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This easy creamed spinach is made with frozen spinach, shallots, Parmesan cheese, and Boursin cheese for a rich and flavorful side dish.
Creamed Spinach
This Boursin creamed spinach is a lighter version of a steakhouse favorite and so easy to make. It’s perfect with steak and a baked potato but can also go great with turkey meatloaf, breaded pork chops or even as a Thanksgiving side dish.
Why This Works!
- Lighter: This creamed spinach is lighter than most recipes, made without heavy cream.
- Easy: This recipe uses frozen spinach which I always keep in my freezer.
- Tons of flavor: Thanks to boursin cheese and parmesan, this creamy vegetable side dish is delicious.
- Great texture!
Ingredients
(See full recipe below)
- For Flavor: shallots and garlic, minced
- White Sauce: butter, all purpose flour and fat free milk
- Cheese: Parmesan cheese and Boursin garlic and herb cheese
- Spices: nutmeg, fresh black pepper, kosher salt
- Spinach: frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained of all excess moisture
How To Make This Easy Creamed Spinach Recipe
- In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium-low heat. Add the shallots and garlic and cook until soft, 4 to 5 minutes.
- Add the flour to shallots, stir and cook 1 more minute to let the flour cook out.
- Reduce heat to low and slowly add milk, whisking well.
- Add the Parmesan cheese, nutmeg, salt and pepper and mix well.
- Add the Boursin cheese and mix with until smooth.
- Add the thawed spinach and combine well with sauce, cook 1 minute, until heated through. Adjust salt and pepper if necessary.
Variations
- Use fresh spinach or baby spinach in place of frozen. Simply wilt the spinach in a large pot first, then proceed.
- Use onion in place of shallots.
- Add a pinch of cayenne for spice.
Note
Boursin can be found in the cheese section of most supermarkets. If you can’t find it, light cream cheese or Laughing Cow could work as a replacement.
Leftover Ideas
- Top it with mozzarella cheese, heat it in the microwave or oven to make a spinach dip.
- Make oysters Rockefeller using this method.
- Stuff a chicken breast with the leftovers and roll it up for chicken rollatini.
Storage
Leftovers can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 4 days or frozen up to 3 months.
More Spinach Recipes:
- Wilted Spinach and Garlic
- Spinach Dip
- Spinach Dip Stuffed Mushrooms
- Spinach Lasagna Roll Ups
- Spinach Gratin
Creamed Spinach Recipe
An easy creamed spinach recipe made with a creamy blend of spinach, shallots, Parmesan cheese, and Boursin cheese for a rich and flavorful side dish.
Yield: 8 servings
Serving Size: 1 /2 cup
Equipment
- skillet
Ingredients
- 2 tsp butter
- 1/2 cup shallots, minced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1 1/2 cups fat free milk
- 2 tbsp Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp fresh black pepper
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt to taste
- 4 oz Boursin, garlic and herb (from 1 container)
- 16 ounce bag frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained of all moisture
Instructions
- In a large skillet, melt butter over medium-low heat. Add the shallots and garlic and cook until soft, 4 to 5 minutes.
- Add the flour to shallots, stir and cook 1 more minute to let the flour cook out.
- Reduce heat to low and slowly add milk, whisking well.
- Add the parmesan cheese, nutmeg, salt and pepper and mix well.
- Add the boursin cheese and mix with until smooth.
- Add the thawed spinach and combine well with sauce, cook 1 minute, until heated through. Adjust salt and pepper if necessary.
Last Step:
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Serving: 1 /2 cup, Calories: 88 kcal, Carbohydrates: 8.5 g, Protein: 5 g, Fat: 4.5 g, Saturated Fat: 3 g, Cholesterol: 13 mg, Sodium: 120.5 mg, Fiber: 2 g, Sugar: 3.5 g
