Spinach simple cooking recipes. What can be cooked from spinach, its benefits and harms

In our country, the well-deserved love of housewives is enjoyed by such greens as sorrel. It contains many vitamins and useful acids, so any dish with sorrel has a great effect on health and strengthens the immune system. But, in the West, there is another green that is just as healthy and tasty, which is used there instead of sorrel - this is spinach. Spinach is much more neutral in taste, it is not as sour as sorrel, but you can cook exactly the same dishes with it, and even more.

We consider recipes for cooking dishes from fresh spinach in this section of our useful culinary portal. How often you can still hear from modern men that they are not goats and will not eat grass. How erroneous this opinion is, because green grass, spinach and other greens should be the basis of the diet of a modern person. If, he only wants to be healthy and young. Doctors are sounding the alarm - heart attacks today occur even in 40-year-old people, diabetes and other diseases are also getting younger. In order not to start your health, today you need to start eating right.

In drawing up the right menu, knowledge of what to cook from fresh spinach will play an important role. Because, it is not always possible to just wash the greens, put them in the center of the table, give a lecture to your family about how spinach is useful and enjoy the spectacle that they began to actively absorb the grass. But, it is in the power of the hostess to choose certain dishes based on this ingredient and often cook these dishes, thereby not only pampering the family with something tasty, but also healing each family member.

This herb can be used to make pies and pies, soups. Fresh spinach salad recipes are especially delicious. Out of habit, it may seem that spinach has a completely incomprehensible and neutral taste. But here it all depends on the specific recipe and how the hostess will be able to translate everything into reality. In particular, for example, in a salad, spinach perfectly takes on the tastes of other vegetables and the dish becomes rich. Be sure to experiment with salad dressings.

Nutritionists say that you need to eat up to a kilogram of fresh vegetables and herbs per day. It emphasizes that the most useful products in this category are those that have a green color. These are cabbage, cucumbers, any greens, including spinach. With recipes from this section of the site, you will no longer have questions about what to cook with spinach.

20.02.2018

Lenten salad with beans and mushrooms

Ingredients: beans, mushroom, onion, spinach, salt, pepper, oil, lemon juice

Lenten menu can be very tasty and satisfying. This is what the salad recipe with beans and mushrooms proves to us. Be sure to cook it - you will definitely like it. And we will help you with the recipe.

Ingredients:
- 5-6 tablespoons white beans;
- 150 gr of oyster mushrooms;
- 20 gr fresh spinach;
- salt to taste;
- pere to taste;
- 3-4 tbsp. vegetable oil;
- lemon juice.

03.11.2017

Chicken cutlets stuffed with egg, onion and spinach

Ingredients: breadcrumbs, vegetable oil, minced chicken, spinach, eggs, green onion

We offer you a recipe for juicy, very tasty cutlets from minced chicken. And to interest you even more, we decided to cook them with stuffing. By the way, cooking such cutlets / zrazy is not at all difficult.

For the dish you will need:
- ground meat;
- breadcrumbs;
- spinach;
- eggs;
- vegetable oil;
- green onions.

31.03.2017

Pie with spinach, egg and cottage cheese

Ingredients: butter, flour, spinach, chicken egg, cottage cheese, sour cream, baking powder, salt

Undoubtedly, this is one of the most delicious pies, which will only benefit the body. And all because the filling is prepared from fresh spinach. In general, the pie recipe is simple - the dough is kneaded on baking powder. For the filling, in addition to spinach, cottage cheese and eggs are used.

Products for the recipe:

- 6 eggs,
- 200 g butter,
- 400 g flour,
- bunch of spinach
- 300 g of cottage cheese,
- 200 g sour cream,
- salt - to taste,
- ½ teaspoon of baking powder.

14.05.2016

Okroshka on kefir with radish and spinach

Ingredients: dill, spinach, potatoes, eggs, water, kefir, salt, cucumber, radish

In summer, okroshka is the favorite dish of most of the country's population. Only refrigeration or gazpacho can compete with her, and even then, for sure, they will lose. We offer you a new version of okroshka cooked on kefir with spinach and radish.

For the recipe you will need:
- 1 liter of kefir 1-2.5%;
- two cucumbers;
- a bunch of radishes;
- a bunch of green onions;
- prefabricated bunch of greens;
- 1 handful of spinach leaves;
- salt - to taste;
- boiled potatoes - 4-5 tubers;
- boiled eggs - 2 pcs;
- drinking or mineral water - 1 glass.

