Anyone know a good Spinach recipe?!
I totally love spinach and would love to try something a little "different"!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
Here ya go:-
Spinach Recipe
Ingredients
2 large bunches of spinach, about 1 lb
Olive oil, extra virgin
3 cloves garlic, sliced
Salt to taste
Method
1 Cut off the thick stems of the spinach and discard!. Clean the spinach by filling up your sink with water and soaking the spinach to loosen any sand or dirt!. Drain the spinach and then repeat soaking and draining!. Put the spinach in a salad spinner to remove any excess moisture!.
2 Heat 2 Tbsp olive oil in a large skillet on medium high heat!. Add the garlic and sauté for about 1 minute, until the garlic is just beginning to brown!.
3 Add the spinach to the pan, packing it down a bit if you need to with your hand!. Use a couple spatulas to lift the spinach and turn it over in the pan so that you coat more of it with the olive oil and garlic!. Do this a couple of times!. Cover the pan and cook for 1 minute!. Uncover and turn the spinach over again!. Cover the pan and cook for an additional minute!.
4 After 2 minutes of covered cooking the spinach should be completely wilted!. Remove from heat!. Drain any excess moisture from the pan!. Add a little more olive oil, sprinkle with salt to taste!. Serve immediately!.
Serves 4!.
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love spinach too!. The other night, I cooked it in the same pan that I had cooked chicken with thyme and black pepper!. After removing the chicken, I just added spinach and a little bit of water!. It came out tasting Great
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Simple!.!.!.delicious!. Flavoring the oil with a pinch of crushed red pepper along with the garlic is also nice!. Maybe a squeeze of lemon to finish, and!.!.!.
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I love spinach like this--and it works for broccoli rabe as well--I usually chop and throw the stems in first, then add the greens after a few minutes!. One variation--cook spinach in a hot skillet--remove when wilted and pour over it: a few cloves of garlic mashed with a mortar and pestle with 1 tsp kosher salt, when a paste-like consistency add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 1 tablespoons of red-wine or balsamic vinegar!. In this version the garlic is not cooked, but mashed!. Yum!
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This is the best way to prepare spinach!. I always at a squirt of lemon juice though, and sometimes I like to cook it in the bacon grease if it's available
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Love spinach!. We have made spinach, broc!. rabe, swiss chard, etc!., like this forever!. Same premise!.!.!.!.!.!.!. sometimes, for a change, we add hot chili flakes as the garlic cooks in the oil!. Yummy!. We also put the veggies cooked this way over pasta and use a bit of pasta water for the right consistency!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. then grate cheese over and plenty of black pepper too!. Another yum!. If there is any italian sausage leftover, we cut bite-size pieces and place on top of the pasta dish too!. It depends on what our menus is that night!.
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I cook broccoli rabe this way, too!. I add a bit of parmesan cheese at the end!. Simple and delicious!.
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I love to cook spinach similar to your dad's way!. I add a few crushed red pepper sprinkles to the oil in the pan, and I add some fresh lemon juice at the end!. My method is from Cook's Illustrated!.
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Ahhh!.!.!.spinach!. I could live on it!. My mom was a canned-veggie woman and I grew up thinking I hated all vegetables except carrots and corn!. Imagine my surprise when I first had fresh asparagus and loved it!. Your dad's is my all-time favorite preparation for spinach!. I often use frozen, as well, but I just barely defrost it and then add it to my nearly-ready meal just to heat it through!. The other day I made a base of olive oil and anchovies until the anchovies disintegrated (I can't remember the proper name of the dish and I normally hate anchovies, but not cooked this way), added garlic and hot pepper, then the defrosted spinach and finally some cooked penne!. I had to leave the room just so I wouldn't eat the whole thing!
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My dad used to eat frozen supermarket spinach until I showed him how to wilt fresh leaves!. Now there's always spinach in the house!. But nutmeg and a pinch of brown sugar are the favoured ingredients!. You're right about drying the leaves of course!. If they are still wet you end up stewing the leaves and the result is very unpleasant!.
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I make spinach a lot in the summer with fresh spinach and other times use frozen!! hate canned!!! but instead of oil I use a bit of bacon(2-3 slices) and saute that with some onions and then add the spinach!! I rinse well but don't sin all the water off the little bit of water helps it wilt and then done easy and love it!
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Love this recipe!. Can't go wrong with the simplicity of this composition :) Wilting it like this retains a lot of the vitamins I hear are lost when boiling to canned consistency!. A good finisher is a squeeze of sliced lemon + a fine grind of pepper!. The crumbled bacon is something my mom would add for sure!.
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I love, love, love spinach!. It compliments so many meals! I like to saute it with raisins/cranberries and pine nuts!.!.!.sweet and savory!. Yum!
