Hey, Leafy Green Lovers!
Today is a day dedicated entirely to just a single little leaf that packs such a monstrous punch of protein, iron, fiber, a crazy amount of vitamins, and various other incredibly beneficial nutrients. Today is National Spinach Day. It may not look like much, but this is one incredibly versatile vegetable that can add a lot with just a little to a menu of different meals!
One of the beauties of spinach is that it’s good to eat raw or cooked (although cooking actually releases more of the benefits)! Some people snack on spinach leaves. My mother will make mini cucumber, spinach leaf sandwiches using spinach leaves as the bread and a cucumber coin in the middle. Pretty healthy snacking, Ma! 
It’s such an easy thing to simply throw it into the mix with a big garden salad. It’s great at adding some variety to all the lettuce leaves working as the foundation. And—not to knock lettuce—but spinach is a million times better for you.
But the simplicity of spinach doesn’t stop there. Along with being an easy salad add-in, spinach is just as easy to add to your soups, going in virtually any soup. Put it in a bean soup. Put it in a potato soup. Put it in a mushroom soup. Put it in a stew. And the great thing is, you don’t really even need to cook it. Just put it in the pot at the very end. Stir it in and the heat of the freshly made soup do all the ‘cooking’ it needs.
After adding it to salads and soups, you can add it to so many other things! Put it in with casseroles, chop it up and add it to an omelet; blend it up with milk and blueberries for a delicious smoothie! The possibilities go on and on!
Appreciate this amazing little source of so many essential vitamins as well as minerals like iron and zinc—not to mention the awesome nitrates it has stocked up. Enjoy adding this awesome leafy green to your meals and, as always, thanks for reading!
- John