12 ways to cook with silverbeet

Silverbeet is a wonderfully versatile winter green that works beautifully in this simple yet flavourful soup. This nourishing soup recipe is vegetarian and gluten-free. Created by Emma Galloway for Taste magazine

This delicious sautéed silverbeet recipe creates a side dish that packs in those important dark, leafy greens without sacrificing on flavour. Try it alongside grilled chicken or fish, providing a vibrant contrast to savoury proteins. .

Slices of chargrilled lamb backstrap are divine atop this silverbeet and lentil salad with Greek yoghurt sauce.

Silverbeet is not spinach; it is a chard and related to beetroot. Note

Roll up this tubular pasta classic filled with a mouthwatering combination of minced lamb, silver beet, cheese and herbs.

This wonderfully warming salad is very comforting. The braised silverbeet and rosemary add a fragrant and earthy touch. It’s perfect served with the deliciously crisp and salty bacon pieces. When I’m feeling like something simple, I’ll make this dish as a stand-alone dinner, although it is fantastic served alongside a roast, too. Photograph, props and styling by Eleanor Ozich.

Garlic and pecorino cheese add even more flavour to this fabulous dish of wilted silverbeet with pepperoni.

This is no average gnocchi recipe – leafy silverbeet adds a welcome dose of veges to this traditionally potato-only dish, while the pea pesto brings even more green goodness to the table