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I have a different take on this recipe, which I have made for several years!. I sauté several cloves of sliced garlic until light gold!. I then add 1 or 2 bags of clean, drained spinach to the pan!. I do not get rid of the water clinging to the leaves!. I cover the pan and steam the spinach until it starts to pack down!. I then remove the lid and let any moisture cook out, which takes only a few seconds!. At that point I add 2 to 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice and I salt and pepper to taste!. This is my take of a dish that Macaroni Grill restaurant used to make which they called spinach salad!. Now, unless their menu has changed, they make spinach without lemon juice!. I’m sure this was done as a cost-cutting measure!. The lemon juice adds great flavor to the spinach!.
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Quick saute with garlic, coarse ground pepper, seasalt, and possibly a jalapeno or cayenne pepper is just a whole different food than anything I've had from a can!. Add lemon zest at end!. Eat spinach like most of the world eats it and your kids will never complain!.
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Here in Midwest we have an ad from a store (Meijers) about how their spinach is just like name brands, showing a kid hating both indiscriminately!. That is about right for canned!.
Even bagged spinach tends to be fine!. also, we regularly use spinach from the local Chinese store because of price!. Fresh garlic, and sometimes instead of olive oil we use sesame oil or chile infused sesame oil!. Just a nice change of fWww@FoodAQ@Com
Spinach Recipe
Ingredients
2 large bunches of spinach, about 1 lb
Olive oil, extra virgin
3 cloves garlic, sliced
Salt to taste
Method
1 Cut off the thick stems of the spinach and discard!. Clean the spinach by filling up your sink with water and soaking the spinach to loosen any sand or dirt!. Drain the spinach and then repeat soaking and draining!. Put the spinach in a salad spinner to remove any excess moisture!.
2 Heat 2 Tbsp olive oil in a large skillet on medium high heat!. Add the garlic and sauté for about 1 minute, until the garlic is just beginning to brown!.
3 Add the spinach to the pan, packing it down a bit if you need to with your hand!. Use a couple spatulas to lift the spinach and turn it over in the pan so that you coat more of it with the olive oil and garlic!. Do this a couple of times!. Cover the pan and cook for 1 minute!. Uncover and turn the spinach over again!. Cover the pan and cook for an additional minute!.
4 After 2 minutes of covered cooking the spinach should be completely wilted!. Remove from heat!. Drain any excess moisture from the pan!. Add a little more olive oil, sprinkle with salt to taste!. Serve immediately!.
Serves 4!.
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love spinach too!. The other night, I cooked it in the same pan that I had cooked chicken with thyme and black pepper!. After removing the chicken, I just added spinach and a little bit of water!. It came out tasting Great
_------------------------_------------!.!.!.
Simple!.!.!.delicious!. Flavoring the oil with a pinch of crushed red pepper along with the garlic is also nice!. Maybe a squeeze of lemon to finish, and!.!.!.
_--------------------_----------------!.!.!.
I love spinach like this--and it works for broccoli rabe as well--I usually chop and throw the stems in first, then add the greens after a few minutes!. One variation--cook spinach in a hot skillet--remove when wilted and pour over it: a few cloves of garlic mashed with a mortar and pestle with 1 tsp kosher salt, when a paste-like consistency add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 1 tablespoons of red-wine or balsamic vinegar!. In this version the garlic is not cooked, but mashed!. Yum!
_------------_--------------_---------!.!.!.
This is the best way to prepare spinach!. I always at a squirt of lemon juice though, and sometimes I like to cook it in the bacon grease if it's available
_-----------------_-------------------!.!.!.
Love spinach!. We have made spinach, broc!. rabe, swiss chard, etc!., like this forever!. Same premise!.!.!.!.!.!.!. sometimes, for a change, we add hot chili flakes as the garlic cooks in the oil!. Yummy!. We also put the veggies cooked this way over pasta and use a bit of pasta water for the right consistency!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. then grate cheese over and plenty of black pepper too!. Another yum!. If there is any italian sausage leftover, we cut bite-size pieces and place on top of the pasta dish too!. It depends on what our menus is that night!.
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I cook broccoli rabe this way, too!. I add a bit of parmesan cheese at the end!. Simple and delicious!.
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I love to cook spinach similar to your dad's way!. I add a few crushed red pepper sprinkles to the oil in the pan, and I add some fresh lemon juice at the end!. My method is from Cook's Illustrated!.
_------------------_------------------!.!.!.
Ahhh!.!.!.spinach!. I could live on it!. My mom was a canned-veggie woman and I grew up thinking I hated all vegetables except carrots and corn!. Imagine my surprise when I first had fresh asparagus and loved it!. Your dad's is my all-time favorite preparation for spinach!. I often use frozen, as well, but I just barely defrost it and then add it to my nearly-ready meal just to heat it through!. The other day I made a base of olive oil and anchovies until the anchovies disintegrated (I can't remember the proper name of the dish and I normally hate anchovies, but not cooked this way), added garlic and hot pepper, then the defrosted spinach and finally some cooked penne!. I had to leave the room just so I wouldn't eat the whole thing!
