Except for the green color, you could hardly get the strong taste of Spinach in it. So a spinach hater like my daughter who runs away at the sight of greens finished a big bowl of it in just 10 minutes. I am not kidding here guys, this Spinach soup really tastes fantastic. It is refreshing, and creamy but not very rich on the palate. There are no other vegetables like potato or zucchini, which are generally used to give the soup a body. There is only 100% spinach. It takes less than 30 minutes to make it. Spinach soup is healthy and filled with nutritional benefits. Spinach is not cooked for too long in this recipe, so it does not lose any nutrition. Another ingredient here is cream cheese, which I am sure would worry you. Even though cream cheese is high in calories, it is packed with good saturated fat. And 20 grams of cream cheese is barely 50 calories. This soup is loaded with iron, dietary fiber, good fat, and a lot of other nutrients. There are so many ways you can use spinach. I have used it in pasta – Creamy Spinach Pasta, another soup – Red Lentil Soup With Spinach, used it as a stuffing in chicken – Mushroom Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breast, delicious appetizer – Creamy spinach stuffed portobello mushrooms.
Spinach – Fresh spinach always if you can get hold of it. Baby spinach will also work. Cream cheese– Full-fat cream cheese. Sour cream will also do in a pinch. Onion, garlic Butter– You can use Olive Oil too, but I feel Butter adds more flavor to it. Vegetable Stock – Use very good quality low-sodium vegetable stock. Unless you would like to keep this vegetarian, substitute it with low sodium chicken stock. Jalapeno – For little heat and flavor. But it’s optional. Parmasen- Freshly grated parmesan as a topping. It kind of brings together all the flavors.
This method of cooking not only retains the nutritional value of spinach but also keeps the vibrant green color intact. While using frozen Spinach leaves, completely thaw it and squeeze as much liquid as possible before adding it to the pan. You may refrigerate this for up to 3 days and no more as this has onion in it. Reheat in a microwave or on the stovetop. It might loose its vibrant colour a bit upon reheating.
