Fast And Easy Creamed Spinach Food

FAST AND EASY CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• Pour olive oil into a large soup pot, place over high heat, add spinach, and cover. Cook for 1 minute, uncover, and lightly stir until most of the leaves are bright green and wilted, about 2 minutes. Quickly drain spinach in a strainer and transfer to a plate lined with 4 or 5 paper towels. Once cool enough to handle, squeeze as much liquid from the spinach as possible. Transfer spinach to a cutting board and coarsely chop.
• Mix salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and nutmeg in a small bowl.
• Place a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter in skillet, and stir shallot in the hot butter until just barely golden and translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir seasoning mixture into shallot mixture and pour in cream. Raise heat to medium-high and reduce cream sauce to about half, about 5 minutes. Stir in lemon zest.
• Reduce heat to low and toss spinach with cream sauce in skillet. Cook and stir until spinach is heated through and coated, about 2 minutes. Stir Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese into spinach until thoroughly combined; serve immediately.

QUICK CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, saute onion and garlic in butter until tender. Stir in flour until blended. Gradually whisk in half-and-half until blended. Bring to a boil over medium-low heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until slightly thickened., Add the cream cheese, salt, nutmeg and pepper, stirring until cream cheese is melted. Stir in spinach and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese; heat through. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese. Serve immediately.

EASY CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add spinach, and cook just until wilted, about 1 minute. Drain in a colander; rinse with cold water until cool. Squeeze spinach to remove as much liquid as possible; coarsely chop, and set aside.
• In a large saucepan, heat butter over medium. Add onion and garlic; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion softens, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add cream cheese and milk; cook, stirring, until cream cheese is melted and smooth. Stir in spinach. Simmer over medium heat until mixture thickens, 8 to 10 minutes. Add nutmeg; season with salt and pepper.

BAKED CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place hot spinach in a medium size bowl. Add cream cheese and sour cream and blend well.
• Stir in bread crumbs (or matzo meal) and seasonings.
• Add beaten eggs.
• Pour into a 8 inch square baking dish coated in cooking spray.
• Bake for 45 minutes.

CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• Cook time reflects the total cook time if you boil spinach and it is not already thawed.
• Either thaw spinach or you can boil (also fresh may be used I use frozen in this to save on time, you don't have to wash and chop it down.) If boiling spinach drain and rinse under cold water to cool, then take spinach in handfuls and squeeze out all excess water and place in microwave safe bowl. If you thawed the spinach just make sure all excess liquid is squeezed out.
• Add the half cup of cream and chicken stock and microwave for 1 minute on high, remove and stir. Add the cream cheese and mix, again cook for one minute on high. Remove from microwave and stir, add the Parmesan in about 3 lots, melting in the microwave after each addition. Finally once cheese has melted just make sure heated through.
• This process can also be done on the stove in a saucepan, I just find it quicker in the microwave you can also make this ahead of time as it reheats fine.
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CREAMED SPINACH AND TORTELLINI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a large casserole dish.
• Combine pasta, creamed spinach, cheese, mushrooms, garlic and black pepper in a large bowl.
• Transfer mixture into prepared casserole.
• Top with reserved tomatoes, sliced and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until bubbly and cheese is golden brown.
• (I like to brown slightly under the broiler).

EASY CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425°F.
• Melt the butter in a heavy-bottomed saute pan over medium heat. Add the onions and saute until translucent, about 15 minutes.
• Add the flour and nutmeg and cook, stirring, for 2 more minutes.
• Add the milk and cook until thickened.
• Squeeze as much liquid as possible from the spinach and add the spinach to the sauce.
• Add 1/2 cup of the Parmesan cheese and mix well.
• Season to taste, with salt and pepper.
• Transfer the spinach to a baking dish and sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup Parmesan and the Gruyere.

GULLIVER'S CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• Thaw spinach and squeeze completely dry. Chop bacon and onion very fine and place in saucepan. Saute bacon and onion until bacon is cooked. Stir in flour to make smooth paste. Gradually add milk, bring to boil and simmer 10 minutes over low heat until thickened. Add salt and pepper. At this point, you can either chop spinach finely or keep as is, then add to cream sauce, combine well and heat through.

EASY CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• In a large sauté pan, heat the butter over a medium heat. Tip in the spinach and wilt for 5 mins until all the liquid from the spinach has evaporated.
• Add the double cream and grated Parmesan. Season well and add a little nutmeg, if you like. Serve as a delicious side to smoked haddock.

QUICK AND EASY CREAMED BACON SPINACH

Steps:

• Heat butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, bacon, and garlic until bacon is crisp, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Whisk flour, salt, and black pepper into onion mixture until blended and the flour and drippings form a paste, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Slowly whisk milk into onion mixture. Bring to a boil, continuously whisking, until sauce is thick and creamy, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir spinach and half-and-half into sauce; cook until spinach is heated through, 4 to 6 minutes.