_------------------------_------------!.!.!.
My dad used to eat frozen supermarket spinach until I showed him how to wilt fresh leaves!. Now there's always spinach in the house!. But nutmeg and a pinch of brown sugar are the favoured ingredients!. You're right about drying the leaves of course!. If they are still wet you end up stewing the leaves and the result is very unpleasant!.
_-------------------_-----------------!.!.!.
I make spinach a lot in the summer with fresh spinach and other times use frozen!! hate canned!!! but instead of oil I use a bit of bacon(2-3 slices) and saute that with some onions and then add the spinach!! I rinse well but don't sin all the water off the little bit of water helps it wilt and then done easy and love it!
_-------------------------_-----------!.!.!.
Love this recipe!. Can't go wrong with the simplicity of this composition :) Wilting it like this retains a lot of the vitamins I hear are lost when boiling to canned consistency!. A good finisher is a squeeze of sliced lemon + a fine grind of pepper!. The crumbled bacon is something my mom would add for sure!.
_----------------------_--------------!.!.!.
I love, love, love spinach!. It compliments so many meals! I like to saute it with raisins/cranberries and pine nuts!.!.!.sweet and savory!. Yum!
_--------------------------------_----!.!.!.
I have a different take on this recipe, which I have made for several years!. I sauté several cloves of sliced garlic until light gold!. I then add 1 or 2 bags of clean, drained spinach to the pan!. I do not get rid of the water clinging to the leaves!. I cover the pan and steam the spinach until it starts to pack down!. I then remove the lid and let any moisture cook out, which takes only a few seconds!. At that point I add 2 to 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice and I salt and pepper to taste!. This is my take of a dish that Macaroni Grill restaurant used to make which they called spinach salad!. Now, unless their menu has changed, they make spinach without lemon juice!. I’m sure this was done as a cost-cutting measure!. The lemon juice adds great flavor to the spinach!.
_---------------------_---------------!.!.!.
Quick saute with garlic, coarse ground pepper, seasalt, and possibly a jalapeno or cayenne pepper is just a whole different food than anything I've had from a can!. Add lemon zest at end!. Eat spinach like most of the world eats it and your kids will never complain!.
------------_----------------------_--!.!.!.
Here in Midwest we have an ad from a store (Meijers) about how their spinach is just like name brands, showing a kid hating both indiscriminately!. That is about right for canned!.
Even bagged spinach tends to be fine!. also, we regularly use spinach from the local Chinese store because of price!. Fresh garlic, and sometimes instead of olive oil we use sesame oil or chile infused sesame oil!. Just a nice change of fWww@FoodAQ@Com
if you're not vegitarian, then a great one is a fillet of lemon sole ~ lay it flat, cover it with a few spinach leaves, season it, a touch of garlic puree, a large king prawn in the middle and roll up!. bake in tinfoil in the oven ~ yum
if you're veggie then use the spinach, thicker of course, on the outside, with feta cheese and herbs in the middle :)Www@FoodAQ@Com
if you're veggie then use the spinach, thicker of course, on the outside, with feta cheese and herbs in the middle :)Www@FoodAQ@Com
I love spinach as well!.!.!.lately one thing I've been doing is making spinach quesadillas!.
-Grill diced onions in butter
-Add in chopped spinach and let it get warm, remove mixture from pan
-In a new pan sprayed with Pam (or use butter), add a tortilla buttered side down and put a layer of mexican cheese (I use Fiesta cheese from Wal-Mart, but any cheese would do!)
-Then add layer of spinach and onion micxture
-One more layer of cheese
-Top with another tortilla, butter side up
Then just flip it back and forth until cooked to your liking on both sides!. Serve with sour cream!. Cheap, easy, and YUMMY!
I also LOVE Spinach artichoke dip!.!.!.but you can find that recipe everywhere!. :)Www@FoodAQ@Com
-Grill diced onions in butter
-Add in chopped spinach and let it get warm, remove mixture from pan
-In a new pan sprayed with Pam (or use butter), add a tortilla buttered side down and put a layer of mexican cheese (I use Fiesta cheese from Wal-Mart, but any cheese would do!)
-Then add layer of spinach and onion micxture
-One more layer of cheese
-Top with another tortilla, butter side up
Then just flip it back and forth until cooked to your liking on both sides!. Serve with sour cream!. Cheap, easy, and YUMMY!
I also LOVE Spinach artichoke dip!.!.!.but you can find that recipe everywhere!. :)Www@FoodAQ@Com
Sometimes simple is best!. I like to cook a couple slices of bacon about half way done and cut them into small pieces and cook them into the spinich!. It provides a great flavor and is very simple!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I saute mine in garlic and oil then add some roased pine nuts or make a white sauce with butter, flour and milk then add spinach for creamed!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Poach an Egg or 2 in the Spinach just before you serve it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com