# Grandma’s Legendary Creamed Spinach

A super easy and good tasting creamed spinach recipe, taught by grandma.

- Category: Side
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 10 oz spinach
- 2 tbsp butter
- 0.5 medium onion, minced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 0.5 cup milk
- 0.5 block cream cheese (room temp)
- 2 tsp salt and pepper
- 1 pinch nutmeg

## Instructions

1. Add some water in a pot. As soon as it comes to a boil, drop your spinach.
2. Cook the spinach for one minute until it wilts.
3. Grab a strainer, drain the spinach, and run some cold water on it to stop the cooking process and to take it down in the tin.
4. Put the spinach on a chopping board and cut it into pieces.
5. Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of butter to the same pot or a new one and melt it down.
6. Add some onions and cook for about 2 minutes.
7. Add three minced cloves of garlic to the onions and butter.
8. Take about 4 oz of cream cheese, cut it up in pieces, and add it to the pot.
9. Add some whole milk to stretch out the dish.

## Equipment

- pot
- strainer
- chopping board
- pan

## Tips

- Run cold water on spinach to stop the cooking process and to take it down in the tin.
- You can use heavy cream instead of whole milk to stretch the dish out.
- Use 2-3 tablespoons of butter.
- Cook onions for about 2 minutes.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/BEfrNW5NhKk?si=OtI_k0HzGZNym2jT
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c317685b-c728-41e6-b3cf-80fd7524f189
- Extracted: 2026-05-04

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