These delicious spinach recipes will change your view on the versatile vegetable forever.
Spinach is packed with vitamins and minerals such as iron and magnesium but it doesn’t just keep you strong. This tasty vegetable adds a welcome crunch to pies, quiches and pastas.
Would you prefer our collection of kale recipes or silverbeet?
Did you know?
Spinach is sometimes called English spinach and, incorrectly, silverbeet. Baby spinach leaves are best eaten raw in salads. The larger leaves should be added last to soups, stews and stir-fries, and should be cooked until barely wilted. You will find this is a commonality in many of the below spinach recipes.
Test Kitchen tips for preparing, buying and storing spinach
Preparing spinach
Spinach needs thorough washing as dirt can hide in its crevices, but do so just before using. Hold the bunch upside-down with both hands, plunge it into a sinkful of cold water and swish it vigorously several times, then lift it out. We found this works better than washing it under running water.
Choosing spinach
Spinach should be undamaged and have bright, firm leaves and crisp stems. Be sure to buy enough – as spinach cooks down to about a third of its raw volume. An average bunch will serve only two as a side dish.
Storing spinach
Enclose full-size spinach or baby leaves, untrimmed and unwashed, in a paper bag and then in a plastic bag. Store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days for a bunch, 2 days for baby leaves.
Tuscan chicken tray bake
Spinach & cheese pull apart bread
Spinach pasta with hot smoked salmon
Classic spinach & ricotta lasagne
Air fryer hot honey salmon salad
Slow cooker spinach & ricotta lasagne
Spinach & three cheese muffins
Beef, spinach & ricotta lasagne
Air fryer puff pastry twists with spinach & fetta
Spinach, haloumi and potato salad
Pork in creamy lemon and spinach sauce
Julie Goodwin’s lemon & spinach risotto
Chickpea, spinach and paneer rogan josh
Spinach dip cob loaf
Chickpea, gnocchi and spinach curry
Ocean trout, spinach and mustard hand pies
Spinach, tomato and lemon one pot linguine
Spinach and feta parcels
Spinach, mushroom and mozzarella risoni bake
Roast pumpkin, spinach and fetta salad
Ricotta and spinach pasta shell bake
Beef, haloumi and spinach borek
Lamb, spinach & fetta pie
Pumpkin, ricotta and goat’s cheese lasagne
Chicken hunza pie
Spinach gozleme
Spinach and ricotta fried gnocchi
Creamed spinach
Spinach and ricotta filo pie
Spinach and fetta damper
Sensational spinach and fetta pie
Green shakshuka
Make mushroom, ham and spinach omelettes in your sausage roll maker
Spinach, cheese and potato cannelloni
Kale and spinach spanakopitas
Spinach and ricotta-stuffed chicken parmigiana
Spinach, pesto and parmesan lasagne
Spinach and paneer curry
Creamy mushroom and spinach gnocchi
Mushroom and spinach bruschetta
Spinach & ricotta stuffed pasta shell bake
Spinach tart with oat pastry
Pasta with spinach, mushrooms and almonds
Spicy lamb, spinach and fetta pizzas
Roast pumpkin and spinach lasagne
Feta, leek and spinach baked eggs
Cheesy spinach muffins
