When it comes to stereotypical foods that kids hate, spinach tops the list, along with brussels sprouts and broccoli, all of which I've learned to love. Seriously, when it comes to bang for your buck nutrition-wise, it's hard to beat spinach.
Spinach is an awesome vegetarian source of iron. Consider that an adult woman needs 18 mg of iron per day, and one cup of cooked spinach provides 6.4 mg of that!
Eat this leafy green raw, and one cup packs in 56 percent of the recommended daily value of Vitamin A; cook it and eat a cup, and you've got a whopping 377 percent of your daily value.
It's also very high in Vitamin C and lutein, which is good for your eyes and lowers your risk of cataracts. No wonder it's one of the foods women should eat every day.
Try serving fish or meat on a bed of cooked spinach, use it to make a light Mediterranean salad, or saute it with onions and spices for a yummy side dish.
Pied A Terre
love spinach, I prefer this over any other green leafy veggie.
1ALREADY love spinach!!
2Eating it now!! With Sardines!
3how could anybody NOT love spinach!? It's so yummy!!!!
4Who doesn't love spinach?
5Mmmmmmm I'm with you guys (and Popeye
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6I love spinach, its my favorite green for a salad.
7Spinach, brussel sprouts, broccoli... you named all of my favorites. *drool*
8If you are new to trying spinach or if you think you don't like it, try it raw before trying it cooked. Raw spinach has a much milder taste to it. I think it's a bit strong-flavored when it's cooked, but that's just me. I love raw spinach in salads...it's so yummy!
9I LOVE spinach! I put frozen spinach in my smoothies everyday love it
10spinach in my smoothies everyday too!! its the only way i get my boyfriend to eat it
11I never understood why someone WOULDN'T like spinach! Yum!
12I eat spinach EVERY SINGLE DAY - and I am not joking! I use it as a "bed" for my dinner food every night!! It's delicious and I love how it wilts when warm food touches it!
13As a salad? What goes well with spinach?
14I love Spinach! I made a baby spinach salad yesterday with hard boiled eggs, carrots, grape tomatoes and chicken. So good!
15I looove spinach. Its awesome in omelets, and stir frys. And soup!!
16Spinach is simply awesome. Yummm...
17I don't like raw lettuce, I like all of the other greens but spinach. There is something about raw spinach that bugs me. If it is cooked lightly, i like it better, but give me chard, kale or arugula any day.
18I meant to say raw spinach above.
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