This is an excellent easy creamed spinach recipe to add to your collection of healthy side dish recipes. It is suitable for children and perfect with chicken, lamb, or any other meats you like.
This easy creamed spinach recipe could be a great addition to your collection of side dishes for Thanksgiving or Christmas. In my house, we eat it all the time, even when it is not the holiday season.
When she was abroad, even my daughter called and asked me how to make it because she was craving "that green thing you make that I like and tend not to share with people"!
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🍃 Easy creamed spinach is delicious!
Creamy and delicious, this recipe was one of my favorites growing up, so it does not surprise me that my daughter really likes it, too. When she was very young, I fed her spinach because I could sneak in greens without her refusing them.
Spinach was a vegetable we all ate in Spring, when it was very affordable at the Farmer's Market. My grandmother made this recipe for all of her grandchildren because she knew that spinach was the healthiest form of greens available.
She served it with a sunny-side-up fried egg and good bread, and I have to tell you that we used to lick the plates. I still cook it like that for breakfast once in a while.
Sometimes, she served the spinach cold on a slice of fresh bread as a snack. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G! Or with a piece of chicken right next to it!
Anyway, the recipe is relatively easy to follow. It consists of milk, a little bit of butter or oil, a little bit of flour for thickening, and lots of garlic.
If you don't like garlic and feel like this recipe is not for you, you can make it and skip the garlic or use less, which is perfectly acceptable.
I make it all the time with frozen spinach because it is convenient. However, if you go to the Farmers Market and buy a bunch of spinach, use it. Spinach will cook down a lot, so make sure you have enough.
From experience, for 10 ounces of frozen spinach, you need about a pound of fresh one. I like fresh spinach in Spring, but I use frozen most of the year.
💡 Recipe Faqs
Excellent question! Thanks for asking! This family recipe was always made with milk. However, I see all kinds of recipes out there that use milk, half and half, cream cheese, or parmesan.
You can cook this spinach and add as many calories as you want by adding all kinds of ingredients, but if you want to make a more balanced side dish that is both humble and delicious, stick with milk or half and a half.
You can make this dish 1-2 days before you plan to serve it. Reheat it in the microwave or oven at 350F for a few minutes. I advise you to cover the bowl of creamed spinach in the microwave. It tends to explode.
Store it in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
🍽️ What To Serve With Creamed Spinach
You can serve it with many roasted or grilled meats next to rice or other side dishes you like. If you fry a few eggs and some bacon, this spinach also makes a great breakfast. Here are some ideas:
- Chicken schnitzel
- Romanian meatballs
- Roasted pork with red wine
- No breaded fried chicken
- Old fashion meatloaf
- Roasted lemon chicken drumsticks
📖 Recipe
Easy Creamed Spinach
Ingredients
- 16 ounces bag of organic frozen spinach
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3-4 garlic cloves
- 1 cup milk
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a cooking pan, heat the butter and add the spinach.
- Saute the spinach until soft. Add salt and pepper to your taste.
- Crush the garlic and set it aside.
- Separately, mix flour and milk until smooth and free of any lumps.
- Add the milk and flour to the spinach and keep mixing to keep it creamy.
- If it gets too thick, add a little bit of milk to the pan.
- Add the garlic.
- Keep mixing and taste again for salt and pepper.
- Remove it from the heat and serve.
Cristina says
This is a great side dish. I used fresh spinach which after I sauteed it I had to drain it very well. Then I followed this recipe to the letter. I reheated the dish the day after and added a little extra milk to make it thinner.
The Bossy Kitchen says
Hi, Cristina, Thank you for visiting. I love creamy spinach too. It is one of the foods I enjoyed eating while growing up.I am happy you liked the dish. It is so easy and delicious.
Gigi says
This is one of my favorite dishes you have on the website. I am making it tonight and I can't wait to dig in!