5-Minute Lemon & Garlic Spinach

5-Minute Sautéed Lemon Garlic Spinach Recipe – Healthy, amazingly easy, and super tasty!

This 5-minute Sauteed Spinach with Garlic and Lemon is a simple and delicious side dish everyone will love at your table. The sauteed spinach works great as a side to most dishes to make sure you get your GREENS in! This easy 5-minute side dish is packed with lemon garlicky flavour and I love to add a few pinches of chilli and parmesan as well.

The perfect side! This side is so quick to make and you can use Swiss chard or baby spinach interchangeably.

 

5-Minute Spinach with Lemon & Garlic

'Get your greens in'! A quick and easy side that only takes 5 minutes to make but is full of flavour!
Cook Time 5 minutes
Diet Fibre Rich Starter, Gluten-free, High-fibre, Vegan
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • 400 g spinach
  • 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 lemon juiced to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon chilli flakes opt
  • pecorino cheese to serve opt - leave out if vegan

Instructions
 

  • Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan on a medium heat, add the spinach (it will look too much, don't worry!) and season with salt and pepper. With tongs, swirl the spinach around to move the wilted spinach at the bottom of the pan towards the top.
  • The spinach volume will drop down as it starts to wilt and soften, add the garlic, squeeze of lemon and the chilli flakes if using.
  • The idea is to let the water evaporate so you might need to adjust the heat.
  • When you are ready to serve, serve the spinach straight from the pan or transfer with tongs to a plate (leaving residue water behind). Depending on what I serve my spinach with I like to grate some pecorino over the spinach, another squeeze of lemon and definitely a drizzle of olive oil. Enjoy!
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