25 Best Spinach Recipes to Use Up That Bag of Leafy Greens (2024)

Pineapple-Spinach Smoothies

Despite what you’ve heard, it is easy being green—just add a fistful
of spinach to your morning healthy smoothie! It’s actually pretty innocuous, especially with strong-flavored fruits like pineapple and banana. Plus, its extra-thick milkshake texture offers up a filling, satisfying way to drink your vitamins.

Egg White Scramble with Spinach and Cherry Tomatoes

Egg white scrambles with spinach is the poster child for “healthy breakfasts,” packed full of spinach’s superfood virtues and egg white’s lean protein. A splash of dairy, some aromatics, and slightly softened tomatoes are just the things to make it a good morning with a side of “good for ya.”

Spinach and Cheese Omelet

Everyone should have a perfect simple omelet in their cooking repertoire—make this one yours. It tastes and looks fancy, with fresh herbs, a hint of cayenne, and a red pepper relish, but no one needs to know it only took ten minutes to prep, even with the topping.

Spinach and Bacon Hash with Tomatillo Sauce

This three-in-one recipe gives you a way to make a gorgeous, colorful veggie-packed hash with buttery Yukon Gold potatoes, a quicker version with guacamole, or a bright, fall-friendly one with apples, sweet potatoes, kale, and the last of summer’s corn harvest. All are best topped with a runny egg.

Spinach Ricotta Pie

If you’ve ever wished quiches were more cheese-heavy, this is the recipe to bookmark. Two types of cheese are bound by only three eggs and a homemade pastry crust that bakes up in a leisurely fashion in a slow cooker. Ingredients like artichoke hearts and roasted red peppers join spinach and ricotta for a Mediterranean feel.

Spinach and Sweet Potato Sheet-Pan Quiche

Another easy quiche hack—bake it in a sheet pan! A no-fuss crust that doesn’t even require rolling parbakes for ten minutes before it’s filled with enough eggs, bacon, sweet potatoes, onion, garlic, and spinach to feed a dozen eagerbrunchers.

Crustless Spinach and Mushroom Quiche

Don’t want to bother with a crust? Go ahead and skip it. This spinach quiche recipe shows you how, by revealing the secret ingredient that is biscuit or pancake mix. This not only helps to set and hold your mixture in place, its leaveners also aid your quiche in defying gravity.

Spinach-Artichoke Dip with Blue Cheese and Bacon

What did we just say about bacon and spinach? Same goes for spinach and artichoke, and this riff of a classic party dip gets even bolder with the use of blue cheese and salty bacon. Try it with crackers, pita chips, toast points, or tortilla chips.

Spinach Artichoke Dip Soup

Fancy another version of this classic dip? How about as a soup? This soup recipe takes everything you love about this crowd-pleasing appetizer and lets you eat it in quantity. Shredded chicken makes it a meal with some heft and toasted bread cubes act as croutons do in tomato soup.

Spinach-Artichoke Cheese Ball

Instead of a dip, try a ball! Cheese balls have become an icon for co*cktail parties, and this one ups the novelty factor by reinventing two favorites as one delicious spread. The addition of chopped roasted red peppers adds a pop of color as well as a lovely sweetness.

Spinach French Onion Soup with Tortellini

If you’ve ever wished French onion soup could be a meal in and of itself, here’s your perfect solution. Plump tortellini fill out this soup and adds a different variety of cheese to make things interesting. Double down on the spinach element by choosing pasta with spinach in the filling or wrapper.

Veggie-Pesto Lasagna Soup

Spinach is fantastic in soup, but the key is to wait until the very end to add this delicate green lest it essentially disintegrate. You’ll want it to keep its vibrancy, which will pop against the orange hues of butternuts squash, tomato red, and a dollop of ricotta cheese.

Try something different with this spinach salad recipe, which features tender Bosc pears and shaved Italian hard cheese with a super-simple dressing that requires only three ingredients. Easy, fast, and flavorful, it’ll “pear” well with many a busy weeknight dinner.

