Micro chard
Beta vulgaris · Leafy green
Top 10 pairings
Micro chard is Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris) harvested as a microgreen — a tiny seedling only 5–10 cm tall, cut about one to three weeks after sowing once its first true leaves appear. Eaten raw as a vivid garnish or salad green, it pairs jewel-toned white, gold, pink and crimson stems with a concentrated, sweet-earthy beet-leaf flavour.
Picking a good onedrag
Turgid, glossy, dark greenYellow, limp, stalks slimy
Shop freshEveryday bestThe all-rounder: stalks braised first, leaves wilted in after.
BladeGreen throughout, gloss gone flat
The stalkBends a little, then snaps
Cut baseRim tanned, still pale inside
SmellNeutral, damp and green
These cues are Swiss chard's, and hold across its varieties; where this one differs, its own page says so.
What you get from one
92%
Edible part
48 g · tough stems and damaged leaves out
52 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 6× longer than the counter.
95-98%
Humidity
Loose bag, never sealed
Airflow