Stir-Fried Baby Spinach (For age 9+ months)

I was not a big fan of spinach dishes when I was a kid. But I do remember liking fried spinach made by my mother. Recently I had a very different spinach dish made by my husband’s grandmother, Wow, does any spinach dish can get better than that? May be not. I will try to share some of their recipes later in this blog.

OK, let's talk about spinach, yes everyone knows that it is one of the healthiest foods of all time. But some of us have a hard time incorporating it into our diet, especially kids diet.  I know there are many Moms like me, who are struggling to give green to their kids but we need to find the way they do like those super foods. If you are looking to make a simple side dish with spinach, this recipe is great! Easy to make, and it requires very few ingredients.

Ingredients (4 servings)

Baby spinach- 10 oz

Coconut oil- 2 Tbsp

Lemon juice- 1 Tbsp

Salt and pepper, to taste 

Process

Step 1: Chop the whole spinach.

Step 2: Add the chopped spinach to a large frying pan and cook it (do not cover it) over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Since the spinach is so full of water, it immediately begins to release liquid upon contact with the hot pan.

Step 3: As the spinach cooks down, add salt and gently toss and turn the spinach, in such a way that all of the unwilted leaves make contact with the bottom of the pan.

Step 4: Keep stirring and cooking the spinach until the liquid completely evaporates.

Step 5: Once the liquid completely evaporates, add coconut oil and pepper. Keep stirring until you see the spinach starts to come off from the bottom of pan. Add few drops of fresh lemon juice over spinach. Do not over fry spinach, since it will loose all the nutrients. So keep the green color.

Now it is ready to serve. You can serve it with Rice/ Chicken/ Mashed potatoes.  

HAPPY COOKING!