This easy recipe uses frozen organic chopped spinach which is a great standby when good fresh stuff is not easily available.
I hope you will be surprised how good it is. It goes particularly well with roasted meats and meaty fish.
*Make sure you soak the sultanas well in advance of making this recipe – they need at least 2 hours.
For 4 as a side dish
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed
4 generous handfuls of frozen organic chopped spinach
The finely grated zest and juice of an organic orange
*2 tbsp sultanas soaked in 2 tbsp hot water for 2 hours
55g of blue cheese such as Stilton, crumbled (optional)
Sea salt flakes
- In a medium sized sturdy frying pan, gently heat the oil.
- Add the crushed garlic and stir for a minute or so.
- Raise the heat to medium and stir in the frozen spinach. Let it cook, uncovered so that the moisture can evaporate. This should take about 4 minutes.
- When the spinach is nice and hot, stir in the orange zest and juice, soaked sultanas, drained, and, if using, the crumbled cheese.
- Taste the spinach and add a pinch or two of sea salt flakes if you like.
- Serve in a warm bowl.
If you want a healthier and more environmentally friendly diet, a good start would be to cook from scratch, avoid buying ready-processed meals, and so avoid foods with a high sugar and salt content. Have a look at food labels, you will likely be amazed by how much salt and sugar is included and, worse, how many of the ingredients are not recognisable as food.
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