Friends who visit our kitchen soon become privy to two facts: One, the sparsely stocked fridge without fail has a bag of carrots and some version of greens hidden in the back recesses. Two, I LOVE LOVE LOVE making orange versions of gnocchi : sweet potato and butternut squash being favorites. <br />When the challenge was posted I decided to make a version of my everyday dinner stable. At first I was a tad concerned that carrots would not be able to rise to the challenge of prime gnocchi component. It seems that carrots are not nearly starchy enough. However, the results are fluffy, perhaps more dumpling in texture than traditional gnocchi, but absolutely tempting all the same. <br /> <br />In the recipe I attempted to incorporate an entire head of chard. As such, there is both a simple chard pesto as well as a quick chiffonade with bacon lardons to complete the dish. Hope you enjoy!

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