Warm Spinach Salad Recipes

Tap to Read ➤ Sujata Iyer

Trying to get your kids to eat spinach but failing miserably? Give these recipes a try and you might just get lucky!

Picture a bunch of fresh spinach, lush green with water droplets on it. Overflowing with nutrients like minerals, vitamins, fiber, and protein. Sounds appealing? Try this line on your kids. They'll most probably scamper the minute they hear the word spinach! I have some warm spinach salad recipes that you can try to coax your kids to eat, and help them get over their spinach phobia!

...with Roasted Chicken

What you will need Fresh spinach cut into small pieces - 8 cups Roasted chicken (cubed) - 1 ½ cup Bacon - 6 slices

Zucchini (cut into strips) - 2 Green onions - ⅓ cup Cider vinegar - ¼ cup Sugar - 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard - 1 teaspoon Flour - 1 tablespoon Water - ½ cup Celery seeds - ½ teaspoon

Instructions Place the bacon on medium heat in a skillet and cook till it turns crisp. Drain it and make crumbs. Put the chicken, zucchini, and green onions in the skillet after removing the oil from it.

Cook it for about 3 minutes or until the onions are tender. In the meantime, spread out the spinach in the serving platter. Place the bacon, chicken, and onion mixture on the spinach.

Take the water and vinegar in the skillet and heat. When heated, add the flour, mustard, sugar, and celery seeds to it and stir till the mixture is thick. Pour it on the salad, toss and serve!

...with Eggs and Artichokes

What you will need Eggs - 3 Baby spinach (washed and dried) - ¾ pounds Extra virgin olive oil - 5 tablespoons Red wine vinegar - 1 tablespoon Balsamic vinegar - 1 tablespoon

Salt and pepper - to taste Brined artichokes - 1 can Gruyere cheese - ⅓ cup

Instructions Hard boil the eggs and peel them when cooled. Mix the red wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar, red wine vinegar, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Cut the artichokes after draining them.

Cook the vinegar mixture, oil, and artichokes in a pan on medium heat till warm. While the mixture heats, spread the baby spinach in a bowl.

Then put the artichokes mixture on the spinach. Toss it well. Garnish the salad with crudely cut pieces of the boiled egg. Grate the gruyere cheese on the salad and serve!

...with Nuts and Cheese

What you will need Pine nuts - 1 tablespoon Baby spinach (washed and dried) - 8 cups Extra virgin olive oil - 1 tablespoon

Lemon juice Sugar - 1 teaspoon Feta cheese (crumbled) - 2 tablespoons Golden raisins or cranberries (dried) - 2 tablespoons Red onions (minced) - 2 tablespoons

Instructions Heat the pine nuts, stirring occasionally until they are golden brown. Heat the spinach in a microwave, with a plastic wrap on the tray, for about a minute or until it is wilted. Till then, mix the olive oil, lemon juice, and sugar.

Add the cheese, raisins, and red onions to this mixture. Add salt and pepper to taste. Pour this dressing over the wilted spinach and garnish it with the pine nuts.

...with White Beans

What you will need Spinach (fresh and torn) - 4 cups Onion (sliced) 1 Minced garlic - 1 tablespoon

Navy beans (rinsed and drained) - 3 ½ cups Diced tomatoes - 3 cups Fresh thyme (chopped) - 1 tablespoon Turkey bacon (cooked, drained, and crumbled) - 2 slices Olive oil - 1 cup Red wine vinegar - 4 tablespoons Salt and pepper - to taste

Instructions Cook the onion and garlic in the olive oil till they are tender. Add the beans to the mixture. Drain the tomatoes and retain ⅓ cup liquid. Add the tomatoes, the retained liquid and the thyme to the onion garlic mixture.

Cook for about 2 minutes on medium heat. Add half the spinach and stir the mixture till the spinach is wilted. Add the remaining spinach and the bacon. Place the mixture on the serving platter and sprinkle the vinegar on it. Add salt and pepper to season.

Test these recipes on your children. They'll love them and might just give a whole new meaning to Sammy Lerner's "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man, I'm Popeye the Sailor Man. I'm strong to the finich... Cause I eats me spinach. I'm Popeye the Sailor Man."