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  • Sauteed Spinach with Garlic

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    Sauteed Spinach with Garlic
    Prep: 5 min Cook: 5 min Servings: 6
    by John Spottiswood
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    This is a delicious and healthy dish that takes 5 minutes to make and goes with almost anything--asian, mediterranean or american. Barefoot Contessa has a similar recipe but adds butter and extra salt. You don't need that, but can add if you like. Fresh spinach is much better than frozen in this dish.

    Ingredients

    • 1 1/2 pounds fresh spinach leaves (baby spinach is best)
    • 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
    • 2 Tbsp chopped garlic (6 cloves)
    • 2 tsp kosher salt or to taste
    • 1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper or to taste
    • 1 Lemon squeezed or to taste

    Directions

    1. Rinse spinach in cold water. Spin or pat dry.
    2. In a large pot, heat olive oil and saute garlic on Med about 1 minute or until translucent. Add spinach, salt and pepper to pot and toss with garlic and oil. Cover and cook for 2 minutes.
    3. Uncover th pot, turn heat to High, and cook for another minute, stirring until spinach is wilted.
    4. Using a slotted spoon or spatula, lift the spinach into a serving bowl and squeeze lemon over. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed. Serve immediately.

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    Reviews

    • Anne Kruse
      Anne Kruse
      This was great! I didn't have quit enough spinach though...and I only cut the salt by a little more than half...it wasn't nearly enough...I should have only put 1/8 of the salt in.... so besides being really salty it was really good. Both my kids ate it! It is amazing that I even got my daughter to eat it. She said it tasted like the broccoli that I make....whatever works right!
      1 reply
      • John Spottiswood
        John Spottiswood
        Thanks for the feedback, Anne! Didn't realize I had oversalted so much (I do like salt!). If you didn't use kosher salt, it makes a huge difference. Kosher salt has a much larger surface area, so 1 tsp of kosher salt is less sodium than 1/2 tsp of regular salt. Still...sounds like I may need to try cutting back on my salt usage!

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