This Week's Meal Planning Tip:
Spinach Packs a Nutrition Punch

People say to me regularly, "I need to add more veggies to my diet, but I don't know how." I have thought a lot about how to answer this question and decided to break it down over several newsletters over the year. One way, is to look at specific vegetables that are in season and providing suggestions for how to add these to your diet in several ways, with, of course, recipes provided!

Spinach is an early spring and late fall leafy green that packs a serious nutrition punch, so much so that spinach is considered a superfood. Because of it's mild flavour, it's an easy dark leafy green to "sneak" into meals without affecting the flavour of your dinner. (The kids won't even know they're eating their greens!)

With cooking, spinach should be added towards the end of the cook time. It takes very little heat to prepare it, plus it protects the nutrients. Chopped very small, spinach can almost disappear into a dish as it wilts. It's the perfect, easy addition to stews, soups, chilis, pasta sauces, lasagnas, casseroles, and many slow cooker meals.

It makes a great salad base or addition. As the main green - spinach salad with strawberries and goat cheese - yum! Or mix it in with your romaine or leaf lettuce for texture and colour variety.

Spinach also makes a great addition to add a mild veggie to a smoothie. It's mild taste barely comes through and you add so much nutrition power.

Here's a collection of six simple recipes that include spinach -
2 smoothies, 2 salads, and 2 mains. Enjoy!

~ Elizabeth

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