Spinach

Popeye’s spinach power

While it may not be a Bluto-clobbering super food, spinach is, however, chocked full of antioxidants and dietary fiber. It is also a wonderful source of niacin, zinc, vitamins A, C, E, K, B6, thiamine, riboflavin, and quite a few more.

Spinach contains a higher level of iron than most of it’s vegetable relatives. The problem is the type of iron that it provides is not easily absorbed by the body. Animal proteins are much better for this purpose.

When preparing spinach, be sure to wash it thoroughly or it will have an unpleasant dirt flavor. In order to retain as much of the nutritional value as possible, serve it raw, or

steamed. It can also be boiled quickly. As with most foods, if you can find it organically grown, it is well worth any added expense.

Recipe

Grilled Spinach Stuffed Portabella Mushrooms

Serving: 4

I found this little hors d’oeuvre on the ‘net somewhere, but have modified it to make it “my own”. Give it a try, and tweak as you see fit.

Ingredients:

8 small portabella mushrooms

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 cup chopped spinach

5 oz. of cream cheese

1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1 clove minced garlic

salt

pepper

Directions:

Clean the mushrooms and remove gills. Coat mushrooms with olive oil.

Sauté the garlic in a small pan. Assemble the filling by mixing the cheese, spinach and garlic. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stuff the mushrooms with the filling.

Use indirect heat to cook the mushrooms. Cook until the meat of the mushrooms are seared. This will take roughly 20 minutes. Serve immediately.

Nutrients

Calories: 190.5

Fat: 19.2g

Saturated Fat – 8.7g

Polyunsaturated Fat – 1.0g

Monounsaturated Fat – 8.5g

Carbohydrate: 2.3g

Protein: 3.3g

**Note**

Nutritional values calculated at sparkrecipes.com.

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