Following the veg box delivery last week, I had a lot of spinach in my fridge so this weekend has been dominated by recipes including this green vegetable!!!
It started Saturday morning with Eggs and Spinach en cocotte. I had done a cocotte before:
https://creationsfromlacuineta.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/oeufs-en-cocotte-eggs-in-pots/
They are really tasty, a real treat for a weekend breakfast so a good way to use the spinach. Again it was really tasty and you can find the recipe I used here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/eggsandspinachencoco_88059
Next up was Saturday dinner 🙂 I really fancied a curry, so I did this Chicken and Spinach Balti recipe:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/chickenandspinachbal_86977
Really nice flavours from the yoghurt marinade and the spinach gave it something extra for sure. I usually don’t have spinach in my curries and I’ve eaten a lot of curries over the course of my life so quite a turning point!
And now this brings us to Sunday night! As I’m writing this, I’ve been cooking a Ghanaian Beef and Spinach Stew for about 2 hours by now!
http://www.girlcooksworld.com/2011/03/shoko-ghanaian-beef-and-spinach-stew.html
It comes from a really nice blog which features gluten free recipes. I didn’t have all the ingredients (serrano peppers for example) but I have suitable substitutes and also was able to add a couple of my organic carrots and some leeks. You can see what it looks like below! I just need to add the spinach and it will soon be ready to eat!
For anyone who has not yet had enough of spinach while reading this post, you can find all the health benefits of spinach here:
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/ingredient-focus-spinach
I should definitely be feeling stronger and ready to tackle Monday!!!
Thanks to the BBC for providing a lot of inspiration this weekend!