From soup to salad: Healthy spinach recipes you can try today

So in case, you’d like to try something healthy this week, we’ve got you covered with two quick recipes by Vindhya Karwa, a culinarian, and food stylist.

Check them out below!

Spinach Apple Salad

Ingredients

• Baby spinach (a bunch)
• 1 – Apple (chopped) (Optional)
• 1 – Orange (peeled)
• 1 – Small cube of chopped feta (optional)
• ¼ – Red onion (thinly sliced)
• 10-15 – Sliced almonds (toasted)
• Few dried cranberries
• Few mint leaves

For the dressing

• 2 tbsp – Virgin olive oil
• 2 tbsp – Honey
• 2 cloves – Garlic (minced)
• 1 tbsp – Dijon mustard
• Pink salt (to taste)
• Freshly ground black pepper

Steps

*In a bowl, whisk together all the ingredients to make the dressing and keep aside.
*In another bowl, mix all the salad ingredients except feta cheese and toasted almonds. Add the dressing, season with salt and pepper, toss to combine.
*Transfer the salad to a serving bowl, top it with the toasted almonds, dried cranberries, mint leaves, and feta cheese. Serve chilled.

Spinach soup 

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp – Olive oil
• A bunch of spinach
• 2 tbsp – Oats
  2- 3 cloves – Chopped garlic
• 2 – Green tomatoes (chopped)
• 2 – Cloves
• Salt and black pepper
• 2 tbsp – Lime juice

Steps

*Heat olive oil in a pan. Add the cloves, garlic, oats, green tomatoes and sauté for 2-3 minutes.
*Add the blanched and chopped spinach. Sauté for a minute.
*Add 3 cups of water. Add salt and pepper. Give it a boil. Let the soup cool down. Once cool enough, blend it till it’s smooth. Add more water for desired consistency.
*Serve it chilled or hot. Sprinkle a little freshly crushed black pepper and squeeze lime on top. Enjoy!

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