Here are the best easy spinach recipes, including breakfast, lunches and dinner ideas that you’ll make you want to eat your greens!
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- Spinach Breakfast Ideas (like quesadillas, smoothies and toasts)
- Simple Spinach Salads & Soups (like tuna salad and bulgur spinach soup)
- Easy Weeknight Spinach Dinners (like creamy tortellini and salmon pizza)
- Meal Prep Spinach Recipes (like spinach chickpea cakes and feta spinach muffins)
- Simple Spinach Sides – (like sauteed spinach and bulgur and spinach)
There are so many ways to use and cook a bag of fresh spinach. This mild-tasting dark leafy green is not only incredibly healthy, but it’s also super versatile. You can use it to make smoothies, quesadillas, muffins, soups, pasta…there are so many delicious ways to enjoy spinach.
And that’s great because Popeye’s go-to food contains high levels of vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals. Beyond that it’s been proven that spinach can:
- Help prevent coronary heart disease, dementia and certain types of cancer due to the high levels of flavonoids it contains (source)
- Protect you against free radicals thanks to its carotenoids (source)
- Help with losing and maintaining weight, as it is a low-calorie food (source)
- Protect your body from chronic inflammation (source)
- Improve eyesight, your skin, and blood pressure (source)
Now that we’re super motivated, let’s start with some tasty breakfast ideas!
Healthy Breakfast Ideas with Spinach
1. Breakfast Quesadilla. This is a very quick flavorful savory breakfast recipe that takes about 15 minutes to prepare. Ingredients include spinach (obviously), eggs, tortillas and zucchini! If you’re in a hurry, you can make it and just put it in your lunch box for later, before you head out.
2. Green Breakfast Smoothie. This simple spinach smoothie is perfect for when you’re in a hurry, but still want to enjoy a filling and delicious breakfast. Calling for only 3 ingredients, you have no excuses not to make it. Grab your blender and do it!
3. Vegan Breakfast Toasts. These are super easy to prepare and involve almost no cooking. What does that mean? Minimal clean-up. Yay! The ingredients for this recipe include chickpeas, spinach and artichokes. And yes – you can make this spinach-based spread for the toast ahead of time for a quick meal prep breakfast. Super healthy and super tasty!
4. Tropical Green Smoothie. This is a super quick green spinach smoothie that will leave you feeling energized and ready to take on the day. Grab your spinach, freshly squeezed orange juice, kiwi, mango and some coconut cream and make it.
5. The Best Spinach Green Smoothie. I know another smoothie with spinach! Take this one on the go – it’s refreshing, super healthy and can serve as a pre- or post-workout drink.
Spinach Soups and Salads
6. Spinach, Beans and Corn Salad With Feta Cheese. You can make this one in 10 minutes using fresh spinach leaves, canned beans and corn, some feta cheese and whatever other veggies you have at home. Simple and fresh!
7. Tuna And Quinoa Salad. This tasty salad is packed with protein, flavor and is a perfect option for a light lunch or dinner.
8. Red Lentil Spinach Soup. To make this nourishing, flavorful and cozy meal, you’ll need spinach, onions, red lentils and spices, one cooking pot and around 30 minutes.
9. Tomato Chickpea Spinach Salad is super refreshing and easy to put together. You’ll need canned chickpeas, jalapenos, tomatoes, spinach, parsley, toasted sesame seeds and a few other ingredients to make it!
10. Anti-Inflammatory Quinoa Spinach Salad. If you’re struggling with chronic inflammation, spinach is a great food to add to your diet in order to help your body heal completely. This salad is a great way to do so, as it’s fresh and super nourishing.
Easy Weeknight Spinach Dinners
11. Salmon Tortilla Pizza. Got some spinach, leftover salmon and tortillas? Then, this is the perfect quick spinach recipe to make for the family (or yourself). It might be super fast, but it’s exquisite!
12. 15-Minute Spicy Shrimp, Spinach & Quinoa. You’ll need some shrimp, zucchini and cooked quinoa in addition to the spinach to make it. It’s the perfect quick healthy dinner!