01.04.2016

Vegetarian cutlets with rice and spinach

Ingredients: spinach, rice, curry leaves, cereals, onion, lemon, vegetable oil, salt

If you don’t know what dish to please yourself and loved ones in fasting, then we recommend that you pay attention to our new recipe thanks to which you can easily and quickly cook hearty rice and spinach cutlets.

For the recipe you will need:
- 150 g of spinach;
- 250 g of boiled rice;
- 4 g curry sheets;
- 60 g of oatmeal;
- a large head of onion;
- half a lemon;
- vegetable oil;
- salt - to taste.

17.04.2015

Egg with spinach in a bun

Ingredients: egg, round bran bun, spinach, onion, butter, hard cheese, salt

I suggest you feed us useful and delicious breakfast your entire family or yourself. Breakfast is the key to a successful day. Tasty and healthy bran bread, homemade egg and spinach are great foods to start the day.
- 1 egg;
- hard cheese;
- round bun with bran 1 piece;
- chopped onion - 1 tbsp;
- spinach - 1 handful;
- 3 tablespoons butter;
- salt.

03.04.2015

Pizzoccheri with potatoes, spinach and savoy cabbage

Ingredients: pizza, potatoes, savoy cabbage, spinach, cheese, parmesan, garlic, butter, salt

We suggest diversifying your daily menu a little and introducing this wonderful recipe into it. We will cook pizzoccheri - a popular pasta in Italy made from buckwheat flour, with potatoes, spinach and savoy cabbage.

Ingredients:
- pizza - 400 g,
- bitto cheese - 200 g,
- potatoes - 200 g,
- Savoy cabbage - 100 g,
- spinach - 50 g,
- garlic - 1-2 cloves,
- butter - 50 g,
- parmesan - 20 g,
- salt.

16.02.2015

Fusilli pasta with spinach and mozzarella

Ingredients: fusilli pasta, spinach, mozzarella cheese, chili pepper, garlic, vegetable oil, salt

A quick and delicious dinner can be prepared if you use our recipe. We suggest you boil any short pasta, in our case, fusilli, season them with spinach and bake with mozzarella cheese. Delicious!

For the recipe you will need:
- 200 g fusilli;
- 250 g of spinach;
- a large ball of mozzarella;
- a pod of chili pepper;
- two cloves of garlic;
- olive oil;
- salt - a pinch.

06.08.2014

Salad with spinach, tomatoes and mackerel

Ingredients: spinach, tomatoes, canned mackerel, onion, lemon, vegetable oil, salt

Spinach salads are always healthy, nutritious and tasty. In addition, these dishes are very easy to prepare. We offer you a sample salad of spinach, tomatoes and canned mackerel. If you are watching your figure, salads are exactly what you need.

For the dish you will need:
- fresh spinach - a large handful,
- fresh tomatoes - 4-5 pcs.,
- one or two bulbs,
- mackerel in oil - 1 can,
- lemon juice - 5 g,
- vegetable oil - 10-15 g,
- salt - to taste.

12.06.2014

Lavash with egg and spinach

Ingredients: thin Caucasian lavash, boiled meat, eggs, cheese, butter, sour cream, spinach, dill, salt, black pepper

Imagine that evening has come, and several friends have come to visit you. And you don’t have anything ready for guests in the refrigerator. We urgently need to come up with something. This recipe for pita bread with egg and spinach will come to the rescue. It is prepared easily and quickly, and your guests will not soon forget its taste, and you yourself will not remain indifferent.

Ingredients:

- dill - 1 bunch;
- sour cream - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- chicken eggs - 2 pcs.;
- ground black pepper - to taste;
- thin Caucasian lavash - 1 pc.;
- salt - to taste;
- boiled meat - 100 gr.;
- hard cheese - 70 gr.;
- butter - 50 gr.;
- spinach - 1 bunch.

03.06.2014

Yeast dough buns with spinach

Ingredients: water, fresh yeast, salt, sugar, flour, dough, vegetable oil, fresh spinach

It is probably easier to name those useful substances that are simply not in spinach, than vice versa. It is not for nothing that spinach is called a vegetable with royal roots. Its distinctive feature is that during heat treatment, most of the useful substances contained in it are preserved. Include a spinach dish in your weekly diet - and you will instantly normalize your carbohydrate metabolism, restore your former efficiency and calmness. Let's start with the buns.

