Comments on: Let’s Talk Spinach

By: Patricia @ ButterYum

Patricia @ ButterYum — Sat, 18 Apr 2015 14:10:03 +0000

We love eating fresh baby spinach in salads, but I almost always have a box or two of frozen spinach on hand to make bite-size cheesy spinach egg cups (I’ll post the recipe on this site soon). They’re so good.

By: kay43026

kay43026 — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 19:10:41 +0000

I had spinach growing up…but only in the summer, fresh from my mother’s garden. She always made a hot bacon dressing and used lots of bacon & hard cooked eggs. Even though I now use spinach in my morning smoothies, frittatas, in pasta dishes and creamed as a side dish…a spinach salad with a hot dressing is still my favorite way to eat it.

I buy the triple-washed in a plastic container. If the spinach stems are too long/big I’ll rip them off and just use the tender leaf part.

By: Eliza J

Eliza J — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 21:35:31 +0000

I did not even remotely like spinach as a child. As an adult I love it in salad and definitely a good sized handful in a smoothie I make every morning to take to work with me. When I was younger the only spinach at the grocery store was the big leaf spinach….the smaller spinach is so good raw and in special recipes ~ the bigger leaves are great for steaming. Spinach is awesome and so good for you!

By: Shawna C

Shawna C — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 18:11:13 +0000

I always have baby spinach on hand. I make salads out of it (balsamic vinagrette, strawberry or apple chunks, grape tomatoes, roasted almonds, dried cranberries, cooked chicken if I’ve got it) and chuck it into soups and pasta and use it as a pizza topping. My kids like it raw and unadorned so I don’t have to sneak it into things, but I also chop it fine and incorporate it into ground-meat dishes like burgers, meatballs, and meatloaf.

By: Sue In FLA

Sue In FLA — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:20:22 +0000

I use spinach both raw and cooked, but I always wash it at least twice before we eat it. I don’t rely on the package “triple washed” label or ready to eat. I know it is washed when I wash it.

By: Lucia K

Lucia K — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 16:47:40 +0000

Spanikopita, yum. Flaky filo leaves brushed with melted butter and or good olive oil, filled with spinach, feta (or cottage cheese), egg, maybe some green onion and a bit of dill, s&p and baked till set and golden brown. IMHO, spinach doesn’t get any better than this.

By: easy recipes

easy recipes — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 16:31:52 +0000

Wow, OSOM

By: rinabeana

rinabeana — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:37:34 +0000

I love Great Gatsby Salad (or Tina’s Spinach Salad, as it’s known in my family). It may seem like a strange combination, but it’s delicious! My husband can’t get enough of it.
https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/salads/great-gatsby-salad/
We also love to make a spinach salad with sliced strawberries, crumbled feta cheese, and toasted walnuts (good with a raspberry vinaigrette).
As others have said, I love throwing a bunch of spinach in a soup, too.

By: bethb

bethb — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 09:19:22 +0000

I also buy baby spinach in the “clam shell” (organic) and it keeps well in the fridge. I use it every day mixed with romaine and other veggies for salads at lunch and add it to soups as well. It is a delicious addition to lentil, minestrone, tomato bisque, and many other soups. It’s also delicious sautéed with a little garlic and lemon olive oil. Such a versatile, delicious, and nutritious vegetable!

By: C. L. ( Cheryl ) "Cheffie Cooks" Wiser

C. L. ( Cheryl ) "Cheffie Cooks" Wiser — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 20:05:54 +0000

I just love baby spinach and purchase it weekly from our fresh open air produce market. One favorite is Creamed Spinach Fettuccine (In my recipe box). Many types of Spinach bakes, Spinach salads using fruits. A great spinach salad with hard-boiled egg wedges and creamy bacon dressing. It is so reasonably priced and readily available I do not grow it in my gardens.
I’m on the Spinach lovin” train!!! Have a great day everyone.