Spicy Spinach—Horseradish Adds a Kick to Anything.

Name: Spicy Spinach—Horseradish Adds a Kick to Anything.
Yield: serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: Two 10-ounce packages frozen chopped spinach; 1/4 cup low-fat milk; 2 tablespoons butter; 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish; 1/2 teaspoon salt

January 24, 2012

Cooks' Note

Nutritious spinach, a serving of which provides most of your recommended daily allowance for vitamin A, holds up remarkably well to the freezing process. Once cooked, there is very little difference in the taste or texture of fresh and frozen spinach.

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