Yummy Healthy Recipes Using Spinach

I put fresh spinach in smoothies to hide it. Or spinach lasagna or manicotti. Those are fairly heavy on cheese too but you can find healthier versions online.

I do this all the time and my young ones eat it without question. Make sure you use chopped spinach.

Macaroni & Cheese, add spinach to the sauce
Scrambled Eggs, add spinach to it
Cook rice, add spinach to the water and let rice cook with it
Make pizza, add spinach on top, cover with cheese
Sphagetti & Meatballs, add spinach to the meatballs.
Mashed potatoes, add spinach to it ( I use real potatoes)

These are unconventional, but they work and it disguises the vegetable.

Check Cooking Light's website. They have fantastic healthy recipes. We love a pasta dish they have with tomatoes and spinach. I double the spinach they suggest and it comes out wonderful.

My daughter liked raw baby spinach instead of lettuce as a base for salads.

i love it fresh right on any salad, its great on top of pizza, barely wilted. slightly sauteed with jalapenos or chopped peanuts and tossed with angel hair pasta, mixed into any pasta sauce, mixed with fresca or ricotta cheese inside manicotti or ravioli

in enchiladas
in quesadillas

basically replacing anything that calls for lettuce

I make seafood medley. I get a 1lb package of frozen seafood medley at the store. Put a little olive oil and lemon juice in a fry pan, heat that, dump in the sea food frozen, cook a few minutes on medium to low, add a big can of stewed tomatoes, season with garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper, cook 2-3 minutes, add a bag of frozen spinach, cook until spinach is done, serve over rice.
I created this receipe on my own. Feel free to add your own seasoning. you can also just make Spinach as a veggie for dinner. Just season with a little butter, salt and pepper.

I add it to black beans and serve with fish.

saute onions, garlic, some italian seasoning and salt and pepper. You can also add a little red pepper powder for a kick if you like spicy. Then add a can of drained and rinsed black beans, a cup of corn (or not) and about 2 cups spinach. Cook until the spinach is wilted. I like to chop the spinach before adding to speed it up and add a half cup of chicken broth.

Another way to use this recipe is add a cup of cooked rice.

I add spinach to almost all my soups, lol.
Potato, leaks and spinach soup.
Beans and spinach soup.
Chicken soup with spinach.
Pasta soup with spinach....and so on.

I buy a bag of baby spinach leaves every week. We mix it in with other lettuces for our salad.
Wilt the spinach on the stove top in just a little butter, olive oil, or even chicken broth along with sliced mushrooms, garlic, salt and pepper as a side dish.
I chop it up fine and add it to a whole lot of unsuspecting foods - spaghetti, fried rice, other cooked veggies.
I put it down as a bed to cook tilapia on in the oven.

i add it to my lasagna. i mix it with the ricotta cheese..my two yr old loves it!!!