Name: Light Creamed Spinach Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tsp butter; ½ cup shallots; 1 clove garlic; 2 tbsp flour; 1½ cups fat free milk; 2 tbsp parmesan cheese; ¼ tsp nutmeg; ¼ tsp pepper; salt; 4.4 oz Boursin Light; 16 oz spinach

Light Creamed Spinach Recipe

Isabel Zhang Modified: November 12, 2023

How To Make Light Creamed Spinach

This creamed spinach is a 30-minute vegetarian dish cooked with Parmesan cheese and a hint of nutmeg, and made light and creamy with nonfat milk.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 15 minutes

Total: 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

2tspbutter
½cupshallots,minced
1clovegarlic,minced
2tbspflour
1½cupsfat free milk
2tbspParmesan cheese
¼tspnutmeg
¼tsppepper,fresh
salt,to taste
4.4ozBoursin Light
16ozspinach,bag frozen chopped, thawed and drained of all moisture

Instructions

In a large saute pan, melt butter. Add shallots and garlic and cook on medium for about 5 minutes.
Add flour to shallots, mix well and cook for 1 more minute.
Reduce heat to low and slowly add milk, whisking well.
Add parmesan cheese, nutmeg, salt, and pepper and mix well.
Add Boursin light and mix with until smooth.
Add spinach and combine well with the sauce, then cook for 1 minute, until heated through. Adjust salt and pepper if necessary.