Guess who found two huge bags of reduced baby spinach while out shopping? Since they were only $0.89 each, and organic, I couldn’t pass them up! Normally, I just substitute spinach for lettuce when I stumble on a great price, but these bags are enormous and we’d have to eat gallons of my favorite Spinach & Orange Salad to use it all up. That’s obviously not going to happen, so I’m getting creative instead. Here are 20 uses for spinach:
1. Kugel/Quiches
2. Stuffing (Chop & add to breadcrumbs. Makes a great stuffing for chicken.)
3. Creamed Spinach
4. Lasagna
5. Soup (Works really well in Italian Wedding Soup or Minestrone.)
6. Green Smoothies
7. Pizza
8. Spring Rolls
9. Sautéed (I love it barely wilted with garlic, lemon, and olive oil.)
10. Spinach Dip (Great for raw veggies.)
11. Omelets
12. Pesto (Substitute spinach for basil.)
13. Sandwiches (Instead of the typical lettuce leaf.)
14. Panzanella (Bread cubes, cherry tomato, & cheese.)
15. Tortillas (If you’re into making the homemade variety.)
16. Pasta (Works especially well with tortellini.)
17. Meatballs (Great with ground beef or turkey.)
18. Homemade Baby Food
19. Stir-Fry
20. And, if you truly can use it all up, you can always freeze it for later. It’s best blanched and separated into small portions. so you don’t end up with a huge block of frozen veggie.
Do you have other creative ways to use spinach? I’d love to hear them!
My mom used to get the spinach in a can. She’d microwave it and pour vinager on it… nasty
I love spinach in dips. I have a recipe for a mean spinach and artichoke dip that is always the hit of the party when ever I make it 🙂
Thanks so much for sharing this. I love spinach, and I’m always looking for new ways to prepare it. Yay!
I love spinach in smoothies and in salads but that’s about all I know how to do with it. I will definitely be using some of your ideas soon!!
I love spinach! I like to throw it in everything!! This is a great list!
What a great list of ideas. My favorite way to use spinach is in a dip!
This is so very helpful.thanks so much for sharing.
I have to admit that I’m not the biggest spinach fan. It’s a shame because it is SO good for you. Maybe I could disguise it as a pizza topping like you’ve suggested 🙂
I love being able to get my veggies in without having to taste them! The lasagna is a great way to sneak it in so my daughter doesn’t notice.
I use spinach on sandwiches, salads, and smoothies mainly. Thanks for all of the other ideas! I will try some!
I’ve been wanting to try spinach in lasagna!
My favorite use for spinach other than salads is in smoothies and soups. They are good ways to use up a whole lot of spinach.
Ooh good ideas. I need to start using it mixed in with meat. Meatballs would be a good start.
Wow so many great ideas! I love spinach it has to be in something else but I have finally started eating it and really enjoy it!
This is great! I just planted spinach in my garden. I didn’t realize there were so many things I could do with it. Thank you.
Those are great suggestions on spinach. I actually love spinach so these tips will come in handy. Thank you
Great ideas to sneak in some extra veggies! I love adding spinach to my morning smoothies.
I pretty much love spinach and all of your ideas. When I don’t use up the spinach while it’s fresh, I freeze it for steaming and adding to omelettes – so I am totally ‘getting’ all of this!
I use it for omelletes in the morning but need new ideas. We have salads with spinach a lot!
These are all such great ideas! I would have never even thought of half of them! Thanks!
We love spinach here at home and just like you I always incorporate it in eggs. It’s also good when you make chicken soup with ginger.
I LOVE spinach; it’s one of my favorite veggie side dishes. I saw a recipe for these Spinach Ravioli Pinwheels that I am dying to make. I usually add spinach to my omelets.
i love love love spinach, there is so many ways to cook with it or to use it to make healthy and delicious recipes. Thank you for sharing these!
I love Spinach because it’s healthy and very cheap. I’m using it on dips and omelets.
I love adding Spinach when i can to my dishes. I like to use it instead of lettuce in my salads and sandwiches. I like it in my smoothies. I will have to try adding it to my breadcrumbs next time.
Spinach might be the number 1 super food. It has so many vitamins. It is great to see how many ways to eat spinach and not get sick of it! – Erin Kennedy
I really love spinach and I definitely wouldn’t have thought of some of these ideas. Thank you for the great suggestions.
I love spinach,thanks for the great suggestions.
I got few ides out of this. I love greens of all kind.
I love fresh spinach. Thank you for the info on freezing it, I was wondering if it needed to be blanched. Thanks for sharing!
I am not a huge fan of spinach unless it is in a dip or something so these are great ideas.My fiance’ on the other hand LOVES it.Thanks for the ideas!