Ingredients:
for steam:
- 300 ml. water;
- 1 tsp dried dill;
- 10 gr. fresh yeast;
- 1.5 tsp salt;
- 1 tbsp Sahara;
- 200 gr. flour;
for the test:
- dough;
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oils;
- 1 bunch of fresh spinach;
- 400 gr. flour.

31.05.2014

Egg soup with spinach in chicken broth

Ingredients: eggs, chicken bouillon, spinach, salt, black ground pepper, onion

We offer to please your family with a beautiful, light and unusual soup, the main character of which is eggs. For many years, there were fierce disputes around eggs, someone foaming at the mouth proved their usefulness and high vitamin content, someone paid attention to the cholesterol content. But in recent years, the eggs have been completely and completely rehabilitated. As it turned out, the cholesterol contained in them is not harmful, and regular consumption of eggs in food is an excellent prevention of not only heart disease, but also cancer!

Ingredients for 2-3 servings:
- 2 eggs;
- 1 handful of spinach;
- 1 l. broth;
- a pinch of salt and ground pepper;
- 1 onion.

18.05.2014

Pizza with spinach in a slow cooker

Ingredients: wheat flour, mushrooms, cheese, ketchup, sour cream, dill, spinach, egg, vegetable oil, salt, black pepper

Surprisingly, the fact is that pizza can be low-calorie and healthy. If the filling for it is made from vitamin and low-calorie ingredients. Such as spinach and greens, for example. Mushrooms and cheese will add attractiveness to the dish.

Ingredients:
- wheat flour - 1 cup;
- champignons - 100 gr.;
- cheese - 50 gr.;
- ketchup - 2 tablespoons;
- sour cream - 3 tablespoons;
- dill - 1 bunch;
- spinach - 1 bunch;
- egg - 1 pc.;
- vegetable oil - 1/3 cup;
- salt - a pinch;
- ground black pepper.

17.05.2014

Spaghetti with spinach, zucchini and garlic

Ingredients: spaghetti, spinach, zucchini, garlic, olive oil, capers, salt

Many housewives refuse to deal with spinach and zucchini just because they have a fairly neutral taste. And they act very recklessly and short-sightedly. Indeed, if you supplement, say, zucchini with stronger and brighter-tasting products (garlic, for example), the former will absorb the spiciness of the latter and reveal its gastronomic properties to the fullest. We offer to cook an original and tasty dish - spaghetti with spinach, garlic and zucchini.

Ingredients:
- spaghetti - 2 portions,
- zucchini - 1 pc.,
- spinach - 2 handfuls,
- olive oil - 4 tablespoons,
- garlic - 2 cloves,
- capers - 2-3 pcs.,
- salt - a pinch.

22.04.2014

Open pie with spinach, cheese and ham

Ingredients: puff pastry, spinach, ricotta, ham, cheese, salt, pepper

As you know, pies can be dessert or snack. Today we have a recipe for a snack spinach pie with Parma ham and ricotta cheese. Juicy, tasty and bright, you and your loved ones will definitely like it. Prepare it for sure!
For the dish you will need:
- puff pastry;
- spinach leaves;
- ricotta - 400 g;
- ham - 2 slices;
- grated hard cheese- 2 tbsp. spoons;
- salt - to taste;
- black pepper - to taste.

Spinach is a plant that is the vitamin king among vegetables. In a season when the body is especially lacking in vitamins, this product is simply not replaceable. Spinach contains vitamins: C, E, B, A, PP. And a large number of useful minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, zinc, iron, iodine and many others.

Such a variety of nutrients saturates the body with vitamins and energy. The use of spinach helps to strengthen the immune system, normalizes metabolic processes, cleanses the body of toxins and toxins, increases hemoglobin, and has a positive effect on blood vessels.

The benefits of spinach are known all over the world, and therefore they are widely used in cooking. The number and variety of recipes for fresh spinach dishes is huge. It can be added to salads, appetizers, soups, all kinds of casseroles, pies and meat dishes.

It is also useful to eat spinach simply fresh or make chic fortified smoothies out of it.

