Spinach With Pine Nuts

Submitted by mersaydees

"This is from Quick French Cuisine by Michelle Garner. This is tres simple and healthy!"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 tablespoons dark green olive oil
• 2 lbs fresh spinach, trimmed, washed and dried or (10 ounce) packages frozen spinach, thawed and drained
• 1⁄2 cup pine nuts, lightly tasted (toast 6 to 8 minutes at 350 degrees F)
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Saute garlic in olive oil in large skillet until soft.
2. Add spinach and cook until tender and fairly dry.
3. Add pine nuts to skillet and cook until moisture is barely absorbed.
4. Season with salt and pepper and serve.

Reviews

[Mom2Rose]

Aussie Swap#17: WOW!! What a perfect combination of flavors!! I would have never thought to add the pinenuts to the spinach - incredible!!

 

[CoffeeB]

This is a really fabulous tasting side. Loved the perfect compliment of the pine-nuts to the tangyness of the spinach. I followed your recipe as written using fresh spinach. I have to admit this was the first for me using pine-nuts. Won't be the last by any means. I loved toasting them first b/f sauteeing with the other ingredients. Wonderful, wonderful. Thanks for posting this recipe Mersaydee's and glad I tagged for NewestZaar Tag. 08'

 

[Paris D]

This is very good, very healthy, and packed with fiber. I think that there are enough pine nuts to cut the quantity in half next time we make this to reduce the calories. We did a separate nutritional analysis and most of the calories are coming from the pine nuts. Made for ZWT8.

 

[SrtaMaestra]

I don't think I'll be making this again. I made a much smaller portion, because no one else in the house really likes cooked spinach. I like the idea of this recipe, love spinach and pine nuts, but agree with KateL and cyaos that this is missing something to really make the flavors pop. Thanks for posting this!

 

[KateL]

3 Stars, this was okay, but I used the alternate frozen spinach (the fresh looked terrible at our store), the result lacked visual appeal, and I believe that taste suffered, so I would not recommend showing it as an option. This tasted like straight cooked frozen spinach, and even a pinch of curry powder or nutmeg would make a world of difference, I think. Made for 1-2-3 Hit Wonders.