Creamy Spinach

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen spinach
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 onion, minced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tablespoon pine nuts, coarsly chopped
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup cream cheese
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 -2 tablespoon parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon flour
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 cook spinach and let drain in a sieve or strainer while preparing the rest of the ingredients. squeeze out as much water as possible when the spinach is cooled off a bit.
• 2 melt 2 tablespoons butter in pan and saute pine nuts for 1 minute. add onions and garlic and saute until tender, about 5 minutes. remove mixture and set aside.
• 3 in saucepan (large enough for all ingredients) add milk and simmer over low heat until just hot. add cream cheese, nutmeg and parmesan until melted, stirring frequently. stir in 1 tablespoon of butter until melted.
• 4 mix the 2 tablespoons milk with 1 tablespoon flour. pour half of this into cream sauce and stir until mixture starts to thicken, about 5 minutes. if mixture seems thin, then add remaining milk/flour mix and continue to stir until desired consistency. season with salt and pepper as desired.
• 5 add onion mix, stir, and add spinach and mix until heated through.
• 6 serve and enjoy!