This healthy creamed spinach recipe is not only vegan, dairy free, gluten free, and Whole30, it's an easy side dish to make during the week that will fool even the pickiest eaters.
I have always had a strong love affair with side dishes, but growing up spinach was never one of my favorites. Over the years, I have grown to love spinach and now creamed spinach is one of my favorite side dishes. Since this recipe is dairy free and gluten free, it's a lot healthier than traditional creamed spinach. But don't be fooled, it tastes just as good!
Ingredients
Substitutions
Nut Milk- I love using Nutpods Original Creamer in this recipe but you can use unsweetened almond milk, coconut milk, unsweetened cashew milk, or even unsweetened oat milk. Keep in mind that if you use oat milk then the recipe will no longer be Whole30 or Paleo.
Arrowroot Flour- If you don't have arrowroot flour then you can substitute it with tapioca flour. Also, both arrowroot starch and tapioca starch are the same as arrowroot flour and tapioca flour.
Step by step
- Add ½ cup of diced onions to a medium saucepan with 1 teaspoon of vegan butter and sauté on medium heat until translucent. About 3-5 minutes
- While the onions are sautéing, roughly chop 4 cloves of garlic and add them to the onions once the onions are translucent and sauté for 2 minutes
- In a small bowl, add the nut milk and arrowroot flour and whisk together till combined.
- Add the nut milk and arrowroot flour mixture to the onions and garlic also add the salt and pepper. Whisk it together on medium low heat till it has thickened to almost a gravy consistency.
- Once the sauce has thickened, use an immersion blender directly in the saucepan and blend until smooth. Let sit on low heat. If you don't have an immersion blender then you can transfer the sauce to a blender and blend it till smooth and return it back to the saucepan.
- In a large pot, add 1 tablespoon of avocado oil and bring it to medium heat.
- Small handfuls at a time, add the spinach to the pot with avocado oil, and stir till all of it has wilted down.
- Once the spinach is all wilted, pour the cream sauce over the spinach and stir to combine. Let cook for another 5 minutes then serve.
Freaquently asked questions
Traditional cream spinach isn't the healthiest because it is filled with cream and cheese leading to tons of calories. This dairy free creamed spinach recipe is made from nut milk making it have fewer calories and vegan friendly.
You can pair this healthy creamed spinach with pretty much anything! I love pairing it with chicken or a nice steak. My favorite dish to pair creamed spinach with is my Whole30 Crispy Buffalo Chicken.
Storing
This healthy creamed spinach will store for up to 4 days in an air tight container in the refrigerator.
Recipe
Dairy Free Creamed Spinach
Ingredients
- 16oz baby spinach
- 1 teaspoon vegan butter
- ½ cup diced onion
- 4 cloves garlic roughly chopped
- 1 cup unsweetened nutmilk I love using Nutpods Original Creamer
- 2 teaspoons arrowroot flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
EQUIPMENT NEEDED
- pot
Instructions
- Add ½ cup of diced onions to a medium saucepan with 1 teaspoon of vegan butter and sauté on medium heat until translucent. About 3-5 minutes
- While the onions are sautéing, roughly chop 4 cloves of garlic and add them to the onions once the onions are translucent and sauté for 2 minutes
- In a small bowl, add the nut milk and arrowroot flour and whisk together till combined
- Add the nut milk and arrowroot flour mixture along with the salt and pepper to the onions and garlic and whisk it together on medium low heat till it has thickened to almost a gravy consistency.
- Once the sauce has thickened, use an immersion blender directly in the saucepan and blend until smooth. Then let the sauce sit on low heat. If you don't have an immersion blender then you can transfer the sauce to a blender and blend it till smooth and return it back to the saucepan
- In a large pot, add 1 tablespoon of avocado oil and bring it to medium heat
- Small handfuls at a time, add the spinach to the pot with avocado oil, and stir till all of it has wilted down
- Once the spinach is all wilted, pour the cream sauce over the spinach and stir to combine. Let cook for another 5 minutes then serve.
Notes
Nutrition
*nutrition information is an approximate
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