What are Some Different Ways to Serve Spinach?

@JessicaLynn - It's a good thing you usually buy organic spinach. Everyone should! From what I've read, spinach is a vegetable you should always buy organic. Apparently it absorbs pesticides really well, so if you're going to buy one thing organic, it should be spinach.

I love spinach. It's so versatile! You can eat it cooked or raw, as a side dish or as the main course as part of a salad. I usually buy a container of organic spinach on every shopping trip, and I always use it before it goes bad.

I like to add a little bit of spinach to my scrambled eggs in the morning, and I love to make a spinach salad. My favorite spinach salad is spinach, blueberries, goat cheese, walnuts and chicken, topped with a raspberry vinaigrette. I call it my "super food salad" because blueberries are supposed to be really good for you too!

@betterment - I agree. There are a ton of vegetables out there that are really good for you. There's no need to torture yourself by trying to eat the one vegetable you don't like! I personally hate peas, and I never eat them.

@ddljohn - It's sad that you just don't like spinach, because it really is very good for you. As the article said, it's full of antioxidants and vitamins. And if you believe the Popeye cartoons, eating spinach also makes you strong!

However, if you really, truly don't like spinach, you shouldn't force yourself to eat it. There are a lot of other vegetables that contain antioxidants (like berries) and there are a lot of other green veggies you can try to. Maybe try collard greens or mustard greens and see what you think? Or try kale, which is also supposed to be very good for you.

@ddljohn-- Not me! I love spinach and I can eat it in any shape or form.

But my favorite spinach recipes are spinach omelets and spinach quiche. Especially quiche is so good! I make mine with onion, milk and lots of spinach and cheddar cheese.

I think spinach is perfect for breakfast because it cooks so fast. Sometimes I buy pre-washed baby spinach and I will add that to the pan when I'm making omelets. It cooks in two minutes so it's like the perfect omelet ingredient.

@ddljohn-- Have you ever tried those Greek pastries with spinach and feta cheese in them called "spanakopita"?

I used to be like you, I hated spinach, until I had this pastry. It's really very delicious. The funny part is, you don't taste the spinach all that much. The phyllo dough and the feta cheese sort of mask the flavor. You won't even realizing that you are having spinach.

I think you should try spanakopita. It might be the one food made with spinach that you actually like. You can make it yourself at home and many Mediterranean restaurants offer it too.

I can't eat spinach because I've never liked it. I know it's really good for me and very nutritious, but I think it tastes like grass. Growing up, my mom tried many different recipes to try to get me to eat spinach and none of them worked.

It's not that I didn't try. I've tried many different types of spinach dishes. Everything from fresh baby spinach in salads, to creamed spinach and spinach with pasta. Nope, I can't eat it.

If one day I do find a spinach recipe I actually like, it will be a very big deal for me.

No matter what kind of smoothie or shake you choose to make, you can always sneak in some spinach for vitamins. If you just add a handful, chances are that you won't even be able to taste it.

I have had banana and even chocolate milkshakes with a few spinach leaves blended in, and I could not detect them. My sister-in-law said that she sneaks them into all the smoothies that she makes for her kids, because they would not eat spinach otherwise.

There is one liquid drink that uses spinach, but it doesn't have to be a secret ingredient in this one, because it is a health drink. I juice some carrots, an apple, and some spinach and add a sprinkle of lemon juice and ginger. The result is a supercharged healthy juice that has an interesting and surprisingly addictive flavor.

@wavy58 – Spinach makes an excellent filler. I think that spinach's flavor is highly influenced by whatever juice or dressing you add to it, so that makes it perfect for using in salads.

I'm not a fan of lettuce as a filler in salads, because it has no nutritional value. Spinach is just full of vitamins, and it actually has a little bit of flavor of its own. I don't know why anyone would choose lettuce over spinach.

I like eating spinach with a tomato and croutons in a salad. I drizzle some Italian dressing across it, and the flavors meld together. The tomato juice and the dressing both enhance the spinach.

I once ordered a shrimp and spinach meal from a restaurant that tasted awesome. The shrimp had been grilled and had a bit of a bacon flavor to it.

The shrimp were lying on a bed of spinach with bits of bacon and tomato tossed into the mix. It was a very light lunch, but it was so delicious that I haven't forgotten it, even though I last ate it five years ago.

I think that the bacon grease probably made the spinach taste so yummy. I have had raw spinach by itself before, and it just wasn't good. However, when I eat it mixed with other flavorful stuff, I love it.

I tried to blanch some raw spinach leaves once, but they turned into a wet, wilted mess. I had heard that you should use a salad spinner after blanching them to get the excess water out, but I didn't have one.

I just don't like the way that spinach tastes once it has been cooked. It takes on a deeper, more bitter flavor that just makes me gag a little. I will stick to eating it raw.

Steaming spinach is not the healthiest. Fat is needed to absorb the fat soluble vitamins in the vegetables. That's why all vegetables taste better accompanied by some form of fat (but not fake veggie oil fats). Organic cold pressed olive oil, various dressings, grass-fed butter, preservative-free bacon fat. Go ahead. It's actually good for you!

fresh spinach, dried cranberries, slivered almonds, sunflower seeds, crumbled cheese, raisins, shredded carrots, with a sweet, light dressing --yummers.

Crispety-When I make a salad with spinach I first include the spinach with bacon and then add the Laughing Cow cheese and it is delicious.

Also, if you sprinkle a little of garlic on your spinach and microwave the combination you can have a low fat and nutritious side dish to any meal. You only have to microwave it for about thirty seconds.

It is really an easy spinach recipe.

Mentirosa- That sounds delicious. I really love spinach because it does give me so much energy. Sometimes I will apply some spinach salad with my pasta or chicken.

I really offers a more hearty and robust taste. I also love spinach dip, but I have to be careful because unlike spinach salad, spinach dip is very high in fat.

A versatile and healthy vegetable. I like creamed spinach. After I steam it, I cool it slightly, then chop it, and add it to a light roux. Then I add some cool milk, salt and pepper and warm thoroughly. It is good, even children like it.