Comments on: Don’t Throw Away Your Aging Spinach!

By: Coco

Coco — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:44:43 +0000

Why have I never thought to do this until I read your post?! I went to the store yesterday to buy some fresh spinach (partially with the intention of freezing half of it right when I got home), and found 3 bags of baby spinach that were about to pass the expiration date for $1.49 a pop. I came home with those 3 and a huge thing of spinach not in the bag. I froze the bagged ones immediately and will be freezing what I don’t use from the other.

I can’t stand the weird taste of the prepackaged frozen spinach, so I am SO glad to have found out that I can freeze fresh spinach. You’re a life saver!

By: Natalia

Natalia — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:51:24 +0000

hahaha I love Ryan’s “you don’t want a piece of me, I do tae kwon do!” hahaha

What a great idea! Thanks for sharing it….I’m late to the party….as usual. ;)

By: jamie

jamie — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 23:21:36 +0000

ok….been doing this for the last few weeks….oh my…never throw away spinach again…love this idea…

By: roni

roni — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:00:54 +0000

Mercy – yea.. not that many people watch them but I like to be consistent for the ones that do. :)

By: roni

roni — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:59:21 +0000

RG – Didn’t know that although I tried it with swiss chard and that worked. I wonder if there is a leafy green that wouldn’t.

By: roni

roni — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:51:25 +0000

Barbara – You really can’t use it like raw the texture changes a but. but it’s great in cooked dished!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:05:17 +0000

Can you use the spinach on sandwiches like if it was fresh.

Also frozen bananas — this is what I do–
I take one banana and mesh it up really well and then freeze it and eat it like ice cream. YOu could add a little skim milk and stir well. That is also good but I just like the mesh frozen banana.
thanks for the great tips.

By: nora

nora — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:43:33 +0000

Thanks for the tips. I’m totally guilty of tossing lanky spinach. Hmmm, spinach on plums – good one, little man! Karate chop!

By: Mercy

Mercy — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:07:01 +0000

Roni–I actually prefer to read blogs and not watch videos…don’t worry about slacking :). I just found your sites a few weeks ago. I love it. I’m done having babies, and my desire to lose weight is that 1) I don’t have any other major life events to cause me to gain the weight back so if I lose it, I can just maintain and 2) I want to be healthy and active to enjoy my kids and my life. You are awesome and such an inspiration!

By: RG

RG — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:38:22 +0000

You know you can make spinach chips just like kale chips? There’s a restaurant in DC that makes a really interesting palaak chat (indian style toppings) out of crispy spinach. Yeah, frozen spinach can go in omelets, chili, taco meat, burger meat, bread, smoothies, rice pilaf…

By: Dani

Dani — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:10:49 +0000

I’m so bad with taking advantage of my freezer! Other than banana, berries, and veggie burgers my freezer is pretty empty!! This is a great tip… and I agree, sometimes t’s the simplest ideas that are the best tips!!

By: Krista S.

Krista S. — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:53:01 +0000

I totally remember sending that post to you and I’m so glad you liked it as much as I did! Heather is a total genius! I cannot believe how much spinach I’ve thrown away before learning this trick. And I totally cracked up when you said you over-freeze things. Man, do I know about that….with frozen bananas, actually. Found a few of them in the way back of our freezer when we were moving. Ew!

By: roni

roni — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:52:47 +0000

Totally! I can’t believe I’ve been throwing them away. Really.. sometimes it’s the simplest idea!

By: Michele

Michele — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:49:50 +0000

Sorry Roni! I really didn’t realize it was share-worthy! :)

By: roni

roni — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:02:43 +0000

Now that I knew… http://greenlitebites.com/2008/09/18/homemade-chocolate-banana-frosty/ ;)

By: lori

lori — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:00:58 +0000

Have you seen the “banana soft serve” idea?…frozen banana pieces in the food processor – process until “soft serve” consistency!

By: roni

roni — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:55:25 +0000

Why didn’t you tell me!!! ;)

By: Michele

Michele — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:49:28 +0000

I always freeze my spinach! I’ve been doing it for years.