How do you cook spinach?

[Marisa's Mom]

A long long time ago back when we were doing #2 jars, DD appeared to like Creamed Spinach. Since then, we gave her home cooked spinach once afterwards and she seemed ok with it. Then we hadn't done spinach in a while. Well, she did NOT like spinach the next two times we tried. It's just simply sauteed in a frypan with a little oil and maybe some salt. I guess she doesn't like it that way.

How do you cook your spinach?

[carmkaylasmom]

i would probably just steam it and serve plain?

[RachelC]

From Annabel Karmel:

Special Spinach and Potato Puree:
1 onion, chopped
2 tbsp margarine
4 cups spinach, wahsed, chopped and tough stalks removed
1 large or 2 small potatoes, peeled and diced
1/2 cup chicken broth

saute onion in margarine over a low heat 4-5 min until soft.  Add spinach and potato, pour in broth and simme slowly 35 min.  Puree


Spinach pasta sauce:
4 cups spinach, wahsed, chopped and tough stalks removed
2 tbsp margarine
1 tbsp flour
1 cup milk
2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
pinch of nutmeg
salt/pepper to taste

cook spinach in very little water for about 5 min then drain reserving 2 tbsp of cooking liquid.  Meanwhile, make a white sauce with the margarine, flour, milk (if you need this recipe, let me know).  Bring to a boil, then simmer 2-3 min.  add reserved spinach liquid together with parm and nutmeg.  finely chop spinach in a food procesor and stir this into the sauce.  season with salt and pepper.  serve over cooked pasta.

~Rachel

[Marisa's Mom]

Hiding spinach in pasta sauce is a great idea, I don't know why I didn't think of this when I put other veggies in pasta sauce.    I think maybe she is really sensitive to spinach like DH is with stuff like spinach, potato, pineapple, etc. which just does something to his tongue.