13. Chicken And Rice With Spinach. This protein-packed variation of spinach and rice is an easy family meal that is comforting and tasty! Bonus: it all happens in one pan.
14. Creamy Tortellini Recipe. Pasta is something you just need sometimes. And if you’re not convinced yet, you will be after you try this *amazing* creamy tortellini recipe with spinach and cheese.
meal prep Spinach Recipes
Whenever you need to grab something to eat and get out the door, use these meal prep spinach recipes. They’re portable and include muffins, fritters/cakes and egg bakes.
15. Spinach Feta Muffins. These spinach muffins are similar to the Greek spanakopita, but a bit healthier (there’s no phyllo dough – just oats). You can easily make them the evening before and pack for lunch, snacks or even breakfast – whenever you’re hungry.
16. Spinach Cakes. The main stars in this recipe are spinach and chickpeas. That’s how you already know it’s gonna be delicious. The supporting actors are whatever veggies you want – bell peppers, carrots, etc. These are perfect for lunch with some salad too.
17. Mediterranean Tuna Pie. Packed with tuna, eggs and greens, this simple recipe is rich in protein and antioxidants. And it’s so incredibly tasty!
18. Vegan Spinach Falafels. This recipe uses spinach instead of parsley. Result? Aromatic and mouthwatering falafels that are perfect with some salad, hummus and tzatziki.
EASY Spinach Sides
19. Sauteed Spinach. This is literally the easiest recipe to cook spinach. It’s super fast and never disappoints. All you need to do is add spinach, garlic and scallions to a pan with some olive oil, salt and spices you want. Sauté, stirring for about five minutes until the spinach has wilted a bit and you’re done! Serve as a side dish for meat or fish or even for breakfast with some scrambled eggs.
20. Bulgur And Spinach Recipe. Bulgur is a great substitute for rice, as it’s more nutrient-dense than white rice and cooks super fast. It also goes unbelievably well with spinach, as you’ll see once you try this tasty vegan recipe.
21. Spinach and Rice. I LOVE this healthier spinach and rice recipe. It is incredibly tasty, but I love that it comes together in one pan almost on its own. After adding all ingredients to a pan, bringing to a boil and reducing the heat, it doesn’t need me or chatGPT AT ALL.
More Easy Vegetable Recipes
And that’s it! Those were some of the best spinach recipes you can make that are easy to cook and truly delicious. Once you try some of them, the next time you see a bag of spinach, you’ll probably start salivating and wish to be cooking with it right away! Well, okay, maybe that’s just me. Now, to get this image off your mind, make sure to also check out these other healthy and easy vegetable recipes:
Spinach Recipes
A collection of easy healthy spinach recipes, including breakfast, lunch and dinner ideas!
Ingredients
- 4 cups spinach, washed
- 2 scallions, thinly chopped
- 1 leek, chopped
- 4oz/110g feta cheese
- 1/2 cup and 2 tbsp quick oats
- 3 eggs
- 1 heaping tbsp yogurt
- 3 tbsp olive oil or 2 heaping tbsp butter, room temp
- Pinch of baking soda
Instructions
- Saute the leeks and scallions with some olive oil for 1-2 minutes. Add spinach and cover for 6-7 minutes until the spinach is wilted. Then stir without a lid for 2 more minutes and turn the heat off.
- Preheat the oven to 180C or 350F.
- Add eggs, olive oil, crumbled feta, yogurt, baking soda and oats to a bowl and blend using an immersion blender.
- Add in the cooked cooled-off spinach.
- Line a muffin pan with parchment paper muffin liners (other varieties can make releasing the baked muffins harder).
- Fill muffin cups with the mixture and bake for about 25 minutes or until firm to the touch and golden brown.
- Let cool off. If stuck to the pan - use a knife and carefully work your way around the edges to release the muffins. Enjoy!
Nutrition Information
Yield 6 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 220Total Fat 17gSaturated Fat 7gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 9gCholesterol 120mgSodium 340mgCarbohydrates 8gFiber 3gSugar 2gProtein 10g
Originally published in April 2023 and last updated in April 2026.