Creamed Spinach With Honey Glazed Pine Nuts

Delicious comfort food. This can be eaten as either as a wonderful dinner side dish or as a tasty dip when served with tortilla chips. Enjoy!

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup pine nuts
• 1  tablespoon olive oil
• 1  tablespoon honey
• 1  tablespoon olive oil
• 1  small onion, minced
• 3  garlic cloves, minced
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1⁄4 cup flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1  cup milk
• 4  ounces cream cheese, cubed
• 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
• 1⁄3 cup asiago cheese, grated

Directions

1. In a small sauté pan heat 1 tbsp of olive oil on MEDIUM, add pine nuts (be careful they burn quickly! Make sure you are constantly watching and stirring them). Toast lightly (about 1 minute) remove from heat and add 1 tbsp honey. Transfer to a small bowl and let pine nuts cool.
2. Add 1 tbsp of olive oil to the small sauté pan. Add onions and garlic. Fry until translucent (do not brown). Sit onions/garlic to the side to cool.
3. On MEDIUM heat, add 1/4 cup butter to a large saucepan. Once butter has melted add the flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Cook for about 1 minute.
4. Slowly add milk to butter/flour mixture, stirring constantly until you have a thick sauce. Add the cubed cream cheese and stir until melted.
5. Add the onion/garlic mixture to the cream sauce.
6. Add the 2 packages of well drained frozen chopped spinach to the cream sauce. Stir to combine and cook for approx 3-4 minutes on MEDIUM.
7. Once spinach mixture is heated completely through, stir in Asiago cheese and remove from heat.
8. Transfer creamed spinach to a serving dish.
9. Spoon honey glazed pine nuts over the creamed spinach and serve immediately.