The spinach has been done for a little while. This year has been the best spinach year ever for me. We had so much spinach we couldn't eat it fast enough. My boyfriend harvested the last grand finale of spinach weeks ago, washed and froze it in large bags. Above is what the rows looked like in the aftermath.
And after. Spinach is such a early vegetable to grow out in the garden that its done and over with in time to replant the very same garden beds with new vegetables. In my case, I replanted one bed with string beans and the other with kale and bok choy.
Oh yea.
This was the spinach a month or so ago. It did so well! So what did I do with all of this spinach?
We ate lots of fresh spinach salads, spinach lasagna... and I even tried Italian Wedding soup. Which I never heard of until my boyfriend mentioned it might be a good 'using up spinach' recipe.
4 cups of chopped packed spinach (mind you I double all recipes for leftovers' sake so half this recipe if you like)
Make meatballs using:
2lbs ground beef
4 eggs beaten
1/2 cup bread crumbs (seasoned is better)
4 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
2 teaspoons basil
1/2 cup of minced onion
Form small meatballs into about 3/4" diameter.
Boil 5 cups of chicken broth and add the spinach, 1 1/2 cups of chopped carrots and the meatballs (some versions add pasta, but I didn't have any at the time). The soup is done when the meatballs are.
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