20 spinach recipes you absolutely must try

Creamed spinach is one of those dishes that sounds kind of gross, but it’s actually delicious. Come on, it’s essentially just spinach, butter, cream, and three types of cheese. Morton’s Steakhouse is famous for theirs, and you can replicate it at home with this recipe from Dinner Then Dessert.

This irresistibly creamy recipe from Snappy Gourmet combines penne pasta, spinach, and skillet-cooked chicken in a simple alfredo sauce. It’s so simple that you only need a total of seven ingredients—for the entire meal!

Spinach only has a supporting role in this dish, but it’s a nice complement to the robust rigatoni, creamy tomato sauce, and hearty sausage. Still, the amount of spinach should not be understated. This Joyous Apron recipe calls for two full cups!

Green smoothies don’t appear appetizing to everyone, but with the combined flavors of pineapple, banana, and mango, you won’t even taste the spinach. Of course, you’ll still get all the benefits of this leafy green, and a website aptly called Simple Green Smoothies can show you how to easily make it.

One of our favorite soups is Italian wedding soup, hands down. (And hands down is a difficult thing for Italians to do.) It’s named for the blissful union of meatballs and spinach, but it also notably features acini de pepe (or orzo) pasta. Class up your cooking with this recipe from Cooking Classy.

There are numerous styles of custard pie known as quiche, and an endless number of ingredient combinations. This version from Once Upon a Chef features a bit of French flair, some Spanish style, and a whole lot of spinach.

Easily our absolute favorite spinach dish, this Greek specialty mixes spinach, feta cheese, and garlic; wraps the whole thing in phyllo dough; and bakes it to flaky perfection. Feel Good Foodie makes it feel easy.

This spinach and artichoke dip also features cauliflower, so it certainly has its health benefits. Of course, this recipe from Love & Lemons also includes a heaping scoop of cheddar cheese, but there’s also half a cup of Greek yogurt!

Making spinach gnocchi from scratch is certainly an adventure, but it’s a fun one! Don’t be intimidated—Food With Feeling can make it a snap. And these gnocchi complements pretty much any sauce, so pick your favorite.

Spinach can be a welcome ingredient to your next lasagna bake if you’re looking to add some healthy nutrients. If you want to go even healthier, try this skinny spinach lasagna recipe from Pinch of Yum. It uses nonfat ricotta and only 2 tbsp of butter, limiting each of the 12 servings to just 326 calories.

Omelets are an easy way to get spinach into your diet, and of course, they taste great, too! It’s as easy as adding a handful of greens the next time you’re cooking breakfast, or you could follow these instructions from AllRecipes.

Spinach, cream cheese, feta, parmesan, and bacon go into these spinach puffs from Well Plated. The puffs are equal parts impressive and adorable but are also much easier than they look. 

Quesadillas are pretty simple: just melt some cheese between a flour tortilla or two, right? But that’s too simple. This spinach quesadilla from Girl Heart Food calls for a dozen ingredients, and every single one is absolutely worth it. Don’t worry, it’s still simple stuff like spinach, mozzarella, feta, and some spices.

Spinach and ricotta get mixed together and nestled into little pockets of pasta perfection in this recipe from Alpha Foodie. Don’t be intimidated, as they’ll explain two different ways to roll out the ravioli and three different ways to seal it.

Cooked spinach can lose some of its nutrients, but this spinach soup recipe from The Spruce Eats sets aside half the spinach and blends it with the cooked soup. That way the nutrients get preserved and the soup takes on a beautiful green hue.

We love a juicy baked chicken breast, and we especially love it when it’s stuffed with spinach and cheese. This version from Cooktoria uses three types of cheese—cream cheese, mozzarella, and feta—and includes a helpful video.

Not a meat-eater? Or just looking to eat something delicious that’s also packed with omega-3s? Try this creamy spinach-stuffed salmon recipe from Every Last Bite. Contrary to the last recipe, the creaminess doesn’t come from cheese, but instead a mixture of spinach, mayo, garlic, and chili flakes.

There are a lot of spinach salad options, but our favorite kind is nearly any summer salad that features strawberries—which we’ll eat in any season! This one from Craving Some Creativity also features blue cheese crumbles, walnuts, and cucumbers, and is tossed in a raspberry vinaigrette dressing. You could use your favorite dressing variety, or the recipe can explain how to make it from scratch.

“What are the stuffed shells stuffed with?” you might ask. Cheese and spinach, of course! In this recipe from Fork Knife Swoon, mozzarella, ricotta, and parmesan are all invited.

A lot goes into the sauce for Tuscan chicken, but your family (and your stomach) will thank you. If you follow this recipe from the Cozy Cook, you’ll need chicken broth, heavy cream, white wine, onion powder, oregano, red pepper flakes, garlic, tomato paste, cornstarch, cream cheese, parmesan, sun-dried tomatoes, a bouillon cube, and, of course, spinach.