Simply stated, this is a spinach recipe you should try. It’s an adaptable dish that downshifts seamlessly from main attraction to supporting role depending on the quantity of leftovers at hand. The jist: a hot pan filled with all manner of things that work well with spinach – toasted walnuts, shredded mint, lemon, a host of spices, and a good amount of leeks that are cooked until silky tender. Loaded with spinach greens and healthful spices like turmeric and cumin – this is the sort of preparation I favor, in part, because it adds such a nutritional punch to my day while still being interesting, satisfying, and easy to pull together.
Ingredients
You can see the core ingredients for this recipe down below. The ones that bring a lot of flavor.
- Leeks: The main thing here is to clean them well.
- Walnuts: If you’re feeling extra ambitious, rub the toasted walnuts with a clean kitdhen towel to remove some of their skins after toasting. This is a nice added touch to reduce any tannic bitterness from the skins.
- Mint: The fresh mint here is arguably my favorite component of this recipe.
- Dried spices: turmeric, chile flakes, cumin, oregano. My advice here is to cook this once, and then adjust the spices to your liking. You can dial up the chile heat, the earthiness of the cumin, etc.
I prepared it twice this week, in part, because I loved the possibilities the leftovers inspired. This spinach became the stuffing in both parathas and calzones (photo below). It’s a legit pizza topping. I added it to a bowl of brown rice and then topped with a single egg omelette, finely shredded. There are other ideas down in the comments as well.
Before I go, a quick thank you – I was so happy to see how many of you made the broccoli soup last week! It’s always exciting for me to see the recipes I feature here make the jump into your kitchens (the whole point, really). Hope you enjoy this one as much. xo -h
More Spinach Recipes
- Spiced Coconut Spinach
- Lentils folded into Yogurt, Spinach, and Basil
- Tofu Scramble (with Spinach)
- Palak Paneer
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