Fast and Easy Creamed Spinach
This is a little easier, a little quicker, a little more contemporary, and believe it or not, a little lighter than traditional creamed spinach. Have all your ingredients ready to go ahead of time. It’s a classic steak side dish.
INGRIDIENT
DIRECTION
Step: 1
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.
Step: 2
Mix salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and nutmeg in a small bowl.
Step: 3
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.
Step: 4
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.
NUTRITION FACT
Per Serving: 179 calories; protein 5.7g; carbohydrates 7.1g; fat 15.6g; cholesterol 47mg; sodium 173.4mg.
Deciding stay in and make food your dinner instead of dining out is good a process in the best direction if you’re focusing on eating healthier. There’s no better way to know precisely what’s going into the food you’re eating than by making it homemade Mastering the main dish is only half the process , though . And once you’ve mastering your chicken, steak, or fish, it’s time to turn your attention to the ever- focusing side dishes.
A side dish would easily derail your health goals, as sweetness , sodium, fat, and calories can all get rather high quickly if you’re not think about it . But with our good practise of cook on side dish recipes, you won’t ever run into that problem .
