Cooking Spinach: Fresh vs. Frozen Nutrition & Recipes

Frozen spinach often retains more nutrients than fresh; learn how to cook it healthy without losing vitamins. From roasting leaves to adding baby spinach to quiche or lasagna, explore the best ways to eat this leafy green every day.

How to Roast Spinach

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Natalie Smith

Spinach is not usually served roasted because its high water content can turn the spinach to soup before it can dry out and roast, particularly if you use the frozen variety. However, using fresh, whole spinach leaves rather than chopped, frozen spinach can alleviate the moisture problem.

Natalie Smith is a technical writing professor specializing in medical writing localization and food writing. Her work has been published in technical journals, on several prominent cooking and nutrition websites, as well as books and conference proceedings. Smith has won two international research awards for her scholarship in intercultural medical writing, and holds a PhD in technical communication and rhetoric.