“That’s all I can stands and I can’t stands no more! I’m strong to the finish when I eats mespinach I’m Popeye the sailor man! Toot toot!”
LOVED Popeye and LOVED spinach when I was a kid. And as an adult I always think of these Popeye quotes when I’m planting out my spinach seedlings and it makes me giggle. I love to use spinach now in a myriad of dishes (most fav dish has to be Ricotta & Spinach Cannelloni!) But of course it is absolutely magnificent in salads. I freeze surplus harvests in snaplock bag and just crush up the frozen leaves in the bag and put it in winter casseroles. And when I’m super organised, I’ll blanch it, squeeze out the excess water and freeze it – and then it’s ready for pastas etc. (Actually, I even put it in my fresh pasta when I make it from scratch).
Incredibly high in iron, spinach is such a versatile and beneficial vegetable. Even the slugs think so – they tucked into my seedlings planted out four weeks ago….I just keep planting this out every four weeks: can never have too much!
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