I cheat by adding it to smoothies. I eat a pound of spinach a week.
I steam it, then puree and mix into the sauce for mac and cheese, to trick myself into eating vegetables.
I like it in a tuna salad. I chop up a cup of baby spinach, along with half a carrot and the same amount of telegraph cucumber. Mix a 180g can of tuna in oil through it, add some salt and pepper and it’s a pretty good low carb lunch.
Raw in a salad. I find cooked spinach to be very unappealing, but raw is delicious.
Just keep in mind that uncooked it’s goitrogenic, which in enough quantity can disrupt your thyroid function, especially as you age.
Getting enough iodine in your diet can offset that.
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Got it, adding iodine to my smoothie.
I toss in greek yogurt(high in iodine) for that goodness and some citrus to get the iron from the spinach.
Ah, I didn’t know that about greek yogurt, which I eat a good amount of.
Seaweed is the iodine source I usually think of.
Ooh good to know. I make a lot of quinoa sushi rolls, too. (also with spinach)
Is that quinoa being substituted for rice? If so, that sounds pretty interesting, especially because I stay far away from rice, nowadays.
Yeah, and I just like the texture more. Sometimes I rice up parsnips with the quinoa for a pretty interesting texture/flavor. You can follow sushi rice recipes to prep it. I don’t cook the parsnips.
For filling I matchstick any combo of carrots, cucumbers, SPINACH, beets, peppers, whatever, and let 'em marinate in a tiny splish splash of tamari and sesame oil. Add avocado when rolling. Meat is optional but encouraged, if that’s your thing.
Sounds good; thanks for sharing!
Over here, I’ve been enjoying Vietnamese spring roll wrappers (not fried) to make my rolls, these days. I think maybe I’ll try quinoa as a base next time, in place of my beloved SCO (steel-cut oats).
I prefer spinach that I’ve sautéed with a bit of garlic and some olive oil.
Sautéed in garlic and olive oil is how I cook most things
Lemon juice too! But yes, this is one of the many great ways to eat spinach
Depends on the reason you are eating it. A baby spinach salad is the healthy way I like best it’s easy enough to eat a 1/2 to 1 pound at a time.
My favorite spinach dish is a Stouffer’s Spinach Soufflé. It’s the opposite of healthy. I used to cook it to a soft set and use it as a chip dip. It became my go to dip to replace artichoke dip
Raw on a sandwich or lightly fried in garlic butter. It’s also great raw with a bit of oil, salt, and pepper, if you’re feeling healthy.
By squeezing an entire can until its contents shoot up in the air, catching it with your mouth, and then flexing your uncanny overly defined biceps.
This really is the only answer. Spinach had been eaten like this for almost 100 years.
I add it to soups. Sometimes I just have it raw as the vegetable side of a meal
Wilted with onion and garlic, or as mentioned, many Saag curries. I’m partial to Saag Aloo
Sauteed, spinach soup, or as part of a noodle soup.
In some form of ravioli
My smoothie:
1 banana
1 handfull of fresh spinach
2 big spoons of greek yogurt
1 big spoon of cashew butter
Squirt of lime juice
Enough almond milk to blend
Ice
optional: protein powder and collagen
Add-ons: berries, matcha, mango, salt, flaxmeal, coconut milk, chia seeds
Saag paneer.
This is the best answer but adding spinach to pesto is also pretty good.
This is really the right answer. Saag and Palak are the way forward, mix in mustard greens or collards too.
I also wilt it in a wok with garlic and use it as the core component of dumpling or bun filling, combined with tofu, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, onions or whatever else you want.
Saag aloo also amazing for the potato fans. Never been a big paneer fan myself.
Squeeze the can in your hand til the top pops off, and just gulp the spinach as it shoots out of the can. Every kid who watched Popeye cartoons has seen this.
Bake it into pies and pastries, form it into patties and fry it, add it to omelettes and pastas, turn it into a dip or creamy sauce…so many good uses for spinach. I add it to protein smoothies too.
Cauliflower cake with spinach added is awesome.
