#frozen spinach

We all know spinach is good for us, and if you enjoy the taste (or even if you don't) there are a bunch of ways to sneak it into your meals with little to no effort. Benefits of Frozen Spinach: -High in vitamins A, C, and K -High in folic acid, iron, and calcium -Low in calories -Frozen spinach retains almost all of its nutritional value, while fresh spinach loses some vitamins and folate over time after it's picked -No worries about using it all before it goes bad -So much cheaper than fresh (It costs me $1.39/10oz at Target) -Typically comes frozen into preportioned cubes

Chef’s Notes: They look very pretty. Smells lemony, but doesn’t taste it. Tastes like creamed baked spinach, but comes together with the crispy shell

Ingredients

1 Tbsp vegetable oil

1/3 cup onion, finely chopped

Kosher salt

2 garlic clove, minced

4 oz cream cheese, softened

1 + 1 eggs

1 package (10 oz) frozen spinach, thawed and squeezed as dry as possible

3/4 cup crumbled feta

2 Tbsp fresh dill, chopped

2 tsp lemon zest

Cooking spray

All-purpose flour, for rolling puff pastry 

1 sheet from 1 (17.3-oz) package puff pastry, thawed in the refrigerator

Instructions

1. In a medium skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions and season with salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds more. Remove from heat.

2. In a large bowl, stir together cream cheese and 1 egg. Stir in garlic-onion mixture, spinach, feta, dill, and lemon zest and season with salt and pepper.

3. Grease 9 cups of a regular-sized muffin tin with cooking spray.

If doing mini, it’s a double batch

4. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the puff pastry sheet to a 12-inch square. Cut into 9 smaller squares, each about 4-inch wide.

5. Ease each puff pastry square into a greased muffin cup, letting the corners hang over the sides.

6. Add about 2½ tablespoons of filling to the center of each.

7. Fold in pastry corners to meet in the center over the filling and pinch together. Refrigerate for 30 minutes (or freeze for 15 minutes).

8. Meanwhile, adjust an oven rack to center position and preheat the oven to 400°F.

9. Beat remaining egg in a small bowl with 1 teaspoon water. Brush on top of the chilled pastry.

Spinach Puff with Cream Cheese

Rebecca’s Quiche

Servings: 6 Prep: 10 min Cook: 50 min Total: 1 hour

STUFF 4 eggs 8 oz cheddar cheese 8 oz greek yogurt (or sour cream) 8 oz mushrooms 12 oz spinach, preferably fresh but can use frozen 3.5 oz bag of crispy onions

STEPS Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease 9″ casserole pan. If using frozen spinach, drain and squeeze out all the water.

Beat the eggs well.

Combine cheese, yogurt, mushrooms and spinach with beaten eggs.

Add half of the onions and combine with mixture.

Pour mixture into greased pan. Top with rest of crispy onions.

Knorr Spinach Dip with Bread Bowl

Chef’s Note: Fuck me. That actually is pretty close to Boston Market’s creamed spinach. Maybe I made the onion pieces to big, so it has a bit more texture than I’d imagined, but this is by far the best spinach I’ve had in a while.

It doesn't feel stringy. I keep being pleasantly surprised at how good it tastes given how it looks. Definitely a good choice to cook it separately and have it pre-chopped.

Makes: ~1 qt

Ingredients

20 oz frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained

1/4 cup water

2 tbsp + 3 tbsp unsalted butter

1 small or 1/2 medium yellow onion, finely chopped (~1 cup)

3 garlic clove, minced

1/4 cup all purpose flour

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup heavy cream (can sub milk & heavy cream for 1 cup half-and-half)

4 oz cream cheese

1/4 tsp salt

pinch ground cayenne pepper

1/4 cup freshly shredded Parmesan

Instructions

0. Mince garlic

1. In a 2-qt pan, add the spinach and 1/4 cup water. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 8 to 14 minutes. Make sauce while this cooks

2. In a large skillet, melt 2 tbsp butter. Add onion and cook until soft, 5 to 7 minutes

3. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute

4. Melt an additional 3 tbsp butter. Stir in flour until combined

5. Add in milk, heavy cream, cream cheese. Simmer, constantly stirring, until cream cheese is melted and mixture is smooth. Season with salt and cayenne

6. Drain spinach.

Frozen vegetables from Costco!

Fresh , delicious! Much better better than FROZEN Brocoli!