Salad with spinach and sorrel

Ingredients	Quantity
Fresh spinach -	1 bunch (small)
Sorrel -	half a small bundle
parsley leaves -	1 bunch
Onions (greens) -	1 bunch
Chicken eggs -	2 pcs.
Olives -	7-10 pcs.
Any vegetable oil	2.5 st. spoons
apple cider vinegar -	half a tablespoon
Salt -	optional
Cooking time: 25 minutes	Calories per 100 grams: 50 kcal

Cooking:

1. Pre-boil and cool the eggs;
2. Rinse all greens well and dry a little;
3. Then finely chop the greens, mix and season with oil and vinegar, add salt if desired;
4. Top with sliced ​​eggs and olives. Salad ready.

Cottage cheese and spinach snack

• Fresh spinach - 200 g;
• Dill greens - 1 small bunch;
• Fat cottage cheese (preferably homemade) - 200-250 g;
• Yogurt (not sweet) - 50 g. Instead of yogurt, you can use kefir or sourdough;
• Garlic - 2 cloves;
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking:

1. 1. Wash spinach and dill thoroughly and pat dry. Then kill with a blender;

1. 1. Mash the cottage cheese well, add the green mixture, garlic squeezed through the press, yogurt and salt;

1. 1. Then blend all the ingredients in a blender. The snack is ready.

This dish can be eaten on its own, or you can make sandwiches. To do this, you need to spread bread with snack paste, put a piece of ham, red fish or just a piece of cucumber on top. Such a useful and simple masterpiece will delight your guests and become a favorite among your household.

Italian spaghetti with mushroom and spinach sauce

Required Ingredients:

• Spaghetti or pasta - 300 g;
• Fresh spinach - 400 g;
• Hard cheese - 120 g;
• Cream 20% - 150 ml;
• Mushrooms (champignons or oyster mushrooms) - 350 g;
• Onion - 1 pc. (medium);
• Butter - 40-50 g;
• Spices - add to taste.

Cooking:

1. Wash mushrooms, cut and send to a frying pan with preheated butter;
2. Peel the onion, thinly cut into half rings and place on the mushrooms;
3. When the mushrooms and onions are browned, add the washed and finely chopped spinach to the pan. Steam spinach for 3-4 minutes until it changes color and becomes soft;
4. Next, pour the cream into the pan and mix all the ingredients;
5. Add spices;
6. Then cut the cheese into small pieces, send to the resulting mixture, cover with a lid, remove from heat and leave for 5-7 minutes to infuse the sauce;
7. Spread the finished sauce on top of the boiled spaghetti. Before serving, decorate the dish with your favorite herbs.

This Italian dish will delight you and your loved ones with its spicy taste. And it only takes 25 minutes to prepare.

Snack roll of lavash, spinach and red fish

Cooking Ingredients:

• Pita;
• Spinach - 1 bunch;
• Red fish (salmon, pink salmon, tuna) - 350g;
• Beans (canned) - 1 can (400 g);
• Lemon juice - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• Bulb onion (blue) - 1 pc;
• Bulgarian pepper (yellow or red) - 2 pcs;
• Medium carrot - 1 pc;
• Hard cheese - 150-170 g;
• Olive oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• Salt - optional;
• Lettuce leaves - 4-5 pcs.

Cooking:

1. Mash the beans with a fork or beat with a blender, with the addition of lemon juice and oil. Salt;
2. Chop the onion as small as possible;
3. Bulgarian pepper cut into thin strips;
4. Grate carrots and hard cheese on a medium grater;
5. Cut the fish into thin oblong slices;
6. Wash and dry spinach;
7. Put all the ingredients on pita bread in thin layers in the following sequence: beans, spinach leaves, fish, onions, bell pepper, carrots and cheese;
8. Then roll the pita bread into a neat roll and let it soak for 20-25 minutes. Next, cut the pita bread into small rolls and place on a plate garnished with lettuce.

The dish looks very elegant and elegant. Such a snack will decorate any holiday, and is also ideal for a picnic.

Delicate chicken liver and spinach salad

• Chicken or turkey liver - 300 g;
• Chicken eggs - 3 pcs;
• Tomatoes (preferably cherry) - 4-5 pcs;
• Fresh spinach - 1 small bunch;
• Lettuce leaves - 4-5 pieces;
• Soy sauce (classic, mushroom) - 3 tbsp. spoons;
• Garlic - 3 small cloves;
• Onion - 1 pc. (small);
• Any vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. spoons;
• Butter - 40 g;
• Balsamic cream - to taste.

