Crustless Swiss Chard Pie

Crustless Swiss Chard Pie is a creamy, cheesy, and savory dish that’s perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dinner! And this Swiss Chard recipe with eggs and three kinds of cheese is loaded with amazing flavors but extra low in carbs!

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This Swiss Chard Pie is a delicious savory crustless pie that has goat cheese, Mozzarella, and Parmesan. This is perfect when you’re wanting to make a special breakfast, but it’s also great for lunch or dinner. And the recipe is extra low in carbs and does have a good amount of protein too.

For a lot of my life I never cooked much with leafy greens like Swiss Chard or kale. But then I started growing them in my garden, realized I liked them, and made quite a few different breakfast dishes with greens and eggs. This one is a bit like a custard, with a generous amount of goat cheese combined with half and half and then mixed with just enough eggs to bind it together into a barely-firm pie.

If you haven’t cooked much with Swiss Chard, maybe this tasty Swiss Chard Pie is the recipe that will get you to like it. Hope you will try the recipe!

What ingredients do you need for this recipe?

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• Swiss chard
• Olive Oil (affiliate link)
• onion
• goat cheese 
• milk, half and half, or cream
• eggs
• salt and fresh ground black pepper 
• grated Mozzarella
• grated Parmesan 

What is a Springform Pan?

One thing that made the updated photos for this recipe look better was cooking the crustless pie in a nine-inch Springform Pan (affiliate link). That’s the type of pan with a removable ring and a flat bottom that’s often used to cook cheesecake. But if you don’t have that type of pan you can cook it in a round casserole dish like I did when I first made it!

Can you use other greens in this Swiss Chard Pie recipe?

You can definitely use softer greens (like spinach) or firmer greens (like kale) in this crustless pie recipe. You’ll need to adjust the cooking time a bit when you cook the greens (longer for kale or shorter for spinach.)

What other cheeses could you use in the Swiss Chard Pie?

I know some people don’t like pungent goat cheese and you could use finely crumbled Feta cheese to replace that. You can use any white cheese such as Monterey Jack or Swiss to replace the Mozzarella, and use another hard cheese like Asiago or Romano in place of Parmesan.

How low in carbs is the Swiss Chard Pie?

This delicious custardy egg dish with nutritious Swiss Chard has only 2 net carbs per serving and 12 grams of protein!

How to make Crustless Swiss Chard Pie:

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1. Remove goat cheese from the fridge and let it soften on the counter for an hour.
2. Trim away thick ribs and stems from the chard and then pile up a bunch of leaves and slice one way. Turn the cutting board and slice leaves the other way.
3. In a large bowl, beat the eggs, then season with salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste.
4. Combine half and half and goat cheese. I let the goat cheese soften and then stirred it together by hand.
5. Heat olive oil in a frying pan, then cook the onion until it’s just starting to brown.
6. Then add chopped Swiss chard all at once and keep turning it until all the chard has wilted. Only cook the chard until it’s barely wilted; it will finish cooking in the oven.
7. Then mix the goat cheese and half and half mixture, Mozzarella, and 2 T of Parmesan into the eggs. Stir in the wilted Swiss chard and onions.
8. Pour the mixture into a nine-inch Springform Pan (affiliate link) or use a round casserole dish sprayed with olive oil or nonstick spray.
9. Sprinkle the coarse ground Parmesan over the top.
10. Bake at 350F/180C for 45-50 minutes, or maybe longer if you use a casserole dish that’s smaller than nine inches. I tested with a toothpick to make sure the center was done.)
11. Serve the Swiss Chard Pie hot, for a tasty for breakfast, brunch, or a light dinner.

Make it a low-carb meal:

The Crustless Swiss Chard Pie would taste great with one of these savory breads on the side:

• Low-Carb High-Fiber Savory Muffins
• Savory Almond Flour Zucchini Muffins with Feta
• Olive Bread
• Savory Almond Flour Bread

Weekend Food Prep:

This recipe for Crustless Swiss Chard Pie has been added to a category called Weekend Food Prep to help you find recipes you can prep or cook on the weekend and eat during the week!

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Yield: 8 servings

Crustless Swiss Chard Pie

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

This tasty Crustless Swiss Chard Pie will help you eat your greens, and this is delicious any time of day! And the Swiss Chard Pie is extra low in carbs, for folks who care about that.

Ingredients

• one large bunch Swiss chard leaves, chopped (see notes)
• 1 T olive oil
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 6 oz. goat cheese (see notes)
• 1/2 cup  half and half (see notes)
• 8 eggs
• salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup grated Mozzarella
• 2 T + 2 T grated Parmesan (preferably freshly grated)

Instructions

Remove goat cheese from the fridge and let it soften on the counter for an hour before you make this if possible.

To chop the Swiss chard leaves, trim away any thick ribs and stems and then pile up a bunch of chard leaves and slice one way. Then turn the cutting board and slice through the leaves the other way.

In a large bowl, beat the eggs until the yolks and whites are all combined, then season with salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste.

Combine the half and half (cream or milk, whichever you prefer) and goat cheese.  (I sometimes do this with the bowl attachment of an Immersion Blender (affiliate link), but this time I just let the goat cheese soften and then stired it together by hand.)

In a large frying pan, saute the chopped onion in some olive oil until it's just starting to brown.

Then add the chopped Swiss chard all at once and use a large turner to keep turning it until all the chard has wilted. Cook the chard a couple of minutes, just until it's wilted down; it will finish cooking in the oven. Turn off heat and let the chard cool a little.

Then mix the goat cheese and half and half mixture, Mozzarella, and 2 T of Parmesan into the eggs. Stir in the wilted Swiss chard and onions.

Pour the mixture into a nine-inch Springform Pan (affiliate link) or use a round casserole dish that you've sprayed with olive oil or nonstick spray.

Sprinkle the coarse ground Parmesan over the top.

Bake at 350F/180C for 45-50 minutes, or slightly longer if you use a casserole dish that's smaller than nine inches across. (I tested with a toothpick to make sure the center was done.)

Serve the Swiss Chard Pie hot, for breakfast, brunch, or a light dinner.

Notes

We used about 3 cups of chopped Swiss Chard, but I wished we had a bit more, so if the bunches of Chard are small I would buy two.

Use the soft goat cheese that comes in a log for this recipe. Use milk or heavy cream instead of half and half if you prefer.

Recipe inspired by Green Timbale in Greene on Greens. (affiliate link)

Nutrition Information

Yield

8

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 185Total Fat 14gSaturated Fat 7gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 6gCholesterol 205mgSodium 334mgCarbohydrates 3gFiber 1gSugar 1gProtein 12g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.

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Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
With full-fat cheeses and cream or half and half this Crustless Swiss Chard Pie will be great for low-carb or Keto diets. With low-fat goat cheese, milk, and Mozzarella, this recipe would be a good choice for any phase of the original South Beach Diet. And of course, healthy greens are great for any type of diet.

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Historical Notes for This Recipe:
This Swiss Chard Pie with goat cheese, Mozzarella, Parmesan, and eggs was first posted in September 2011. The recipe was updated (and improved by cooking in a springform pan) in December 2020. It was last updated with more information in 2025.

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