Tag Archives: spinach

Tuscan linguine with scallops and spinach cream

Tuscan linguine with scallops and spinach cream is an easy Italian combination of pasta and fish. The mediterranean kitchen is so easy and tasteful. Recently I made linguine alla puttanesca and the very popular Sicilian tuna with baked capers. No one has to be convinced how delicious scallops are. I made them once on Sylvester […]

Creamy Chicken Pasta with Baby Spinach

If you are a fan of Carbonara Pasta, you will love this creamy pasta with strands of spaghetti and slices of white button mushrooms enveloped in a delectable Emborg Cream sauce. Paired with pan-seared golden brown Chicken bites and healthy Foglia Sublime Baby Spinach, this Italian recipe is a must-try!

Baked Sweet Potatoes with Cannellinis and Baby Spinach

Baked Sweet Potatoes with Cannellinis and Baby Spinach is dinner made on one sheet pan. With sweet (potatoes and raisins), salty (capers), creamy (cannellini beans), tangy (lemon juice) and herbaceous (herbes de Provence, spinach), this is a satisfying meal on many levels. That it is also vegan is also a definite plus!

Easy spinach flan

This spinach flan is a family favourite! Easy, quite quick to prepare and so tasty!!! (gluten-free, vegetarian) Get the Recipe: Easy spinach flan

Creamy Broccoli Spinach Soup

Skinny Creamy Broccoli Spinach Soup. Takes less than 30 minutes to make and only takes one pot! Get the Recipe: Creamy Broccoli Spinach Soup

Very Berry Spinach Smoothie

5 minute Very Berry Spinach Smoothie! A healthy protein packed smoothie loaded with berries and spinach. Get the Recipe: Very Berry Spinach Smoothie

World’s Best Turkey Meatballs

My son’s favorite dinner made by his friend’s mom. We begged for the recipe — a family heirloom — and here it is! From the original site: Healthy turkey meatballs in a 2-ingredient sweet-sour sauce is a kid-pleaser that makes the adults smile, too. Get the Recipe: World’s Best Turkey Meatballs

Spinach Balls

If you think beer and pigs in a blanket are the only decent football food, you have another think coming! Nutty Parmesan plays nicely with herby stuffing and slightly bitter greens for perfect appetizer Spinach Balls, great for gourmet Game Day grub, Oscar-watching or Olympics-watching. Get the Recipe: Spinach Balls

Stuffed Sirloin with Spinach & Bacon

A delicious, fantastic twist on cooking sirloin. Ingredients: 8 slices bacon, sliced into small pieces 1 small onion, diced 2 garlic cloves, chopped 2 tbsp unsalted butter 1 tbsp chopped thyme 8 oz fresh baby spinach 4 oz cream cheese 3/4 c Italian seasoned dried breadcrumbs 1 tsp fresh lemon juice 1/8 tsp salt 1/4 […]

How to Freeze Greens

Welcome again to Jennifer Locklin of Jane Deere!  For the second in her “Techniques” series, she brings us all the info we’d need to freeze greens for future use.  This swiss chard she’s working with here is just lovely.. she’s lucky enough to have grown her own, but you could of course use greens from […]

Farmer’s Market Scramble

The Olympics does this to you. You’ll be sitting on your butt eating Cheetos and then… blammo. You realize you’ve been eating nothing but complete crap your entire life and, DUH, if you just ate organic free-range celery, you would totally be (and look like) that beach volleyball player. Enter: the farmer’s market trip on […]

Goat Cheese Spread (Dip) with Spinach-Basil Pesto

I’ve tried this recipe quite a few times and find this to be one of the simplest and easiest appetizers to put together both as a dip and a spread with some water crackers. From the original site:  I customized this recipe for pesto by playing with the key ingredients. I use fresh basil and […]

Spinach and Quinoa Salad

The vinaigrette for one of my favorite salads has only 3 ingredients; oil, lemon juice and soy sauce. The salad part also has 3 ingredients; baby spinach, quinoa and sesame seeds. It’s so easy, but trust me, it’s all good. I usualy make this for lunch, but it could also go very well with any […]

Spinach Cheese Pasta

Pasta in a healthy green spinach sauce. From the original site: I love spinach no less than Popeye and cook it in a variety of ways. You’ve read some of my Indian recipes with spinach so far; now presenting a healthy pasta sauce with spinach as its prime ingredient. This dish should make spinach-haters too […]

Salmon Burgers over spinach salad
Mini Salmon Burgers over Spinach Salad

Does a healthy and quick (under 30 minutes) dinner, made primarily from what I had on hand in my pantry sound good?  + That’s what this dinner was, and it was a change of pace, tasty, and approved by both husband and 5 year old as good eats.  I’ve made similar patties using canned tuna, […]

Goat Cheese Stuffed Spinach Pancakes

The idea of savory pancakes is appealing and stuffing them with goat cheese sold me. This vegetable pancake surrounds a slice of goat cheese, causing it to have a tantalizing flavor. The cheese jumps out at you when you take a bite. I love unusual recipes and for me, this combination, in this presentation was […]

Spinach croquettes

I was one of those picky eater kids who would never eat vegetables.  I would gag, cry, induce vomit – anything to not eat my green beans.  Once, during a family vacation to Cape Cod, my uncle placed celery stalks in the shape of a cross outside my bedroom door to keep me in bed. […]

When to buy organic?

Some of us who are organic snobs would say “always”, but we all know that buying organic all the time, while honorable, is just not always feasible.    If you have one of the big organic stores near you, lucky you!   If not, consider alternatives such as seeking out an organic co-op, CSA, farmers market or local farm.  Otherwise, you […]

A Fast Meal - Chicken, Spinach and Rice Burritos
Chicken, Spinach & Rice Burritos

By using leftover chicken I was able to whip up these chicken and rice burritos in about 20 minutes (it would be even faster if I’d had leftover rice too).  They are very tasty and filling. Here’s What You Need: 3/4 cup shredded chicken 1 large handful of fresh baby spinach 3 tablespoons salsa (use […]

Salmon, Spinach & Cannellini Bean Dinner

This is a favorite standby dinner because it’s fast, easy and you just can’t beat it for a healthy, fast meal.   The salmon provides an excellent source of protein and omega-3 fatty acids, the spinach is full of vitamins and minerals, and the beans & parsley add more to that and are just darn good!   All of it’s […]

Chicken & Spinach Turnovers

I’m a big fan of spanokopia, the Greek dish made with Spinach and feta in phyllo dough.  To turn it into a meal on the go, I add chicken to mine spin on this dish.  I like make these ahead of time and freeze them, all I need to do to make a meal is […]