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October 30, 2009

Feta-Spinach Salmon Roast

Filed under: entree — Tags: , , , , , — TulipChain Photography @ 11:18 am

Ingredients
3 oz cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup crumbled feta
2 scallions, thinly sliced, including the crisp part of the green
1/2 cup fresh spinach, chopped
2 skinless salmon fillets of roughly equal size and shape, totaling 3/4 pound
Olive Oil

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.

2. Combine the cream cheese and feta, mashing and stirring with a fork until well blended.  Add the scallions and spinach.  Combine well.

3. Spread the mixture evenly over one salmon fillet. (The filling will be abou5 3/4 inch thick).  Top with the second salmon fillet.  Brush both sides with olive oil, turning the whole thing over carefully with a spatula.

4. Place the loaf on a shallow baking pan, and bake for 20 minutes.  Slice carefully with a sharp, serrated knife.

January 19, 2009

Creamed Spinach

Filed under: side dish — Tags: , — My Recipe Box @ 3:29 pm

1 Tbs olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
Kosher salt and pepper
1/2 8oz bar reduced fat cream cheese
3/4 C 1 percent milk
1 10oz packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed
1/4 tsp nutmeg

- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp pepper and cook, stirring, until soft, 6-7 minutes.

- Add the cream cheese and milk and cook, stiffing, until the cream cheese is melted.

- Squeeze any excess liquid out of the spinach, add the spinach to the sauce, and cook until the mixture is heated through and thickened, 3-4 minutes.  Sprinkle with the nutmeg.

January 14, 2008

Spinach Dip

Filed under: dip, side dish — Tags: , , , — My Recipe Box @ 12:57 am

Ingredients

  • 16 oz sour cream
  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 green onions, minced
  • 1 pkg frozen spinach, drained and chopped coarsely
  • onion soup mix
  • small can water chestnuts, diced

Mix ingredients and serve.

Florentine Dinner Pie

Filed under: entree — Tags: , , , , , — My Recipe Box @ 12:40 am

Ingredients

  • 1 pre-made 9 inch frozen pie shell
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped onions
  • 1 pkg (10 oz) frozen chopped spinach
  • 1 cup grated swiss cheese
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/3 cup half and half
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions
Bake pie shell in preheated 375 oven until lightly browned, about 8-10 mninutes; allow to cool at room temperature 5 minutes. Heat butter in skillet over medium heat; add onions and saute until softened, about 5 minutes; spoon into bottom of baked pie shell.

Cook spinach according to package directions; drain well squeezing out excess moisture. Arrange spinach evenly over onions in pie shell; sprinkle cheese over spinach. In small bowl, whisk together eggs, half and half, salt, pepper and nutmeg; pour evenly over spinach mixture.

Bake pie in preheated 375 degree oven until firm to the touch and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 30-40 minutes. Allow pie to sit 15 minutes before cuttin into 6-8 slices.

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