Italian Potatoes and Spinach
photo by PaulaG


- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 4 large russet potatoes, peeled and diced
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 -8 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 -2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- salt and pepper
- 1 (9 ounce) package microwavable package fresh spinach
directions
- Cook potatoes in boiling salted water until tender and drain in a colander reserving 1/4 cup of liquid.
- Let potatoes steam 3 minutes, shaking once, then remove to a serving dish.
- While potatoes are cooking, place oil, garlic and red pepper flakes in a small skillet and cook slowly over low heat until garlic is lightly browned.
- When potatoes are ready, cook spinach according to package directions.
- Add spinach, garlic-pepper oil (and some reserved liquid if needed) to potatoes, toss, season with salt and pepper and serve at once.
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Reviews
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It never crossed my mind to put spinach with potatoes. I always mixed string beans or zucchini with my potatoes. Anyway I gave this a try and really enjoyed the mixture. Due to my laziness I added the garlic to the potato water and due to taste left out the pepper flakes and it still turned out great. My husband put butter on his potion. Thanks for sharing.
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I agree this can be addictive! The potatoes were cooked and dried as per recipe. I used baby spinach which was coarsely chopped and added to the pan the potatoes were cooked in along with the garlic and just a touch red pepper flakes. The water from the washed spinach was used for cooking. After the potatoes were added back in everything was seasoned with a touch of salt and freshly ground black pepper. The finished product was drizzled lightly with a high quality olive oil. This was served with meatloaf for a wonderful meal.
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