Japanese Mustard Spinach is a leafy-green plant that can be used as a salad plant or potherb. It is actually not a mustard plant, nor a spinach, but it is a member of the larger Brassica family. There are many cultivars. The leaves can be harvested at any stage of growth. The more mature the…
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Vert d’épinard
Vert d’épinard © Randal Oulton In classical cooking, the French phrase “vert d’épinard” refers to spinach that has had its juice squeezed out of it. It means literally “green of spinach.” You purée the fresh spinach leaves with a bit of water, until the mixture forms almost a mousse. Then you press it through a…
Creamed Spinach (2) Recipe
For many people, a creamed spinach dish is often pivotal in getting them to give spinach another chance, after a childhood of being served boiled spinach out of a can.
Blue Cheese Portobellos with Spinach Recipe
This one recipe makes both the main course and the side salad! Nice chewy French or Italian bread works well for this. Toast bread wouldn’t cut it.
Grilled Eggplant and Feta Salad Recipe
This salad looks as fantastic as it tastes; just looking at it, with the grilled veg, hummous, pine nuts, olive oil — makes you think of the Eastern Mediterranean. Haters of half-cooked eggplant, take note: grilled eggplant is a different creature altoget
Spinach and Tomato Baked Gnocchi Recipe
A very, very morish dish. But go slowly at the table — those gnocchi are more filling that they first seem to be!
Eggs and Spinach Recipe
This is a very nice supper dish.
Egyptian Spinach
Egyptian Spinach is an annual plant that grows 35 to 47 inches (90 to 120 cm) tall. The leaves will be leaves 2 1/3 to 4 inches (6 to 10 cm) long and 1 1/3 to 2 inches (3 1/2 to 5 cm) wide. The plant blooms with very small pale yellow flowers that are…
Baked Tuna, Zucchini and Spinach Pasta Recipe
A really good baked pasta dish, with veggies in it.
Shirred Eggs with Spinach Recipe
This recipe is, of course, a nod to Eggs Florentine. Unlike Eggs Florentine, it’s easier to get it to the table hot, rather than disappointingly luke-warm.
Creamed Spinach (1) Recipe
For many people, a creamed spinach dish is often pivotal in getting them to give spinach another chance, after a childhood of being served boiled spinach out of a can.
Herby Crusty Fish Recipe
Good with mashed or plain boiled potatoes.
Avocado & Shrimp Spinach Salad Recipe
This avocado & shrimp salad is a fabulous rich-tasting salad, but lighter in calories than you would imagine. Serve with something off the grill, and perhaps another plainer, leafy salad.
Zucchini and Ham Crumble Recipe
A rich, yummy side-dish.
Strawberry Spinach
Strawberry Spinach is a annual member of Goosefoot plant family. It is cultivated for its leaves. The pant needs 30 to 50 days from seed before its leaves are ready to harvest. It grows 12 to 18 inches (30 to 45 cm) tall, and spreads out 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 cm.) The…
New Zealand Spinach
New Zealand Spinach resembles spinach and can be used like spinach, but is not actually related to spinach at all. The plant grows up to over 2 feet (60 cm) tall, and spreads out 2 to 3 feet (60 to 90 cm.) The leaves grow 1 to 6 inches (2 1/2 to 15 cm) long….
Malabar Spinach
Malabar Spinach has a mild taste similar to spinach; thus, its name. The plant is perennial, but it can’t survive frost. Nor, though, will it bolt in the heat, as regular spinach does. It grows as though it were a vine, up to 6 to 14 feet (almost 2 to 4 metres) long. It has…
Grilled Eggs and Spinach Recipe
This is kind of like an eggs benedict.
Spinach Fritters Recipe
This is a Spanish recipe, called Buñuelos de espinacas. It is often made as part of an assortment of tapas.
Chèvre and Walnut Spinach Salad Recipe
This is an easy, tasty salad with great colours, and it’s hearty enough that men won’t call it rabbit food.
Gorgonzola and Spinach Pasta Recipe
Even though this is a white sauce, you will want a good hearty red wine to stand up to it.
Squash, Spinach and Prune Roll Recipe
This is a bit of futzing, but as most of these kinds of recipes are for meat, it was worth including this meatless one. The prunes are actually gorgeous in it, particularly with the squash.
Spinach Dahl Recipe
A very tasty spinach side dish that will rival what you get in Indian restaurants.
Spinach and Mushroom Frittata Recipe
Very tasty, great for brunches.