greens

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Braised cavolo nero and silverbeet.

Braised cavolo nero and silverbeet

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Barbecued chicken with charred greens and chimichurri.

Adam Liaw's barbecued chicken with charred greens and chimichurri

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
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Italian-style spinach and smoked bacon pie
EASY

Italian-style spinach, silverbeet and bacon pie

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Wild greens, tomato, grains and nuts.

Wild greens braised in tomato, olive oil, grain, nuts and fried eggs

  • 1-2 hrs
  • George Calombaris
Celeriac, apple and kale slaw.

Karen Martini's celeriac, apple and kale slaw with roasted garlic dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Adam Liaw's lemon pepper greens.
EASY

Adam Liaw's lemon pepper greens

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Quick, healthy dinner: Salmon fillets with caramelised onion and wilted greens.
EASY

Salmon fillets with caramelised onion and wilted greens

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Serve this curry with naan and rice.

Chicken in spinach and green pea curry

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Spinach hotcakes with greens and feta.

Spinach hotcakes and greens with feta, olives and almonds

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
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EASY

Green cheese toasties

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Stir-fried spinach with garlic and chilli (pictured with roast chicken stir-fry).
EASY

Stir-fried spinach with garlic and chilli

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
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Cavolo nero with speck, miso and garlic.
EASY

Cavolo nero with speck, miso and garlic

  • < 30 mins
Silverbeet and ricotta pie.

Silverbeet and ricotta pie

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Broccoli risotto topped with kale, harissa oil and goat's curd.
EASY

Broccoli risotto with cavolo nero, harissa oil and goat's curd

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Pumpkin, spinach and roasted chickpea salad.

Pumpkin, spinach and roasted chickpea salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Lighten up: Brown mushroom and spinach soup with crunchy croutons.

Brown mushroom and spinach soup with potato croutons

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
This one-pan wonder is ready in 20 minutes.
EASY

Speedy one-pan chickpeas and kale in spicy pomodoro sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Hetty McKinnon says frozen spinach is the magic ingredient in this simple vegetarian pasta.
EASY

Hetty McKinnon's spinach and walnut pesto pasta

  • < 30 mins
  • Hetty McKinnon
Danielle Alvarez’s pumpkin, pancetta and barley soup.
EASY

Pumpkin, pancetta, kale and barley soup-meets-stew

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
This kale and cauliflower salad is salty, sweet, crunchy and bright.
EASY

Danielle Alvarez's kale and cauliflower salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
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Helen Goh's cheese and kale souffle.

Kale souffle pudding

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Helen Goh
No soggy bottom: Spanakopita with puff pastry and haloumi.

Haloumi spanakopita

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
The components for this Christmas salad can be prepped ahead and tossed together on the big day.
EASY

RecipeTin Eats’ kale and pomegranate salad with candied pecans

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Nagi Maehashi
Vegan-friendly cabbage, kale and chilli slaw.
EASY

Cabbage and kale slaw with chilli, yeast and seed dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
A speedy tomatoey stew inspired by Yotam Ottolenghi.
EASY

Tomato risoni with silverbeet, feta, walnuts and honey

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
There's no need to individually fill the shells in this rustic pasta bake.
EASY

Spicy tomato pasta bake with kale, almonds and ricotta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Massaged kale salad with quinoa, date and pomegranate.
EASY

Massaged kale salad with quinoa, date and pomegranate

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Potato, kale and oyster mushroom pizza.
EASY

Potato and kale pizza

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupelix
Everyone who has ever worked at Three Blue Ducks knows Dad's eggs.
EASY

Dad's eggs with pancetta, kale and cheesy bread recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Festive beetroot and burghul tabbouleh.
EASY

Beetroot, kale and herb tabbouleh

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Spring quiche: Spinach tart with pine nuts, herbs and three cheeses.

Helen Goh's spinach tart with pine nuts, cheese and herbs

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
Cauliflower steaks swimming in coconut saffron curry.
EASY

Garam masala roasted cauliflower steaks in coconut and saffron curry

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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