Cooking:

1. Wash spinach and lettuce leaves and dry slightly;
2. Prepare the liver: wash and cut into small portions;
3. Finely chop the onion, chop the garlic;
4. Place olive oil and butter in a frying pan and heat. Put the garlic and onion, simmer over low heat for 3 minutes and remove them from the pan. Then add to spicy oil liver, soy sauce and cook for 7-8 minutes;
5. Prepare poached eggs. To do this, you need to take a saucepan, pour about 0.5 liters of water into it, put on fire until it boils. Crack the fresh egg into the bowl carefully so as not to touch the yolk. As soon as the water boils, add half a teaspoon of ordinary vinegar to it and make the fire quieter. Next, with a spoon or spatula, scroll the water in the saucepan so that a semblance of a funnel forms, and pour in the egg. After 4 minutes, the poached egg can be removed from boiling water;
6. Tear lettuce and spinach into large pieces and arrange on a large plate. Lay the cooked liver on top of the greens, pouring over it with the gravy in which it was cooked;
7. Put poached eggs and cherry tomatoes on the liver;
8. For a final finish, add balsamic cream to taste.

This nutritious and healthy warm salad diversifies your diet and will decorate any holiday table.

Delicious and healthy spinach smoothie

Ingredients:

• Spinach - a small bunch;
• Juice of one orange;
• Ripe banana - 1 pc;
• Pear - 1 pc;
• Mint - 2-3 leaves for decoration.

Cooking:

1. Blend spinach and orange juice well in a blender until smooth;
2. Then add chopped pear and banana. Again, kill everything with a blender;
3. Garnish with mint leaves when serving.

It should be said that spinach does not lose its properties during heat treatment and freezing. Therefore, it is equally useful in any form. Bon appetit!

- a very popular vegetable in Europe, which relatively recently won the sympathy of the Russians. Its green leaves have a unique vitamin composition with colossal beneficial properties. Due to this, spinach has become an indispensable product, which, in addition, has a delicate and delicate taste.

Spinach dishes are considered a real "storehouse of vitamins", as the vegetable retains its beneficial features even when heat treated.

Spinach Dishes: Recipes with Photos

In cooking, spinach is used in different cuisines of the world, so recipes from it are full of a huge variety, from salads to pastries. Moreover, this vegetable is universal in use and in the finished dish is not particularly expressed either in taste or in calories, getting along well with odorous cheeses and spices.

Spinach puree is an American classic

Ingredients:

• Cream - 180ml
• Butter - 2 tbsp.
• Flour - 1 tbsp.
• Spinach - 300g
• Hard cheese (like Parmesan or Romano) - 100g
• Nutmeg, salt, pepper, paprika

Cooking: melt the butter in a saucepan, fry the flour in it and pour the cream with the addition of nutmeg - boil the sauce until the sour cream is thick. Add chopped spinach and finely grated cheese to the creamy milk mass, heat everything well on fire for no longer than 2 minutes (do not simmer), season with salt and pepper to taste.

"Airy" omelet with spinach

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs
• 300 g spinach
• 30 g flour
• 4 tbsp milk
• 2 tbsp butter
• Salt, pepper, fresh herbs

Cooking: Beat eggs with milk and flour, salt and pepper. Chop the spinach and lightly sauté butter until soft. Bake the omelet until half cooked, put a layer of spinach on it, fold in half and steam for a few minutes under the lid.

Mushroom julienne with spinach

Ingredients:

• White mushrooms - 100g
• Spinach - 500g
• Sour cream - 300g
• Hard cheese - 50g
• Garlic, salt, pepper - to taste

Cooking: cut the mushrooms and fry in oil, add chopped spinach and a clove of garlic to them. Pour the vegetables with sour cream and simmer for 3-5 minutes over low heat. After that, lay out in cocotte makers, sprinkle generously with grated cheese and put in the oven for 5-7 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees.

Fluffy pancakes with spinach

Ingredients:

• Spinach - 200g
• Flour - 200g
• Kefir - 1 cup
• Egg - 2 pcs.
• Soda - 0.5 tsp

Cooking: combine kefir with an egg and half the flour, add soda slaked with vinegar and the remaining flour - the dough should be thick enough to make the pancakes fluffy. At the end, add the chopped spinach and fry the pancakes in a well-heated pan for a few minutes on both sides.

