Rainbow Swiss Chard Braid with Health One Meal Replacement

Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Very well thanks! I have been harvesting lettuce and spinach for awhile now from my edible landscape. My tomatoes are set on the vine. They are still green and small, with the largest measuring 3 inches. There are a lot of blossoms on my peas and a few pods. My cucumber plant is HUGE but no blossoms yet. Since I planted my cucumber a bit late and sowed seed directly into the ground, I'm not too surprised. 

Tonight's harvest was Rainbow Swiss Chard, with it's festive stems of orange, pink, yellow and red. The leaves are not the size you would buy in the store; but, I keep thinning the smaller leaves to give the others room to grow. So that's what we're using tonight...baby Rainbow Swiss Chard, Blue Cheese and Health One Meal Replacement!

Calories - One Serving

Meal Replacement - 160 calories

Additives - 70 calories

Crust Ingredients:

• 1 Potato Soup Meal Replacement
• 1 tablespoon Jiffy Pizza Mix
• 1/4 teaspoon Garlic Salt
• 2-3 tablespoons Hot Water
• 1 tablespoon Flour (you won't actually use this much - it is for kneading and rolling out the dough)
• Olive Oil Cooking Spray

Crust Instructions:

• Mix dry ingredients.
• Slowly stir in hot water (you may need a little more or a little less).
• Cover dough and let set for 5 minutes – this allows the yeast in the mix to activate.
• Sprinkle flour onto a cutting board or other smooth surface.  
• Knead the dough a few times in the flour.  The gluten in the flour helps the dough to become more elastic.
• Gently roll the dough to about 6x8 inches on the cutting board.  Make certain to have flour on the rolling pin and underneath the dough so that it doesn't stick.

• Spray Pam olive oil spray onto a baking sheet.  I use parchment paper for easier clean up.
• Slide the dough onto the baking sheet.
• Cut strips into each side of the dough. Make certain the you cut an even number on each side. Be sure to leave 2 inches in the middle uncut.
• Spray the top of the dough with Pam olive oil spray.

Filling Ingredients:

• Rainbow Swiss Chard Leaves - I used 4 baby leaves. You may also use a larger leaf and cut it up. In fact, the next time I make this, I will be cutting up the Swiss Chard so that I may fit a bit more into the braid.
• Onion Slivers - if chopped, this would be about 1 tablespoon of onion.
• 1 tablespoon Reduced Fat Blue Cheese - the blue cheese adds a real "bite." If blue cheese isn't your thing...then use Parmesan or Mozzarella. Be sure to adjust the calories - 1 tablespoon of Reduced Fat Blue Cheese = 20 calories.

Filling Directions:

• Place Rainbow Swiss Chard in center of dough - I folded the baby leaves to fit.
• Place Onion Slivers over the Swiss Chard.
• Sprinkle the Reduced Fat Blue Cheese on top.

• Starting at one end, fold the strips of dough over the filling. Have the strips overlap a bit so that it looks like a braid.
• Spray top with Olive Oil Cooking Spray.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

Enjoy!