Spinach recipes kids like! Sounds like an oxymoron, right?
Trust me, as a mom of four kids, it’s felt that way sometimes.
But now we’ve tried, tested and eaten our way through SO MANY spinach recipes that I’m sharing my keepers with you here.
Here are a few of our very favorite, tried-and-true, even-the-kids-like-them spinach recipes. If you’re not sure about serving anything quite so green, start with these spinach recipes kids like:
Spinach & sausage rice bowl
This one’s a slam dunk. Everyone loves this spinach recipe every time!
Shortcut: Use a packet (or two) of pre-cooked brown rice.
Easy Pita Pizzas with Cheese & Spinach
In 5 minutes flat, you can make a lunch at home — or to go — that you feel as good about serving as the kids do eating. How’s that for an easy spinach recipe kids like?
Sauteed Spinach with Garlic & Lemon
Easily one of my favorite sides to make — and watch everyone devour — of all time. Open the bag, add oil, garlic and either a bit of wine or chicken broth and bam. A flavorful side you won’t believe that everyone loves.
Shortcut: Use those frozen garlic cubes they sell in the frozen veggie section of the store, or break out a garlic press like this one to handle the garlic in literally seconds.
15-Minute Cheesy Pasta with Chicken & Spinach
My 5-year-old has been known to eat three bowls of this. That is all.
Shortcut: Use rotisserie chicken.
Super Spinach & Vanilla Mini Cupcakes
Spinach is kind of magical. It’s so good for you, yet there’s actually very little taste. In these little beauties, you mostly get vanilla and butter. Not a bad flavor combo for a spinach recipe.
p.s. Here’s my favorite mini-muffin pan. It makes SO MANY little muffins or cupcakes at once.
Very Green Mac & Cheese with Broccoli & Spinach
Whether you’re making this for Halloween, St. Patrick’s Day, April Fool’s or just want to dazzle your crowd with a crazy color at dinner, this baked mac & cheese is always one thing: DELICIOUS.
A Shot of Spinach Soup
You are going to think I am crazy but don’t stop reading yet. I got this spinach recipe idea from French Kids Eat Everything and it’s actually BRILLIANT. Steam and puree a little frozen spinach, add a swirl of a secret ingredient and voila, the perfect thing to serve the starving souls who’ve gathered in the kitchen, begging for a banana 5 minutes before dinner’s on the table.
p.s. Egg cups or espresso mugs are perfect for a tiny serving–and fancy!
Spinach & Pineapple Popsicles
I’m not kidding. They’re SO GOOD. Because all you taste is tropical pineapple. But boy are you getting more nutrition!
Shortcut: Use frozen spinach. Just use less. It’s always in season and (almost) never goes bad.
Frittata with Spinach, Pancetta and Ricotta
This Barefoot Contessa recipe makeover (from a favorite Foodlets category called “Barefoot for Babies”) is called “Green Eggs and Ham” around here. Easier and faster than my beloved Ina’s original, it’s just what you need for busy nights.
Kid-Friendly Spinach Salad
This was one of the first salads our young kids learned to love. (The cute shapes didn’t hurt. Let’s just say the nine bucks I spent on those veggie cutters were well worth it!)
Lentil-Sausage Soup with Spinach
I did it again. Simplified one of my favorite Barefoot Contessa recipes and this one is a total keeper.
By the way, if you’re making a lot of soups, one of the best investments I’ve ever made is a Dutch Oven like this one. I’ve had it for 15 years and it’s still a workhorse.
The spinach Smoothie I make almost every day
Of all the spinach recipes kids like, this one gets the most use. It’s so good, and so good for you, that I usually drink half and pour the rest into popsicle molds to serve the kids when they’re home from school in the afternoon.
Those are the best spinach recipes kids like, so far.
But you can believe there are more where these came from.
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