Creamed Spinach



Creamed Spinach
Makes: 4 servings
Start to Finish: 30 mins
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Creamed Spinach
Ingredients
  • 2
    10 ounce bag spinach (large stems removed) or two 10-oz. pkg. frozen chopped spinach, thawed
  • 1/2
    cup chopped onion
  • 2 - 3
    cloves garlic, minced
  • 2
    tablespoons butter
  • 1
    cup whipping cream
  • 1/2
    teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/4
    teaspoon salt
  • 1/4
    teaspoon ground nutmeg
Directions

1. In a large pot of rapidly boiling salted water cook fresh spinach (if using) for 1 minute. Drain well, squeezing out excess liquid. Pat dry with paper towels. Snip spinach with kitchen shears to coarsely chop; set aside. If using frozen spinach, drain well, squeezing out excess liquid.

2. In a large skillet cook onion and garlic in hot butter about 5 minutes. Stir in cream, pepper, salt, and nutmeg. Bring onion mixture to boiling; cook, uncovered, until cream begins to thicken. Add spinach. Simmer, uncovered, about 2 minutes or until thickened. Season to taste with additional salt and pepper. Makes 4 servings.

Nutrition Facts (Creamed Spinach)
  • Servings Per Recipe 4,
  • Calories 312,
  • Protein (gm) 6,
  • Carbohydrate (gm) 11,
  • Fat, total (gm) 29,
  • Cholesterol (mg) 98,
  • Saturated fat (gm) 17,
  • Monosaturated fat (gm) 9,
  • Polyunsaturated fat (gm) 1,
  • Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 4,
  • Sugar, total (gm) 2,
  • Vitamin A (IU) 16521,
  • Vitamin C (mg) 49,
  • Thiamin (mg) 0,
  • Riboflavin (mg) 0,
  • Niacin (mg) 1,
  • Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 0,
  • Folate (µg) 339,
  • Cobalamin (Vit. B12) (µg) 0,
  • Sodium (mg) 347,
  • Potassium (mg) 1035,
  • Calcium (DV %) 222,
  • Iron (DV %) 5,
  • Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Reviews (3)
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quintabaca wrote:

Tastes great, but a little runnier than I expected.

1/27/2010 09:19:29 PM Report Abuse
grimln11 wrote:

Humm, humm good!

12/24/2009 04:52:45 PM Report Abuse
cindy parke wrote:

5 Stars! This was excellent!!! The flavors were delcious.

11/18/2009 09:27:20 AM Report Abuse

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