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Healthy and Easy Creamed Spinach Recipe

Healthy Creamed Spinach: Less cream, more spinach, just as good! You’re going to love this addition to your dinner plate!

Healthy Creamed Spinach

Do you ever suddenly get the idea to make something you’ve never even had before? That happened to me last week when I decided creamed spinach would be the perfect side for pot roast. Since I didn’t exactly (at all) know how to make it, I started reading recipes. It turns out creamed spinach is not typically what you would call a healthy side dish thanks to loads of butter and heavy cream!

How to Make Healthy Creamed Spinach?

Do you cook with heavy cream very often? I almost never do. It makes me feel really guilty! If you saw my figure (especially after a year or so of medication that causes weight gain), you might not think I’m the most diet conscious. I really do try to make (mostly) healthy choices though. I could use some work on portion sizes, but I try not to eat foods that are absolutely loaded with fat and calories. If you ask me, any recipe involving more than a couple of tablespoons of heavy cream generally falls into that category.

Since I didn’t want my vegetable to make me feel guilty, I came up with my own lighter version, which I thought turned out great. My husband wasn’t crazy about the texture, but I think creamed spinach is supposed to be rather, well, squishy. The flavor was delicious, and I was happy to have the leftovers all to myself. It’s like spinach dip that you can eat for dinner. That sounds good to me! Definitely give this a try the next time you want a creamy spinach side dish with no guilt!

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Healthy Creamed Spinach
This flavorful creamed spinach recipe contains only a little butter and no cream!
Healthy Creamed Spinach Recipe
Votes: 14
Rating: 3.57
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Course Side Dish
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings
Ingredients
  • 16 ounces cut leaf frozen spinach thawed, drained, and squeezed dry
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 2 cloves garlic crushed
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • cayenne pepper to taste optional
  • 1/4 cup small curd cottage cheese
  • 1/4 cup grated parmesan optional
Course Side Dish
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings
Ingredients
  • 16 ounces cut leaf frozen spinach thawed, drained, and squeezed dry
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 2 cloves garlic crushed
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • cayenne pepper to taste optional
  • 1/4 cup small curd cottage cheese
  • 1/4 cup grated parmesan optional
Healthy Creamed Spinach Recipe
Votes: 14
Rating: 3.57
You:
Rate this recipe!
Instructions
  1. Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add garlic, and saute until white and fragrant, about one minute. Stir in flour.
  2. Slowly stir in milk about 1/4 c. at at time, whisking constantly to create a smooth sauce. Add salt and pepper.
  3. Stir in spinach and cottage cheese. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, for 8-10 minutes. Taste and add additional salt to taste.
  4. Serve sprinkled with parmesan cheese if desired.

Wondering what to do with the rest of the cottage cheese? Try this Creamy Easy Mac and Cheese!

Creamy Easy Macaroni and Cheese


9 Comments

Comments

  1. L. Lamont says

    November 21, 2018 at 4:19 pm

    Can this be made ahead and reheated in microwave?

    Reply
  2. samantha says

    March 8, 2014 at 11:53 am

    Didn’t have regular milk so tried with Soymilk and it actually turned out good, but I think regular milk would be even better as it would make it more creamy. Spooned this over red yams and topped with cheese. Delicious!

    Reply
    • Andi says

      March 9, 2014 at 3:38 pm

      That sounds delicious, Samantha! I’m happy to hear it turned out well even with soy milk. Thanks so much for taking the time to come back and leave a comment :)

      Reply
  3. Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl says

    August 14, 2013 at 8:44 am

    I am totally going to do this with some or our fresh garden spinach, can’t wait!

    Reply
    • The Weary Chef says

      August 14, 2013 at 11:02 am

      Let me know how you like it!

      Reply
  4. tanya says

    August 14, 2013 at 5:24 am

    I love the ‘less cream” concept Andi! I think my kids would appreciate that too! Will be appearing on our dinner plates very soon.

    Reply
    • The Weary Chef says

      August 14, 2013 at 11:07 am

      Thanks, Tanya. I’m impressed that your kids will eat this. I wish mine were such good eaters!

      Reply
  5. Anne ~ Uni Homemaker says

    August 13, 2013 at 9:58 pm

    I love creamed spinach! And love the idea that it’s more spinach than cream. Delicious!

    Reply
    • The Weary Chef says

      August 13, 2013 at 10:06 pm

      Thanks so much, Anne!

      Reply

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