This Healthy Creamed Spinach is low calorie and easy to make! It’s packed with flavor and just 64 calories, I know you’ll love it!
Making low calorie creamed spinach is easy and quick, it makes a wonderful side dish year around.
Packed with flavor, this skinny creamed spinach recipe has garlic, shallots, and parmesan cheese to boost the flavor. So no one will ever know it’s a healthy version!
Healthy Creamed Spinach
What You’ll Find in this Article:
Ingredients in Low Calorie Creamed Spinach
I like to use unsweetened almond milk to make this low calorie creamed spinach recipe. But any unsweetened milk will work, including cow’s milk. So use what you have on hand.
And if you don’t have shallots, I have given you notes on swapping them for green onions or red onion in the recipe card below.
Shopping List for Low Calorie Creamed Spinach:
- Olive oil spray
- Shallots
- Garlic
- Flour
- Unsweetened almond milk
- Parmesan cheese
- Salt and pepper
- Spinach
How to Make Low Calorie Creamed Spinach
If you prefer to use frozen spinach that will work as well. You will want to defrost and drain it first however. Just one extra step, but great for those who keep lots of frozen veggies on hand.
How to Make Low Calorie Creamed Spinach:
- Heat a large sauté pan over medium heat, and spray with olive oil.
- Add the shallots and cook for 5 minutes
- Add the garlic and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes until fragrant.
- Sprinkle the flour over the shallots and mix well.
- Reduce the heat to low and slowly add almond milk, whisking well as you pour.
- Add the parmesan cheese, salt and pepper and mix well.
- Add the spinach and mix well to combine with the sauce, cook 5 minutes until wilted and cooked though.
- Serve hot.
Healthy Creamed Spinach Recipe
This easy and fast side dish is impressive and delicious! I know you’ll love it! Here are some more low calorie spinach recipes I think you will love.
More Low Calorie Spinach Recipes:
Low Calorie Creamed Spinach
Ingredients
- Olive oil spray
- 2 shallots minced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups unsweetened almond milk
- 2 tablespoon parmesan cheese
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 3 cups of fresh spinach chopped
Instructions
- Heat a large sauté pan over medium heat, and spray with olive oil.
- Add the shallots and cook for 5 minutes
- Add the garlic and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes until fragrant.
- Sprinkle the flour over the shallots and mix well.
- Reduce the heat to low and slowly add almond milk, whisking well as you pour.
- Add the parmesan cheese, salt and pepper and mix well.
- Add the spinach and mix well to combine with the sauce, cook 5 minutes until wilted and cooked though.
- Serve hot.
Nutrition
Nutrition and Calories in Creamed Spinach
What to Read Next:
Lose Weight By Eating Cookbooks
Share this Low Calorie Healthy Recipe:
