Ziti with Chard

"Armed with a hefty bag of chard from our first garden, I pulled out my old vegetarian cookbooks and came up with this pasta dish, inspired by Mollie Katzen's Sundays at Moosewood." --Marion Winik

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: about 2 cups)

Ingredients

• 2  tablespoons  olive oil
• 8  cups  chopped Swiss chard
• 4  garlic cloves, minced
• 4  cups  hot cooked ziti (about 8 ounces uncooked pasta)
• 2  cups  grape or cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1/4  cup  chopped pitted kalamata olives
• 2  tablespoons  fresh lemon juice
• 3/4  teaspoon  kosher salt
• 1/2  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4  cup  (1 ounce) shaved fresh Romano cheese

Preparation

Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chard and garlic; sauté 2 minutes. Combine chard mixture, pasta, and next 5 ingredients (pasta through pepper), tossing well. Top with cheese.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

336 (28% from fat)

Fat:

10.5g (sat 2.4g,mono 6.2g,poly 0.8g)

Protein:

12g

Carbohydrate:

51g

Fiber:

4.2g

Cholesterol:

7mg

Iron:

3.9mg

Sodium:

665mg

Calcium:

132mg