This is a great fresh and healthy dish. The toasty pine nuts add a nice crunch and rounds out the texture of the cooked spinach and the lemon really brightens the flavor. It’s a quick and easy side dish to almost anything.
Ingredients
- 2 5-ounces bags baby spinach
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic - minced
- kosher salt - to taste
- freshly ground black pepper - to taste
- ½ cup feta - crumbled (2-ounces)
- ⅓ cup pine nuts
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat.
- Add in the garlic and sauté for about a minute.
- Add as much spinach as will fit in the pot.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Cook, tossing the spinach and adding more to skillet as space becomes available, until tender, about 2 minutes.
- Remove from the heat; drain off excess liquid.
- Stir in the feta, pine nuts, and lemon juice.