Spinach Recipes

Add more spinach to your diet with this week's spinach centric recipes. Each serving of leafy green vegetables adds up to big health benefits.

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Tomato, Chicken, Spinach Spaghetti

Make it a Full Plate Meal: Serve your spaghetti with a side of steamed broccoli to turn this into a filling 75% supper. If you don’t eat chicken, use a can of rinsed and drained cannellini beans.

75% fiber foods – tomatoes, spinach, basil, garlic, broccoli, cannellini beans
25% foods – chicken, spaghetti, oil

Recipe Note:Use 1 tablespoon of oil in the recipe to reduce fat and calories. 

Spinach and Feta Stuffed Sweet Potatoes 

Make it a Full Plate Meal: Serve a stuffed potato with a bean salad and roasted carrots.

75% fiber foods – sweet potato, spinach, kidney beans, black beans, garbanzo beans, bell pepper, onion, cilantro, carrots
25% foods – feta and olive oil

Recipe Note: Use olive oil spray instead of drizzling olive oil to reduce the amount of saturated fat.

Measurement conversions:

• 100g of spinach is equal to about 4 cups
• 100g of feta cheese is equal to 1/2 cup

Strawberry Spinach Salad

Make it a Full Plate Meal: Serve your strawberry salad with this Spinach, Lentil & Wild Rice Casserole.

75% fiber foods – spinach, strawberries, avocado, red onion, wild rice, lentils, peas, garlic 
25% foods – feta, almonds, pistachios, dressing, cashews, unsweetened almond milk

Recipe Note: Skip the feta to reduce the amount of 25% ingredients

Smoky Chickpea and Spinach

Make it a Full Plate Meal: Enjoy the smoky chickpeas and spinach with brown rice for lunch or dinner. For the 25% of the plate, pick your own protein, like grilled fish or pan-seared tofu.

75% fiber foods – spinach, chickpeas, garlic, brown rice
25% foods – olive oil, protein choice

Spinach Avocado Toast

Make it a Full Plate Meal: A slice of avocado toast with a side of scrambled chickpeas would be perfect for this meal.

75% fiber foods – avocado, tomato, spinach, chickpeas, hummus
25% foods – bread