Can you smell what the ma'am is cooking? Spinach!

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So I was out of veg at home and was cruising the Produce section for something quick and easy. The BIG bags of cleaned spinach were on sale and I was inspired. The resulting recipe is a quick, slightly crunchy spinach side dish.

Almond and Olive Oyl Spinach

1 big bag of cleaned spinach (no need to splurge on the baby stuff)

1/4 cup of raw slivered almonds

1 Tablespoon Olive Oyl

1 shallot or half a red onion

garlic or garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste


Toast almond slivers in a large skillet over medium heat. This won't take long so don't leave! You just want them slightly tanned. mmmm.... Remove from skillet.

Heat 1 T olive oil and begin to brown shallot or onion until just soft. For a little crunch remove from skillet at this point. If you're lazy like me, leave them in there.

Add as much of the bag of spinach as the pan will handle, wilt and mix with onions. Continue to add the remaining spinach until you have the entire contents cooking in the skillet. Once the spinach is mostly wilted, add the garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste. Ma'am likes lot of garlic.

Toss in the almonds and shallot/onion (if necessary). Remove from pan, trying to leave residual liquid in the pan. Enjoy!

Popeye says, "If you eat ma'am's spinach, your forearms can grow as big as mine! A-gah gah gah!"