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Has anyone any ideas what i can do with my spinach before it bolts, i have got loads.... can it be frozen.....??????? :-\

send it to me. LOVE the stuff!

Yes - it freezes. Blanch first then freeze whole or chopped (squeeze out water first). And check out the recipes section for further ideas.

I second Aquilegia's post :D

Spinach and pine nut lasagne is to die for and uses shedloads of the green stuff. I'll post a recipe if anyone's interested.

yes please, in recipes or allotments4all?

Posted in both :D The trick is plenty of butter and nutmeg with the spinach. Though to be honest I'd probably just eat the spinach and forget about the lasagne! ;D

I googled....

http://www.freerecipe.org/Side_Dishes/Vegetables/Spinach/  (scroll down and there is quite a list of spinach recipes!)

http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/2267/spinach.html

My problem is making it last long enough to get it in a recipe  ::)

Ricotta and spinach pasta filling: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/spinachandricottarav_67278.shtml
That recipe is for ravioli, but you can make canneloni even easier, but cutting up supermarket lasagne sheets. Pour tomato-type sauce over the top and bake for half an hour or so. Yum!

I do spinach and ricotta canneloni, but with tom sauce under it and cheese sauce on top.

bupster - your lasagne sounds delicious!

For snacks try putting cooked spinach (with butter, pepper and nutmeg) in flaky pastry (like big ravioli :D) with cubed feta cheese, and topping it with sesame seeds. Takes about half an hour from scratch if you get shop-bought pastry, and unless you're a flaky pastry genius this is a sight easier!

Made myself hungry now. I want a glut of spinach.  :D

Yes freeze it and I love spinach and ricotta quiche, delicious!
I  have got some new perpetual spinach coming up, so looking forward to having fresh spinach again.  Last years went to seed recently but lasted 10 months,  so I can't grumble.  :) busy_lizzie

My Indian lotty neighbour has given me some spinach seed which he grows successfully through the winter and it always seems to be nice and green.  I've not sown it yet but I think I'll get some in so I have some to eat over the winter  :)   I like creamed spinach too which is mixed with single cream and nutmeg.  Totally gorgeous but a tad fattening maybe.  Who cares  ;D

The recipe ideas sound FAB  :)

Quote from: bupster on August 23, 2005, 15:49:12
For snacks try putting cooked spinach (with butter, pepper and nutmeg) in flaky pastry (like big ravioli :D) with cubed feta cheese, and topping it with sesame seeds. Takes about half an hour from scratch if you get shop-bought pastry, and unless you're a flaky pastry genius this is a sight easier!

Arhg! You're making me dribble Bupster :P :P :o

oooo  ....  does anybody HAVE a waistline? !!  ;D

Waistline no ~ with the wonderful recipes i think it will be a plimsoll line........................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D