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Easy Creamed Spinach is one of my favorite recipes. Creamy, rich, and full of spinach and spice flavors.
Creamed spinach is a great recipe for the keto diet. It is a low carbohydrate food and the addition of whipping cream, butter, and cream cheese help add fat to your meal.
Ingredients
Spinach: Fresh spinach is primarily water so when you cook a large bag of fresh spinach, it will cook down to 4 or 5 one-half cup servings.
Spinach can be chopped into quarters or cooked whole.
Instructions
Step 1 Gather ingredients.
Step 2 Finely chop the onion.
Step 3 Melt butter in a frying pan over medium heat. Add spinach. Using a spatula and turn spinach from the bottom to the top. Cook for 5 minutes until spinach is wilted.
Step 4 Cut cream cheese into 1/2 inch cubes and add to spinach with cream. Lower heat to low and continue to stir until cream cheese is melted.
Step 5 Mix spices together and sprinkle over spinach. Stir until combined.
Step 6 Place in a serving bowl and sprinkle with a pinch of nutmeg.
Frequently Asked Questions
You will find spinach in two varieties including flat or smooth leafed spinach or savoy. Savoy comes as a crinkly leafed version or a semi-Savoy which has slightly curly leaves.
When buying at the farmers market look for the semi-savoy or flat-leaf spinach. This will help decrease grit in your spinach dishes as curly-leaved spinach may hold more soil in its leaves.
When shopping for spinach you can find it in the fresh vegetables, the freezer section, or in a can at the grocery store. It is available fresh from the farmer's market.
Spinach retains its best flavor eaten fresh in a salad or when cooked from fresh or frozen sources. 
When selecting fresh spinach, look for bunches with bright green color and a sweet smell. Avoid yellowed, spotted, and limp selections. Look for thin leaves from younger plants and the spinach will have a tender texture and less bitter flavor.
Greens, including spinach, will keep approximately 2-3 weeks in the refrigerator. If you won't spinach in a short period of time after purchasing, simply freeze it.
To freeze fresh spinach, you will need to thoroughly wash, blanch in boiling water for 2 minutes, cool, drain, package in an airtight container, and then freeze up to 3 months.2
What to Serve with Creamed Spinach
This easy and quick side dish is a perfect side dish for chicken or beef. You might enjoy it with Simple Roasted Chicken, Chicken Saute with Apples and Onion, or Easy Oven Baked Salmon.
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Creamed Spinach
Equipment
Ingredients
- 12 oz Spinach fresh
- 2 oz Cream Cheese
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 2 tbsp Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp Salt to taste
- 1/4 tsp Pepper
- Pinch of Garlic Powder
- Pinch of Onion Powder
Instructions
- Melt butter in frying pan.
- Add chopped spinach.
- Saute until spinach is wilted.
- Add heavy whipping cream and cream cheese.
- Stir until cream cheese is melted and forms a cream sauce.
- Add nutmeg, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper to taste.
- Heat through and serve.
Notes
Recipe Tips
1-I love the nutmeg in this recipe. It can be made without if you aren't a fan. 2-You can also use frozen chopped spinach for a time saver, but squeeze out the excess water after it thaws.Nutrition
September 2021: Added Ingredient, Instruction, and Frequently Asked Question sections. Added new and process images.
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