Best Easy Creamed Spinach Recipes

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.

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.

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.

EASY CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine all ingredients. Spoon into a greased 1-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until heated through.

EASY CHEESY CREAMED SPINACH & GARLIC

Steps:

• 1. In a non-stick skillet, heat oil.
• 2. On Medium heat, add handfuls of spinach leaves, adding more as it cooks down, until all spinach leaves are dark & wilted. Remove from heat.
• 3. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan over Medium heat, melt butter.
• 4. Add flour. Adjust amount, if needed, to make a rue.
• 5. Add garlic. Whisk until smooth.
• 6. ** Add milks. (You can use more or less of each kind of milk to suit your taste. I like to add some Evap. milk to the regular to add creaminess.)
• 7. Whisk in Parmesan cheese until smooth & heated through.
• 8. Add spinach to serving dish. Add garlic cheese sauce. Mix well. Serve.

EASY CHEESY CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• 1. Combine all ingredients in large saucepan. Cook and stir over low-medium heat until blended and heated through.

AMAZINGLY EASY THREE-INGREDIENT CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• Put frozen spinach in a medium size sauce pan.
• Turn heat to medium and heat spinach until it thaws completely.
• Add soup mix and sour cream.
• Stir until heated completely.

QUICK & EASY CAJUN CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• Saute' chopped onion & minced garlic in butter until soft.
• Add fresh spinach (cut in thick strips) and defrosted or microwaved frozen spinach until wilted.
• Melt in the cream cheese, sour cream, and other cheeses. As your sauce develops and thickens, add your seasoning. If you are using feta cheese, throw it in at the very end.
• Do not overcook-part of the charm of this dish is the fresh taste of the baby spinach-don't kill it!

OVER EASY EGGS WITH SPINACH AND CREAMED FETA

Steps:

• Cook for two to three minutes until the egg whites are solid, but the yolks are still soft and gooey. Meanwhile, blend the feta and yogurt in the blender. Serve eggs and spinach with the creamed feta sauce.

EASY CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• 1. cook spinach per package directions-I use the microwave with no added water. Drain off liquid squeezing out as much as possible and place in a bowl. Stir in cubed cream cheese, garlic powder, and finely grated cheese, until cream cheese is well blended throughout. Add salt, pepper to taste and serve. Tip: I usually use Neufchatel less fat cream cheese.

EASY CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• 1. IN A MED SIZE PAN HEAT BUTTER N OLIVE OIL THEN ADD CHOPD ONIONS N SAUTÉ FOR 3 MIN.
• 2. ADD SPINACH TO THE SAUTED ONIONS ADD S n P THEN STIR TO COMBINE.
• 3. OVER A SIMMER ADD SOFEND CREAM CHEESE N STIR TILL COMBINED ...THEN STIR IN PARMESAN CHEESE .
• 4. STIR IN HALF N HALF (OR MILK) UNTIL DESIRED CONSISTENCY IS REACHD.
• 5. ENJOY :)

EASY SKILLET CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, saute onion, mushroom and garlic in bacon grease until soft.
• Season with salt and pepper, and garlic powder if not using fresh garlic.
• Add entire bag of spinach and gently mix, then cover and reduce heat to low.
• After a few minutes when spinach has wilted, add cream and cream cheese and gently stir until cream cheese chunks have melted into the sauce.

EASY CREAMED SPINACH FROM WEIGHT WATCHERS

Steps:

• 1. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, add shallots and saute until golden (apx. 2 minutes), add scallions and saute one minute more.
• 2. Add spinach to skillet in batches, tossing mixture and adding more spinach as some of it cooks down. Cook, tossing until wilted and tender, about 2 minutes.
• 3. Remove from heat and stir in creamed cheese, just until melted, stir in salt and pepper. Serve immediately. Yields 1/2 cup er serving

EASY CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a large saucepan set over medium heat. Add the shallots and cook until softened and translucent, about 2 minutes. Add the spinach and stir until the spinach wilts, about 2 minutes. Slowly stir in the cheese, nutmeg and some salt and white pepper, and then stir in the cream. Cook for 1 minute. Serve immediately.

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.

FAST & EASY CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• Gently heat oil, and add garlic. When oil starts to bubble, add flour to make roux. Stir, over medium heat, until mixture turns a light beige colour. Add spinach and nutmeg, continue stirring, then add enough milk just to cover spinach. Continue stirring until bubbles begin to break the surface. Continue to cook until desired consistency is reached.

EASY CREAMED SPINACH- FOOD & WINE

Steps:

• 1. Steam spinach in bags in microwave, 2 min. Let cool, squeeze out as much liquid as possible.
• 2. In large skillet, cook the butter, shallots, and garlic over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until soft and translucent but not browned, about 5 min. Remove from head, add Cognac and Pernod. Flame. Stir in spinach, cream, and thyme. Bring to a boil and cook, stirring, until thickened, several minutes. Discard thyme sprigs. Season with nutmeg, salt, and white pepper. Transfer to a bowl and serve hot.
• Can be made and refrigerated overnight.