Spinach Bake Recipes

SPINACH & RICOTTA PASTA BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F/180C.
• Pasta Sauce: Pour out about 1/4 cup of the passata (to make room to add flavourings). Add the remaining Pasta Sauce ingredients into the bottle, screw the lid on and give it a shake.
• Cook pasta for time per packet MINUS 1 minute.
• SCOOP OUT 1 mugful pasta cooking water, drain and set aside.
• Ricotta Mixture - Mix Ricotta Mixture ingredients in a very large bowl. Use a splash of pasta cooking water if needed to make it creamy.
• Add pasta and stir to combine. Transfer to a heatproof baking dish.
• Top with Pasta Sauce, top with cheese. Loosely cover with foil.
• Bake for 25 minutes, then remove the cover and bake for a further 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and bubbly.
• Serve while hot and fresh!

SWEET POTATO & SPINACH BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Put the cream, garlic and herb sprigs into a small saucepan and slowly bring to just below boiling. Turn off the heat, season and leave to infuse.
• Put the spinach into a colander, pour over a kettle of boiling water and leave to drain for a few mins. Then squeeze out as much water as possible. Season with salt, pepper and freshly grated nutmeg.
• Grease an ovenproof dish generously with butter and spread half the sweet potato slices across the bottom. Top with a layer of spinach, then the remaining potato. Pour over the cream mixture, through a sieve to remove the garlic and herbs, then sprinkle with cheese. Bake for 45-55 mins until golden and tender.
• Meanwhile, if you're serving the chops, heat a griddle or frying pan and finely chop the leaves from the herb sprig. Rub over the chops with the oil and some seasoning, then griddle or fry for 3-4 mins on each side or until cooked to your liking. Leave bake, and chops if serving, to rest for 5 mins, then serve with a big green salad.

CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4.
• 2. Peel and finely chop the onions and garlic, then place in a large frying pan on a low heat with 2 tablespoons of oil and the oregano. 3. Finely grate in half the nutmeg and fry gently for 10 minutes, or until soft but not coloured, stirring regularly. 4. Add the spinach, turn the heat up to medium and cook down for 15 to 20 minutes, or until any liquid has evaporated. 5. Meanwhile, roughly chop the cold butter, grate the cheese and place in a food processor with the flour, oats and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Pulse into a nice crumble texture (or rub together by hand), then remove to a plate. 6. Put the cooked spinach mixture into the processor (there's no need to clean it), then add the crème fraîche and blitz for 1 minute. 7. Taste and season to perfection, then tip evenly into a baking dish (20cm x 30cm). Sprinkle over the crumble and bake for around 45 minutes, or until golden and bubbling.

CREAMY SPINACH BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Melt butter in small skillet on medium heat. Add onions and garlic; cook and stir 5 min. or until crisp-tender. Beat cream cheese, sour cream, eggs and pepper in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add onion mixture and spinach; mix just until blended.
• Spoon into 9-inch square pan sprayed with cooking spray. Sprinkle with nutmeg; cover.
• Bake 45 min. or until heated through and lightly browned, uncovering after 30 min.

BAKED SPINACH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Butter a 9 inch glass pie plate.
• Combine the eggs, bread crumbs, cream cheese, salt and nutmeg and stir in spinach, half and half and Cheddar.
• Transfer spinach mixture to pie plate and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until set and puffed slightly.
• Note: I sometimes fry up a few rashers of bacon until crisp, drain and crumble them into the spinach mixture.

GREEK SPINACH BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine the cottage cheese, spinach and feta cheese. Stir in the flour, pepper and salt. Add eggs and mix well. , Spoon into a greased 9-in. square baking dish. Bake, uncovered, until a thermometer reads 160°, about 1 hour.

SPINACH AND ARTICHOKE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375˚F. Lay the chicken breasts flat in a large baking dish and season with garlic powder, 1/4 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper.
• Mix the cheeses, then set aside 1/3 of it (about a cup.) In a large bowl, mix the mayo, sour cream, mustard, onion, remaining salt and pepper, and the remainder of the cheeses. Then fold in the chopped spinach and diced artichoke hearts.
• Spread mixture on top of chicken then top with cup of cheese that you set aside. Bake on middle rack of oven for 30-40 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through (internal temp of 165˚F).
• Serve hot and ENJOY!

ROASTED PUMPKIN AND SPINACH BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C.
• Cut the pumpkin into medium sized chunks, season with salt and pepper and drizzle with a bit of olive oil. Roast in the oven for approx 30 minutes or until soft.
• In the meantime, stir fry the onion, garlic, chilli flakes, salt and red pepper with a little olive oil until just soft and translucent. About 5 mins.
• Add the spinach and stir through until just wilted.
• Combine the roasted pumpkin and the spinach mix into a baking dish.
• Spoon the creme fraiche over the vegetables and sprinkle with roasted pumpkin seeds
• Bake for approx 30 minutes and serve hot.

CHEESY BAKED SPINACH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 9-inch oval baking dish or equivilant with non-stick cooking spray.
• Defrost spinach in the microwave or under warm water. Use your hands to squeeze out all the excess moisture in the spinach. Add to a medium mixing bowl.
• Add remaining ingredients to the spinach. Mix until combined. Pour into prepared baking dish and bake 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.

BAKED SPINACH & CHEESE

Steps:

• Coarsely chop the spinach.
• Melt the butter over medium heat & when bubbly add onion& garlic.
• Saute for 2 minutes.
• Add spinach, salt & pepper.
• Cover & reduce heat to low steam for 3-4 minutes.
• Put half of the cheese into an 8" greased casserole dish.
• Add spinach, & nutmeg.
• Cover with remaining cheese.
• Bake in 350F for apprx 20 minutes or until cheese is browned.

BAKED CREAMY SPINACH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Add cream cheese and milk; stir until melted. Stir in 1 cup Parmesan cheese, cayenne, salt and pepper. Stir in spinach. , Transfer to a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese. Bake, uncovered, 30-35 minutes or until hot and bubbly.

BAKED SPINACH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 2 quart baking dish.
• Clean spinach thoroughly. Remove all excess water. Chop spinach. Arrange spinach and flour in layers, nestle beaten eggs about midway between the layers.
• Combine cheese and bread crumbs. Mix in optional parsley, if desired. Sprinkle over top of spinach. Mix butter or margarine, milk, salt and pepper. Pour over all ingredients. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 50 minutes to one hour.