Dairy Free Creamed Spinach
Danielle Walker - AgainstAllGrain.com
10
American
Vegetables
Ingredients:
- 1 cup (about 150g) whole raw cashews
- 3 pounds spinach, stems trimmed
- 2 tablespoons ghee, extra-virgin olive oil or grass-fed unsalted butter
- 1⁄2 yellow onion, minced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons fine sea salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Instructions:
- Place the cashews in a bowl and cover them with boiling water. Soak for 1 hour.
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add the spinach. Cook until bright green and wilted, about 2 minutes. Pour the spinach into a colander and apply pressure to the top to remove all of the liquid. Transfer the spinach to a cutting board and coarsely chop it. If there’s still a lot of liquid coming out, place a towel over the top and apply pressure to soak up any remaining water.
- Heat the ghee in the same pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and garlic and sauté for 5 minutes. Add the spinach and cook for 5 minutes more.
- Meanwhile, drain the cashews and add them to a blender with the water, lemon juice, vinegar, salt, and nutmeg. Blend on high for about 1 minute, until very smooth.
- Stir the cashew cream into the spinach mixture, then remove from the heat. Serve immediately.
*make it ahead – This dish can be made up to 3 days in advance and stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Return the mixture to a skillet over medium-low heat and stir until heated through.
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Megan Stowell
I made this from the book this week, and it was AMAZING. Spinach and artichoke dip is one of my very favorite foods and this reminded me so much of it. Now that I am seeing the picture, i chopped my spinach way too small so it looked more like spinach and artichoke dip, but seriously, SO GOOD.
Definitely need to make the actual dip from the book now!
Danielle
Have you tried the Spinach Artichoke dip in the beginning of the book? it’s even better! 🙂
Raquel
Wow this is amazing! Thanks so much for sharing it! I can’t wait to try this one and the spinach artichoke dip ?
Alyssa Langelier
Made this for Christmas day and it was amazing! A huge hit. What brand of spatula, large pot, and colander did you use here?
Melody
This looks amazing! Thank you for sharing. What could I substitute the cashew with? My daughter is allergic to only cashews, other nut are fine. Thanks again!
Danielle
If she can tolerate dairy, you could try grass-fed cream; if not, you could try macadamia nuts or blanched almonds but the texture will not be the same.
Andrea Rodriguez
This tasted really great! However there was something in it that was gritty, it almost felt like sand. Do you know what I could have done wrong?
Danielle
Just a thought but I wonder if it was the spinach you used? Was it pre-washed? Hope you’ll try the recipe again!
Andrea Rodriguez
Perhaps! It was fresh although I did soak and rinse it. I will try with frozen next time 🙂 It was delicious!!
DJDeeJay
That could be it, but I also wonder if it was the cashews? Maybe try blending them longer to make sure they’re as smooth as possible.
Andrea Rodriguez
It was grittier than nuts I think but I’ll try it again!
Danielle
It sounds like the cashews didn’t get blended smoothly enough.
Ross
This was AMAZING : D
I usually hate spinach, but this was so good, that soon NOTHING was left !!! THANK YOU for such wonderful recipe !!
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The Dark Empress
Holy Moly!!! I just made this today and it is phenomenal!!!
Danielle
So glad you enjoyed 🙂
Danielle
No it is not!
Andrea Hilla-Custodio
Is this in one of your cookbooks?
Ani D
3 lbs of spinach sounds like SO MUCH. I have a pound of packaged baby spinach, will that be enough, or do I need to alter the rest of the recipe? Thanks!
Danielle
Hi! Spinach cooks down a lot so if you only have 1 lb you would need to adjust the other ingredients as well.