my favorite creamed spinach

Name: My Favorite Creamed Spinach
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1/4 cup(s) onions, diced; 2 - garlic cloves, small to medium, minced; 1 tablespoon(s) butter; 1 tablespoon(s) flour; 1 1/4 cup(s) half and half; 2 ounce(s) cream cheese, cut into small cubes; 1/8 teaspoon(s) nutmeg; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 16 oz. package(s) frozen spinach, thawed and sqeezed; 1/4 cup(s) plus 1 tablspn parmesan cheese, shredded

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Patrice Manning

Athens, GA

Updated on Mar 6, 2011

I love this creamed spinach even though I don't care for most cooked spinach dishes. I worked on this until it tasted like the one in a favorite restaurant of ours.

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prep time 10 Min

cook time 10 Min

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yield 4 serving(s)

Ingredients

1/4 cup onions, diced
2 - garlic cloves, small to medium, minced
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
1 1/4 cups half and half
2 ounces cream cheese, cut into small cubes
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
16 oz. packages frozen spinach, thawed and sqeezed
1/4 cup plus 1 tablspn parmesan cheese, shredded

How To Make my favorite creamed spinach

Step 1

Saute the onion and garlic in the butter until tender. Stir in the flour.

Step 2

Slowly whisk in half and half. Bring to a boil using medium heat.
Step 3

Stir for a couple of minutes until slightly thickened.
Step 4

Add the cream cheese, nutmeg and salt. Stir until cream cheese is melted.
Step 5

Stir in the spinach and 1/4 cup of the Parmesan cheese until throughly heated. (save the 1 Tablespoon cheese for next step)
Step 6

Top with the reserved 1 Tablespoon Parmesan cheese and serve!
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