Casserole Spinach

Karen67's Note:

I love spinach and I love mushrooms, so this is a great combination for me. You can also leave out the mushrooms for an easy creamed spinach recipe if you have picky eaters. Make it for a quick & easy vegetable with dinner, or freeze it for another day.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 20 ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
• 1 lb fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 (13 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
• paprika (for garnish)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Drain the cooked spinach well, squeezing out excess liquid.
3. Saute mushrooms in butter in large skillet for about 5 minutes or until tender. Quickly steam off some, but not all, of the excess liquid.
4. Add soup, sour cream and garlic powder to mushrooms. Mix well.
5. Stir spinach into mushroom mixture until well blended.
6. Spread spinach mixture in a 1 1/2 quart baking dish coating in cooking spray.
7. Sprinkle with cheese and paprika.
8. NOTE: Cover and refrigerate or freeze at this point if desired. Thaw completely before baking.
9. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the edges are bubbly and cheese is melted. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[*Parsley*]

I, too, love spinach and mushrooms together, so I knew this would be great. I really don't care for frozen spinach so I used 20 oz of fresh spinach that I wilted in the hot skillet used to cook the mushrooms. I also used fresh garlic in place of garlic powder. The end result was fabulous. Good enough to serve to guests. Thanx for sharing!

[WI Cheesehead]

This was good. Easy to make. I felt it needs a little more garlic, or maybe some added salt. Cooked with the cheese and the paprika was a nice addition.

[ladypit]

Yum. We loved this. The only reason it's getting four instead of five stars is because we felt like it did not need the cheese. I used 1/2 the amount of butter, 94% fat free cream of chicken soup (it was all I had) and fat free sour cream. A really creamy casserole; we ended up scooping the cheese off the top because we didn't like it with the creaminess. We think this would be a great dip, or really good inside a baked potato! We ate it with lean porkchops, hashbrowns, and cooked apples for a great dinner.