Transform this nutrient-packed superfood into delightful meals even your little ones will want to eat. We all know how important it is to eat our dark leafy greens, and these
recipes promise meals that turn spinach from a mere side dish to a star ingredient. Whether you’re using it to create creamy appetizers, as part of an entree, in hearty soups, or brunch items, spinach will elevate the flavor and nutritional value in each one.
1. Creamy Tuscan Chicken
This creamy Tuscan chicken isn’t just a delicious way to use up a lot of spinach. It’s also the perfect topping for linguine! You will fall in love with this creamy chicken dish with spinach and sun-dried tomatoes.
2. Spinach and Mushroom Crustless Quiche
Quiche is delicious as a breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner meal. Not only that, but once you master a type of quiche, the customization is endless. This spinach and mushroom quiche is a classic.
3. Creamy Tuscan Orzo
This dreamy orzo dish is made with sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, and basil, all bathed in a cream-based sauce with Dijon mustard, lemon juice, and parmesan cheese. Comforting and delicious!
4. Easy Spinach Puffs
Kronk was totally onto something in the Emperor’s New Groove when he made spinach puffs for a fancy dinner. These appetizers are perfect for any guests you have!
5. Creamy Tortellini Minestrone Soup
What’s better than minestrone? Minestrone with delicious little pockets of cheese in it! Adding tortellini makes this a complete meal. Veggies and beans in the most amazing broth make it hearty and delicious.
6. Summer Strawberry Spinach Salad
If you like to eat raw spinach better than lettuce, this recipe is for you. Not only does it use a lot of spinach, it has bright strawberries and smooth avocado with a zesty balsamic vinaigrette.
7. Spinach Artichoke Dip
This is an all-time favorite at parties around the world and when you do it well, it will knock your guests’ socks off. Make sure you put it under the broiler to get it all crisped up!
8. Morton’s Steakhouse Creamed Spinach
Creamed spinach isn’t showing up on a ton of dinner tables nowadays, but with recipes like this, it’s understandable! This copycat from Morton’s Steakhouse is a great way to make spinach taste amazing.
10. Spinach Stuffed Chicken
Stuffed chicken is a lot easier to pull off than you’d expect. The trick is finding chicken breasts large enough to hold everything together. The creamy spinach filling is to die for.
11. Spinach Artichoke Flatbread
There is nothing quite like biting into a crunchy, toasty flatbread, and more so if it is topped with delicious spinach and artichoke hearts!
12. Crustless Spinach Quiche
Another spinach quiche recipe, this one adds ham to the mix. With three cupfuls of Muenster cheese, this recipe is a must for cheese lovers!
13. Creamy Chicken and Gnocchi
Gnocchi is perfect little pillows of potato goodness that you can make taste like just about anything. In this dish, spinach and chicken, along with gnocchi, make the perfect one-pan meal!
14. Spinach Artichoke Twice-Baked Potatoes
These potatoes combine everything great about baked potatoes and the richness of spinach artichoke dip. Make sure to sprinkle some fresh parmesan on top to make them extra cheesy!
Spinach is such a versatile green, you can add it to any meal. It is not only delicious but very nutritious as well. Make sure to save these recipes to help you achieve a healthy and flavorful life!
