Creamed Spinach

We love creamed spinach and have tried several recipes. One of our main requirements when searching was that it had to be able to use frozen spinach.

My sister-in-law made this at Thanksgiving and I had to bug her for the recipe! It's now my favorite. I normally double it because we really, really love it. It's low carb too!

2 tbsp butter

1/2 c chopped onion

2 tbsp flour (see note at the bottom)

3/4 c half and half

10 oz frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained

1 c shredded swiss or mozzarella

1/2 t salt

1/2 t pepper

1/4 t gr nutmeg

Melt butter in skillet, add onion and cook till tender. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly for 2 min. Stir in 1/4 c half and half till smooth. Stir in spinach, cheese, salt, pepper, nutmeg and remaining half and half. Spoon into baking dish and broil 5 inches from heat until hot and bubbly.

This serves 2 in large ramekins. Carrie doubled and cooked in shallow pyrex.

Notes:

Substituting flour for low carb diet: I have used soy flour (same amount) and it turned out great. I also left the flour out entirely once when I had no soy flour. It just wasn't as thick. You could use cream instead of half and half to make it thicker, or maybe just half the amount of half and half. Replacing with sour cream will also leave it thicker in the end.

Additions (we have tried all of these and they are delicious!):

2 pieces of bacon, crumbled
1 can artichoke hearts, chopped

1 clove garlic, minced

Top with sprinkled parmesan cheese before broiling.

It's also great if you don't broil it at all!