Keto Creamed Spinach - Gluten Free Recipe (2024)

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I am obsessed with creamed spinach. It is sort of like shrimp and grits. If creamed spinach is on a menu, I am ordering it. The downside of creamed spinach is it is made with roux, butter and flour, to create the cream sauce base. I have developed my gluten-free keto creamed spinach recipe to enjoy my favorite side dish from home.

Quickly made on the stove top and browned under the broiler, low-carb creamed spinach is also a perfect side dish for a busy weeknight meal too.

Keto Creamed Spinach Ingredients

The simplicity of the recipes is what gives this keto creamed spinach recipe so much flavor. Low-Carb Creamed Spinach is a simple gluten-free side dish. This creamed spinach recipe uses the following ingredients:

• Fresh or frozen spinach. Then steamed until wilted and liquids drained.
• Butter. Salted will work just fine but make sure cream and salt are the only two ingredients.
• Heavy whipping cream. Standard HWC.
• Mozzarella Cheese. Shredded and doesn't have to be part-skim.
• Parmesan Cheese. Grated or shredded will both work. Use what you normally buy.
• Garlic. Fresh if you have it but dried or powder will work just fine.
• Onion. Diced finely. Shallots would work as well. I normally have sweet onions on hand, so that is what I used.

How to Make Keto Creamed Spinach

In a saucepan or small dutch oven, melt the butter and add diced onions and minced garlic to the pan. As the onion and garlic begin to brown, steam the fresh spinach. A microwave steamer works great for steaming spinach.

When the onions and garlic brown add the cream to the pan. Stir to combine before adding the steamed spinach to the pan. Bring the combination to a scald.

Stir the steamed spinach, mozzarella cheese, and parmesan cheese into the milk and onion mixture. Use a generous amount of pepper at this point as well. Stir to combine and continue stirring until the cheese is completely melted.

When the mozzarella has melted completely, top the keto creamed spinach with more shredded parmesan. Stick the pan under the oven broiler to brown the cheese and melt it. The additional caramelization to the cheese just enhances the low carb creamed spinach even more. It is amazing what a little time under a broiler can do for a dish.

Little bits of minced garlic came to the top and crisped up under the broiler. I may have just wanted to scrape all the browned cheese off the top of this keto creamed spinach.

Every single bit was creamy and delectable. I could not get enough. Luckily my family isn't crazy about creamed spinach so I got it all to myself.

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