How to make Better Spinach | Stop Over Cooking Your Spinach | Quick Tasty Spinach Recipe

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Cottage cheese is lower in fat and calories.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: sunflower oil

Avocado oil has healthy fats, while sunflower oil is more affordable.

pine nuts

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Walnuts provide healthy fats and are often cheaper.

vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Homemade broth can be healthier and more economical.

Run warm water and add a little apple cider vinegar to it.

Open the baby spinach package.

Fill a bowl with almost hot water and add the vinegar.

Toss the spinach in the vinegar water to clean it, letting it sit for about a minute.

Drain some of the water from the spinach.

Place the spinach in a microwave-safe container.

Add a quarter stick of butter and sprinkle with salt.

Cover the container, leaving one corner open, and put it in the microwave.

Microwave for 5 minutes, stopping at 3 minutes to stir the spinach before continuing to cook.

After microwaving, check the spinach; it should not be overcooked or slimy.

Add crushed red pepper and chopped scallions before serving.

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