Energy smoothie with spinach

Ingredients:

• Yogurt - ½ tbsp.
• Orange juice - ½ tbsp.
• Oatmeal - ¼ tbsp.
• Banana - 1 pc.
• Spinach - 2 tbsp.
• Blueberries - 1 tbsp.

Cooking: Soak oatmeal in yogurt for 10-15 minutes. Chop the spinach. Combine all prepared ingredients in one bowl and beat with a blender. Pour into glasses and garnish with mint.

Spinach in cooking is considered the most unpretentious vegetable that is difficult to spoil. However, it has individual characteristics, which are best familiarized with even before the start of the cooking process.

1. If a hot dish is prepared from fresh spinach, then first the green leaves must be carefully sorted out, washed, chopped and brought to softness - for this it is enough to simmer it in a saucepan with oil for a few minutes.
2. If you are not sure about the “age” of spinach, then it should be soaked in a small amount of milk or cream - this will neutralize the oxalic acid that is produced in old leaves.
3. Spinach dishes are "short-lived" - their maximum shelf life is no more than 48 hours (after that they become poisonous to the body).
4. Fresh leaves are also not stored for a long time - it is better to freeze a large crop in portions, which will keep the entire vitamin cocktail in the leaves.
5. Do not overcook spinach - this vegetable should be added to any dish only at the end of cooking, subjecting to heat treatment for no longer than 3-5 minutes.

What to cook for a side dish

how to cook fresh spinach for a side dish

15 minutes

85 kcal

4.8 /5 (5 )

For many, healthy food means tasteless food. Especially when it comes to vegetables and herbs like broccoli or spinach. But today I will try to prove to you that spinach can be as tasty as it is healthy.

Spinach garnish has many recipes, and very simple and quick ones, as spinach cannot be cooked for a long time, or it will lose all its benefits. And it contains a huge amount of it: fatty acids, fiber, calcium, sodium, iron, vitamins A, E, C, B, and this is not the whole list. And all this contributes to the health of your teeth, skin, joints, prevents anemia and promotes bowel activity.

Everyone can find benefit in it for themselves. And if you learn how to cook it correctly, then it’s also a pleasure and an amazing taste. Therefore, I offer you several recipes for side dishes.

Braised spinach with cream

Kitchen utensils and appliances: knife, board, spatula, frying pan.

Ingredients

How to choose the right ingredients

• The leaves must be rich green color. If not, then they are no longer fresh.
• Crush the leaf a little in your hand, and if it crackles the spinach is fresh.
• If you take frozen spinach, then avoid one that has a lot of ice on it.

spinach recipe video

Watch the video to see all the details again and prepare a delicious side dish right the first time. The video is very short, but understandable.

Spinach with leeks and cream sauce It will perfectly complement boiled potatoes or rice, and will also be an excellent filling for strudel or pancakes.

Spinach Braised in Cream with Leek || iCOOKGOOD on FOOD TV || side dishes

Ingredients:
Spinach 300 g
Cream 30% 40 g
Leek 40 g
Garlic 4 g
Butter 15 g
Olive oil 30 ml
Pepper to taste
Salt to taste

Cooking:
Saute chopped leeks and garlic until tender. Add spinach. Season with salt and pepper.

When spinach reduces in volume, add cream. Slightly boil and serve.

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Spinach with egg

• Cooking time: 20 minutes.
• Servings: 1-2.
• Kitchen utensils and appliances: pan, board, knife, spoon.

Ingredients

Cooking sequence

Spinach with garlic

• Cooking time: 10 minutes.
• Servings: 1.
• Kitchen utensils and appliances: frying pan, board, knife, spoon.

Ingredients

Cooking sequence

What to serve with spinach

Spinach is a magical option for any second course. It can be served with boiled or oven-baked meat or fish. You can cook cutlets, chops or meat rolls. You can just add small pieces of meat, fresh vegetables and sprinkle the spinach with cheese. Perfectly combined different varieties cheese and ham garnished with spinach. You can also serve a glass of white wine with your main course.

