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Diabetic Side Dish of the Week – BABY SPINACH WITH GOLDEN RAISINS AND PINE NUTS

This week’s Diabetic Side Dish of the Week – BABY SPINACH WITH GOLDEN RAISINS AND PINE NUTS. To make this week’s Dish you’ll be needing Leaf Spinach, Golden Seedless Raisins, Ground Nutmeg, and Salt. The Dish is 76 calories and 10 net carbs per serving. You can find this Diabetic Friendly recipe and more all at the Diabetic Gourmet Magazine website. You can also sign up to receive wonderful recipes, engaging articles, helpful and healthful tips, critically important news and more. Enjoy and Eat Healthy in 2021! https://diabeticgourmet.com/

BABY SPINACH WITH GOLDEN RAISINS AND PINE NUTS
Sweet golden raisins and crunchy pine nuts make this a fabulous way to get your spinach. Recipe for Baby Spinach With Golden Raisins and Pine Nuts from our Side Dishes recipe section.

Ingredients

4 Tbsp pine nuts
2 bags (10 oz each) leaf spinach, rinsed
2/3 C golden seedless raisins
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp salt

Directions

1 -In a medium nonstick pan over high heat, cook and stir the pine nuts until they begin to brown lightly and smell toasted, but not burnt. Set the pine nuts aside in another dish.
2 – Return the pan to the burner over medium-high heat. Add 1/4 cup water. As it begins to boil, add a small handful of the spinach. Cook and stir just until it begins to wilt. Then push it to the side of the pan, and add another 1/4 cup water and handful of spinach. Continue until all the spinach has been cooked, adding the raisins with the last handful of spinach.
3 – Sprinkle with nutmeg and salt. Cook and stir until all the spinach is wilted and the raisins are warm.
4 – Remove from heat. Press out excess water. Place 1 cup spinach and raisins in a serving bowl. Top with pine nuts.
NOTES:
Sweet golden raisins and crunchy pine nuts make this a fabulous way to get your spinach.

Recipe Yield: Yield: 4 servings Serving size: 1 cup spinach and raisins

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION PER SERVING:
Calories: 76
Fat: 3 grams
Fiber: 3 grams
Sodium: 130 milligrams
Protein: 3 grams
Carbohydrates: 13 grams
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