Strawberry-Spinach Salad with Citrus Dressing

This spinach salad recipe just feels like summer with its bright citrus, fresh, ripe berries, and poached chicken. A warm dressing recalls the sunshine the other ingredients were grown under and toasted chopped pecans add crunch and coziness.

Spinach, Butternut Squash, and Pasta Bake

Don’t feel like a summer recipe? Go ahead and skip to your other favorite season. We’ll wait…but only because there’s roasting and baking involved, and you can hang out hands free while the oven does the work. The ingredients are just as flexible. You can use any type of short pasta, supplement your spinach with other leafy greens, or consider using toasted pecans instead of pricey pine nuts.

Pasta with Chicken, Spinach, Tomatoes, and Feta Cheese

Channel Mediterranean flavors—and that healthy lifestyle—with this spinach recipe that’s so easy, you don’t even need to cook it! The heat from the chicken does it gently for you. Whole grain pasta adds protein and fiber while making it taste and feel rustic and robust; pea, lentil, and chickpea pastas can do the same.

Greek Spinach-Pasta Salad with Feta and Beans

Make a Mediterranean pasta salad protein-rich while keeping it vegetarian with the help of a can of beans and mixed-in cheese. The spinach comes into play just as you’re ready to eat—as with any greens, adding it too early to a dressed base will cause it to become soggy.

Spinach and Beef Calzones

Spinach may earn a spot in the title of this calzone recipe, but beneath that toasty brown surface, another veggie is hidden among our favorite leafy greens. Sliced button mushrooms beef up the beef filling, helping dollars stretch as far as the homemade pizza dough this recipe also teaches you how to make.

Chicken-Spinach Crepes with Mushroom Cream Sauce

Sweet crepes are popular, but to me, savory crepes are even better. These present beautifully with chicken and green spinach peeking out of the folded crepe creases, and surprise pleasantly with refreshing water chestnuts and a creamy sauce. Make the crepes from scratch or cut your prep time and work significantly by using ready-to-use, premade packaged ones at the supermarket.

Chicken and Pasta with Spinach-Basil Pesto

Basil at a premium? Or looking to add some nutritional boost to your pesto? Spinach blends right in with the herb for this easy sauce, and it’s a delicious way to get some greens in. Add chicken and pasta and it’s a full, satisfying meal with spinach you’ll want to make on repeat.

Creamy Chicken Enchiladas with Spinach

Please the crowd with this bake-and-take recipe with spinach that’s just perfect for potlucks. Pulling poached chicken breasts help a pound of meat go a long way if you’re looking to make a big dish on a budget. Just note that you’ll save money but not time—it comes out best when you chill it first before baking.

Farfalle with Mushrooms and Spinach

Earthy and warming with mushrooms cooked with onions and garlic and seasoned with thyme and pepper, this simple spinach pasta dish is perfect as a side or, with the addition of some protein like grilled chicken or broiled cod, a light meal. The recipe recommends a cup of sliced spinach per serving, but don’t let that stop you from adding more.

Spinach Stuffed Turkey Tenderloins

Roulades always draw out a big reaction, and stuffing white-meat roasted turkey tenderloin with bright spinach makes the concept even more striking. Cut the cooked roll into slices for elegant serving, but after that, let the rich, tangy goat cheese do the “talking” over the otherwise minimal seasoning.

Skillet Turkey and Spinach Lasagna

Take the lasagna out of the oven by keeping it out of it in the first place. This deconstructed dish gets those beloved flavors in your mouth in less than an hour, and with less fat and hidden veggies, besides. Spinach is joined by yellow squash and mushrooms for a light take on a heavy classic.

Mina (Matzo Pie with Spinach and Leeks)

Mina is compared to a lasagna and a strata, but the truth of it is that it’s a dish that has an identity of its own. It’s often made with ground beef and served during Passover in Sephardic traditions. This version is comprised of eggs, cheese, and layers of matzo, offering a tasty meatless alternative.