• Do not boil or stew spinach for a long time, as it will lose its beneficial properties and even become harmful.
• So that the eggs do not burst during cooking, they must be placed in cold salted water.
• To quickly peel the garlic, first press it down with the flat side of a knife, then the husk can be easily removed.

Other options

As you already understood, a side dish can be not only healthy, but also tasty. If you are not convinced enough of this, then try to do. Or make it amazingly tasty and healthy. If you are an adherent of a more standard cuisine, then take a look, because this cereal also has a lot of useful trace elements. And if buckwheat is already a little boring, then you can get a hearty dinner for the whole family. Therefore, if you can’t figure out what to cook for dinner, then you just didn’t look well, because the options are delicious and healthy food so many.

Do you already love spinach? How do you prepare it? What are you serving with? Tell us about your interesting options in the comments.

If you have never tried spinach, then you did not live in America at the beginning of the 20th century. At that time, the States, and after them other Western countries, were swept by an epidemic of love for this broad-leaved vegetable on the basis of rumors about the colossal content of iron in it. They say that the reason for the latter was a banal mistake of a researcher who missed the decimal point in the number. In the meantime, the delusion was dispelled (and this took decades), millions of children managed to "relish" to eat useful product, which caring parents packed their treasures by the pound.

However, let's not rush with sympathy for the unfortunate children. The benefits of spinach are still the subject of research and discussion, but its taste remains unchanged and loved by many, and the cuisines of different nations are replete with recipes for wonderful dishes using it. And the question “what to cook from spinach” remains relevant for many housewives.

Don't chew old spinach leaves - give them to your hamster...

They eat raw spinach, but only young leaves, up to 5 cm in size, while the old leaves are rough - they are boiled, steamed, stewed and fried.

Wash fresh herbs very thoroughly before use in running water and try to store in the refrigerator for no more than a week.

And if you occasionally come across spinach bought on occasion, and you regretfully realize that it will end up in the trash can, it’s better to freeze it - the leaves are perfectly stored in the freezer. But even better - try to cook one of the delicious dishes from spinach, the recipes of which we have collected for you in this review.

Raw foodist cuisine: salad of spinach leaves, raspberries, nuts, currants, pears

American classic - spinach puree with cream

As we have said, Americans have long and consistently tried to improve their bodies by eating spinach in large doses, so they ate a dog with it (that is, on it), and the word “classic” can be added to their recipes without hesitation.

If you make this spinach dish at home, you can look like an expert in American cuisine in restaurants like steak hous, as it is one of the most common side dishes for steaks.

So, find the following products in the refrigerator:

• butter - 2 tbsp
• flour - 1 tbsp
• moderately fat cream (you can milk) - 180 ml
• salt, black pepper, paprika - a little bit
• parmesan, romano or similar hard Italian cheese - half a cup, grated (yes, yes - the puree will turn out “golden”; if you want an economy option, try to take another cheese, but be sure to be hard or, in principle, you can do without it at all)
• nutmeg - a quarter teaspoon
• and finally spinach - two tightly packed glasses

We start cooking mashed potatoes with spinach. If you took it out of the freezer, defrost and squeeze out the water. If the greens are fresh, steam a little or simmer in a hot pan to make them soft.

Now we put a small saucepan on a small fire, melt the butter in it, stir the flour in the butter and let it boil for a minute. Here we spread the cream, nutmeg and boil for another two minutes. The sauce should thicken.

Add spinach, hold for a couple of minutes (we don’t stew anymore, but just wait for the leaves to warm up well too), salt, pepper, season with cheese and stir everything very well. We take out the finished puree from the saucepan.

Spinach with cream is a versatile side dish for meat and fish dishes, which you can serve with steak or chicken, as well as with meatloaf or baked pike perch.

Spinach croquettes

Spinach soup with egg and yogurt

This soup is from the category of delicious and quick dishes that can be prepared for breakfast, in the interval between ironing your husband's shirt and makeup. True, provided that you have ready-made meat broth.

Ingredients:

• spinach - 450 g (fresh or frozen)
• meat broth - 750 g
• butter - one and a half tablespoons
• flour - 2 tbsp. (without slide)
• nutmeg - a quarter tsp
• Greek yogurt (special filtered yogurt without whey)
• egg - 1 pc.
• lemon juice - from the fourth part of the fruit

How to make delicious spinach soup

Fresh spinach does not need to be pre-cooked, we strain the water from thawed spinach. Bring the broth to a boil and simmer the spinach for 10 minutes. At the same time, the pan should be closed, and the fire should be set at such a level that the broth boils slightly. After that, we strain the spinach and leave it in a separate bowl, and heat the oil in a saucepan, add the flour and cook it for a minute, stirring constantly. Now we return the broth here, boil everything over low heat under the lid for five minutes, add spinach, nuts, salt and pepper.

