Easy Creamed Spinach does not get easier! This simple homemade side dish is so much better than store bought! Wilted spinach is mixed through a silky smooth white sauce, flavoured with sautéed onion and garlic, then served with parmesan cheese. This side dish is a cheese lover’s dream!
Your average creamed spinach could be mistaken for spinach and cream thrown haphazardly together. Well, that might be the case for some recipes but ours is a completely different story. This easy creamed spinach recipe is SO good, it will have you eating straight from the pan!
CREAMED SPINACH
While this easy creamed spinach recipe is the perfect Thanksgiving side, this is something I grew up with…not just on Thanksgiving, but all year round. My mum would whip this up to go with Pan Seared Garlic Butter Steaks, Crispy Beer Roast Chicken, and yes, even Herb Roasted turkey.
HOW TO MAKE CREAMED SPINACH
She cooks this one of two ways. Either using fresh spinach leaves that first get wilted in a pot of boiling water or in a pan with plenty of butter. You can do either!
Because we’re all about convenience at Cafe Delites, we have also included a frozen spinach option for even faster creamed spinach.
WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO NEED
Easy creamed spinach is exactly as easy as it sounds, which means you won’t need many ingredients:
- Baby spinach (frozen or fresh)
- Unsalted butter
- Onion
- Garlic
- Flour (All purpose)
- Milk
- Parmesan cheese
- Nutmeg (optional)
- Cayenne pepper (optional)
- Salt and pepper
You’re going to start by melting your butter in a medium sized pot. Then you’re going to whisk in your flour. Once it has a nice golden colour, you’re going to throw in your onion, then your garlic.
Next comes the milk, followed by your optional seasonings. While that’s happening, you’re going to melt your remaining butter in a separate pan and chuck in your spinach, wilting it in small batches. If you’d rather use water to wilt your spinach, you can pop it into some boiling water before transferring it into a cool water bath.
Once your spinach is sufficiently wilted, pour it into your white sauce and mix. Serve it up and top it off with some grated parmesan cheese.
Voila! Tasty, easy creamed spinach in no time, with all the flavour!
MORE SPINACH RECIPES:
Spinach Artichoke Stuffed Chicken
Skillet Spinach Bacon Artichoke Dip
Spinach and Ricotta Grilled Cheese
Easy Creamed Spinach
Ingredients
- 16 ounces baby spinach leaves washed and dried
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter divided
- 1 onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic finely chopped or minced
- 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk or half and half
- 1 pinch ground nutmeg optional
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper optional
- ¼ teaspoon salt to taste
- ¼ teaspoon pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese grated, to serve
Instructions
- Melt ¼ cup of butter in a medium-sized pot over medium heat. Whisk in the flour and cook for a couple of minutes until light golden. Add in the onion and cook until transparent (about 2-3 minutes), then add the garlic and cook until fragrant (about 30 seconds).
- Pour in the milk (or half and half), whisking constantly until the white sauce thickens (about 5 minutes). Season with salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne (If using). If the sauce is too thick, add another ¼ cup of milk to the sauce, whisking it through until reaching your desired thickness.
- For the spinach: melt the remaining butter in a separate pan, and add spinach in batches, wilting each batch before adding the next, until all spinach is wilted. (Add a small spoon of water if the pan gets too dry.)Alternatively: Cook the spinach in a pot of boiling water for just one minute; then immerse in a cold water bath to stop the cooking process. Squeeze out any excess water from the leaves and set aside.
- Season the cream sauce with salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne. Add wilted spinach to the cream sauce, stirring gently to combine. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and serve immediately.
Jennette Servais says
Real great visual appeal on this site, I’d rate it 10 10.
Madeline says
I haven’t tried this recipe yet and want to, but I would like to know the nutrition information. Specifically what a serving size is and how many calories are in a serving
Georgia Knowles says
Hi Madeline, I have just updated the nutritional information it should be at the bottom of the page now, hope you enjoy making this one!
Mary says
I could not believe how good this was! Can’t wait to make it for company.
Christelle says
Hi from SA,
Not a big fan of creamed spinach. Always too bland. But this recipe totally changed my mind. Came out perfect and hubby loved it😀
Sally Ann Baker says
Excellent my son in law licked out the pot!!
Score Big Time! Easy p easy but ohhh so deelish
Jamie Cathleen Marks says
Delicious. I added fresh spinach the the sauce and let it melt. In the sauce mixture I added garlic pepper cream cheese or you can even do chive cream cheese. I added roasted chicken breast at the end of a keto friendly dish.