This is a super easy side dish to get a little extra iron in your diet. We cook this one with our savory chicken bites and even the kids eat them up! Not your stereotypical “bitter spinach” recipe.
Ingredients:
- 1 bag of baby spinach
- ¼ cup of pine nuts
- 3 cloves of chopped garlic
- 1 tbsp of olive oil
- 1 lemon
- Salt and pepper to taste
Pre-heat medium sauté pan over medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Add olive oil and a portion of the baby spinach to the pan.
The whole bag of spinach may not fit in the sauté pan but as it cooks, it will shrink
Stir frequently continuing to add spinach until entire bag is added.
Cook spinach until soft and limp
Add chopped garlic and pine nuts to pan, and stir until garlic and pine nuts are slightly browned.
Salt and pepper to taste
Squeeze a bit of fresh lemon juice over spinach before serving hot with your favorite main dish.
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Lemon Sautéed Spinach
Ingredients
- 1 bag of baby spinach
- ¼ cup of pine nuts
- 3 cloves of chopped garlic
- 1 tbsp of olive oil
- 1 lemon
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Pre-heat medium saute pan over medium heat for 2-3 minutes
- Add olive oil
- Add a portion of the baby spinach to the pan(the whole bag may not fit in the saute pan but as it cooks, it will shrink).
- Stir frequently continuing to add spinach until entire bag is added.
- Cook spinach until soft and limp.
- Add chopped garlic and pine nuts.
- Stir spinach, garlic and pine nuts in pan until garlic and pine nuts are slightly browned.
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Squeeze a bit of fresh lemon juice over spinach before serving
We love serving this lemon spinach recipe with our savory chicken bites for an easy weekday dinner!
Aminath says
It really looks yummy. I will do it asap.
Tanya says
Looks delicious, however…. how much spinach does the recipe call for? In the Netherlands we have bags of 600 gram as well as 200 gram. Would like to know how much is needed, thx.
Tori says
What size bag did you use? There’s several sizes and “bag” isn’t helpful
Lisa says
I’ve made this several times. Has never disappointed. Thanks for the recipe!
Michele says
Making these for the second time for dinner tonight. These pork chops are so good and so easy and everybody loves them! Thanks for the recipe, it’s a keeper!
Michele says
Oops! Left review for the wrong recipe, making the spinach with the pork chops tonight! Can’t wait, it looks delicious!
Lisa says
This was spectacular loved it. Only downfall is you don’t get much coming out of the pan..Will definitely be making again probably will double the recipe. Thanks for sharing the recipe.