I cheat by adding it to smoothies. I eat a pound of spinach a week.

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[–] 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • 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.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago

    Squeeze the can until it flies up and lands in your mouth.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    Saag paneer is a great dish. Spinach, spices, and cheese.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Raw in a salad. I find cooked spinach to be very unappealing, but raw is delicious.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

    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.

    @Wren@lemmy.today

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Ooh good to know. I make a lot of quinoa sushi rolls, too. (also with spinach)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Is that quinoa being substituted for rice? If so, that sounds pretty interesting, especially because I stay far away from rice, nowadays.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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).

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Wilted with onion and garlic, or as mentioned, many Saag curries. I'm partial to Saag Aloo

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I steam it, then puree and mix into the sauce for mac and cheese, to trick myself into eating vegetables.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    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.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ixqHSZUJU

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I prefer spinach that I’ve sautΓ©ed with a bit of garlic and some olive oil.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    my recipe that my daughters love.

    Blanch spinach (lots of it) blend it with parmesan (non American), walnuts, garlic, nutmeg, mascarpone.

    Pour over pasta,

    it's so good it's addictive

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    When you say blend it do you mean in a blender or just mix them?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    got it. Thanks for sharing your recipe!

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Just a heads up, you can also freeze fresh spinach in the freezer for smoothies! It keeps pretty well because it freezes into individual "chips" that don't stick together unless it thaws. It's excellent if you'd usually be throwing away spinach that was going to go bad. I recommend buying and freezing a large portion immediately in a freezer bag, just so it doesn't get mushy in your fridge.

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  • In some form of ravioli

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Lightly steamed with a little lemon juice, salt, and pepper.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    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 SoufflΓ©. 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

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I add it to soups. Sometimes I just have it raw as the vegetable side of a meal

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    Lots of great ways to serve spinach here already. A few more:

    • Veggie lasagna. Be sure to wilt and squeeze out excess moisture, otherwise you can end up with a soggy lasagna
    • Strata with bacon
    • Creamed, and cooked low and slow. Spinach slowly releasing its juices into milk/cream is incredible. Usually with a cheese similar to gruyere or comte. Be sure to grate in some nutmeg. Scratches a similar itch to saag if you want something like that but different
    • Florentine anything, but I'm partial to omelettes
    • As with most darker leafy greens, added soup or pesto (or if you have a better term for the non-basil family of uncooked smashed leaf/oil/salt/nut or seed/cheese sauces)
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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    The only way I can do cooked spinach in in Quiche.

    Other than that I eat it raw as part of a salad or sandwich topping.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    onions, potatoes, spinach, egg, done

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    When I eat storebought pesto I add some blended spinach. After grating some extra permesan on top and adding a bit of EVO I don't really taste it anymore anyway

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    If you’d like a recipe, this one is one of our favorites and my husband typically doesn’t like veggies at all. He loves it. (Please ignore that it comes from a meal kit service; this one doesn’t even use any custom spice blends so it’s easy to do on your own. We tried the kit thing slightly before and during COVID but have long since discontinued it.)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Sauteed, spinach soup, or as part of a noodle soup.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Boil it and serve it in a bowl, not on your plate. (You can't get all the water out and I HATE it when water seeps out to the rest of my meal)

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Hmm, I don't add extra water when I cook spinach. I just wash it, fill up my pot with it, throw in salt and a splash of oil, then the kid on top.

    After a few minutes, I've got a couple spoonfuls of tasty goodness.


    ...I did just notice the typo, but I also threw myself away laughing, so I'm keeping it.

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  • Japanese gomae

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    spinach pkhali!

    the traditional way is to blanch the spinach then press out the water, but I would recommend lightly dry frying it in a nonstick pan to get it cooked and slightly dehydrated with minimal nutrient loss

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Swimming rama for sure.

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