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Dairy-free Spinach Florentine
- Prep Time : 5 minutes
- Cook Time : 15 minutes
- Servings : 6
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Loading ...This vegan spinach florentine recipe is one of my favorites. The sauce is so rich and creamy! And if you use rice or quinoa pasta, the dish becomes vegan AND gluten-free. Once you learn how to make a vegan cream sauce, you can use it as a base for other dishes.
Ingredients
12 ounces of pasta (I love the ALB-GOLD brand spelt pasta)
1 1/2 Tablespoons of olive oil
2 cloves of minced garlic
8 cups of fresh spinach (or 10 ounces of frozen and thawed)
1 cup of So Delicious unsweetened coconut milk (green container)
1/4 cup and 2 Tablespoons of nutritional yeast
3 Tablespoons fresh basil
2 Tablespoons fresh parsley
1 Tablespoon fresh oregano
1 teaspoon sea salt (or to taste)
1/2 teaspoon black pepper (or to taste)
Preparation
1. Boil the water and let the pasta cook while you are preparing the sauce.
2. Add the olive oil to a large skillet, add the garlic, and cook over medium heat for about 3 minutes.
3. Add the rinsed and drained spinach, and cook for another 3 minutes. Note: spinach wilts quickly. Your skillet may not be large enough to hold all 8 cups. That's fine. Put what you can in the skillet and add more as space allows.
4. Add the coconut milk and cook for another 5 minutes. Then add the rest of the ingredients and stir until well combined.
5. By the time the sauce is done, the pasta should be ready. Serve over pasta and enjoy!
8 Responses to “Dairy-free Spinach Florentine”
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Hi Julia, oh I am so sorry that it didn’t work for you! A few questions: 1) did you cook it down for a few minutes with the nutritional yeast? 2) Did you drain the spinach well if you used fresh? The sauce is actually pretty thick when I make it, (the taste might still not be to your liking), so I was just wondering if there was extra water from the spinach or if it didn’t cook down long enough with the yeast. Hope those tips help!
This recipe did not work for me. The sauce was too thin and watery and the taste was bland despite the fresh basil. Disappointed.
Delicious! The spinach was awesome and it’s true – the coconut milk made it nice and creamy but the recipe was still really healthy. I’m going to make this often. It was so easy!
Nutritional yeast = deliciousness
What is the purpose of the nutritional yeast in this recipe?
So Delicious just posted this recipe on their facebook page, and I’m so happy, because I wanted to make something fabulous for Meatless Monday, and this sounds delicious!
Loved it!! Easy to make and really very good!!
This sounds delicious!