Our soup is almost ready. It remains to add yogurt and lemon juice, bring it almost to a boil again and remove from heat, mixing well. Already in the plates we decorate the soup with slices of boiled eggs and paprika.

spinach dip sauce

Spinach and apple smoothie

Undoubtedly, fruit-berry-vegetable mixtures made from fresh fruits are useful. Undoubtedly, tender, whipped in a blender, the pulp with ice tastes good. But is this the main advantage of the trendy drink of our time? Listen closely and you'll realize that 50% of the smoothie's popularity comes from its name. This is not some banal puree or battered cocktail for you - this is something gentle, mysterious, alluring ...

There are several ingredients in this smoothie, but spinach is the centerpiece, and its flavor is strong. Do not serve spinach smoothie to those who have a cool relationship with spinach - only lovers can fully appreciate this drink.

Ingredients:

• spinach - 2/3 cup packed fresh or frozen greens
• medium sweet and sour apple - 1 pc.
• peach - 1 pc.
• thick fat-free yogurt without flavorings - 2 tablespoons with a slide
• orange juice - half a glass
• ice cubes - half a glass (if the spinach is fresh)

How to make a spinach and fruit smoothie

We clean the apple and peach from the peel, stones and coarse core, cut into slices. Put fruit, spinach, juice, yogurt and ice in a blender and blend. Frozen spinach does not need to be thawed, in which case we do not use ice. Beat until the consistency of the drink resembles an air puree (just remember, this is not puree, this is a smoothie!). If it gets too thick, add some more orange juice.

To be honest, the herbal shade with grains of bright greenery does not excite everyone's appetite, so treat the serving with great attention - take a beautiful glass and do not fill it to the brim, then the accents will shift from the color of the smoothie to the glass. The drink can be decorated with a rosette of young spinach leaves, and the edge of the glass with a very thin circle of orange.

Spinach with chickpeas and sun-dried tomatoes

Spinach and pickled radish salad

Of course, one cannot ignore salads, in which green, juicy young leaves ask for themselves. This interesting salad lovers of marinades will like it, and it includes very simple and ordinary products.

Ingredients:

• fresh spinach - 2 handfuls
• eggs - 2 pcs.
• radish - 10 pcs. (medium)
• sugar - 50 g
• olive oil - 2 tbsp
• salt - to taste (about a teaspoon)
• red wine vinegar - 75 ml

First, we wash the salad well, shake off the water from it and leave to dry, and at this time we pickle the radish. For the marinade, mix vinegar, salt and sugar (let it dissolve completely). Mix the radishes cut into thin circles in the marinade and leave for half an hour.

We take out the radish from the marinade, but do not throw away the marinade itself - we will need it for dressing. We mix olive oil and 3 tablespoons of marinade in a bowl, pepper a little (you can additionally salt) and mix spinach leaves in this dressing.

Now it remains to arrange the salad on portioned plates. Spinach can either be mixed with radishes and large pieces of boiled eggs, or put as a base, radishes on top, and eggs can be used to decorate a plate.

We also put bowls with the remnants of dressing on the table - for the same lovers of sour. Well, if your stomach is sensitive to vinegar, try its weaker types - apple or rice.

Spinach with tomatoes and orso pasta

What else to cook with spinach

Spinach is the ubiquitous Figaro among vegetables. He is in hot soups, and in meat dishes, in omelettes, side dishes, salads, drinks. Cabbage rolls are wrapped in spinach, it is added to cereals, green pilaf, pickled, salted, canned. In a word, as soon as they don’t bully him, but he endures, endures ... and pleases us with tasty and healthy dishes.

By the way, about the benefits. Despite the fact that the iron in it turned out to be much less than thought at first, it contains vitamins, microelements, and dietary fiber, spinach has a lot of protein, there are carbohydrates, and some fats. Therefore, eat it with pleasure and with benefit, but remember - it's good that in moderation.

spinach pie

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