Spinach is an annual nocturnal plant whose leaves have a fresh aroma and a slightly sour taste. This vegetable has been known since ancient times, and its origin is ascribed to Ancient Persia. Spinach in the people has two nicknames: "king of vegetables" and "broom of the stomach" - for stimulating the activity of the intestines and pancreas. Spinach is high in protein.
According to the content of this substance, it is in third place in the "rating" of vegetables. Dishes made from frozen spinach or fresh are very useful for people at any age. It is especially recommended to use them for diseases of the nervous and cardiovascular systems, for gastritis, hypertension, exhaustion, anemia, diabetes mellitus and enterocolitis. It is worth mentioning that spinach helps stop the development of malignant tumors. Also, this plant is used in diet and baby food. However, despite all its usefulness, spinach has contraindications. It is not recommended to use it in large quantities to people suffering from urolithiasis, cholelithiasis or kidney stones.
In this article we will tell in detail what to cook from spinach. It is also very important that dishes from frozen spinach (if cooked correctly) do not lose their beneficial properties.
By itself, this vegetable has a neutral taste, so it will be very well combined with all kinds of products: meat, fish, cheeses and dairy products. It will also be a wonderful combination with nuts and other vegetables: potatoes, tomatoes, legumes, etc. Spinach is also used as an additional ingredient to enhance and emphasize the taste of the main course. It is added to soups, to the filling for casseroles and pies, omelets and so on. Spinach dishes , the recipes of which can vary depending on your imagination, are an excellent field for culinary creativity!
To begin with, if you cook from fresh spinach, the leaves must be thoroughly washed, as sand can remain in the petioles. If you plan to cook dishes from frozen spinach, then it must be thawed naturally, and then squeezed slightly.
The recipe we are going to talk about is spinach soup. We need half a kilogram of the prepared plant. Boil it, and then grind it in a blender. You can take ready-made mashed potatoes. Separately, cook beef broth. We take out the cooked meat, cut it into small pieces, and send about half a kilogram of peeled potato to the broth. After it is cooked, knead in mashed potatoes along with the broth. Add the spinach, meat and continue cooking. After the soup begins to boil, cook for two to three minutes. As a dressing for it, you can prepare the next sauce. To a glass of sour cream add a teaspoon of sweet paprika, black pepper to taste and the juice of one lemon. Mix thoroughly - done!
Although this vegetable does not have a strong, pronounced taste, in the winter (with a catastrophic lack of vitamins) frozen spinach dishes will be your great helper due to the high content of trace elements and vitamins.