Healthy & Easy Gluten-Free Spinach Casserole (Recipe)

As a working Mom, food that lasts more than one meal is not just winning, but essential. I don’t cook every night, so I rely on leftovers to get us through lunches and dinners. This spinach casserole meets all the criteria for weeknight meals: Easy, healthy, versatile, and cheesy.

Ok, that last one was my son’s criteria, but I won’t argue with it. 😉

I have adapted this recipe from the beast of a cookbook, Passionate Vegetarian. It’s been great paired with pork loin that I cooked in the slow cooker (with a marinade of soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, honey, mustard, onion flakes, and garlic powder), baked fish, and chicken.

It’s also great between bread as a sandwich or just cold out of the fridge.

Think of it like cold pizza, if you’re into that.

So versatile!

I love that you could truly have it for any meal and so many different ways! I’m looking forward to incorporating it onto a sandwich and into my breakfast. 💡 A breakfast sandwich! Coupled with whole grain bread and strawberry jam, you can’t go wrong.

I’ll have that when I’m not eating this any veggie breakfast casserole.

How great is it to get the day started already with a serving of vegetables under your belt?! Paired with a cup of coffee, you’re ready to show your day who’s boss.💪🏻

Nutrition

We eat a lot of spinach in the Ashmore household. In morning smoothies, scrambled eggs, sandwiches, and mixed dishes like these, spinach is a must-have for our grocery order. This powerhouse leafy green is full of important nutrients like fiber for healthy arteries and digestion, folate to prevent birth defects, antioxidants that can help prevent cancer, vitamins that can benefit your eyes and skin, and minerals for healthy bones and blood function. And this is just to name a few!

I subbed an all-purpose gluten-free flour (for what’s necessary in our household) and used reduced-fat cheeses. The texture came out just right, and you’ll never miss the full-fat cheeses.

I usually go middle of the road when it comes to fat. I don’t often buy full-fat or non-fat ingredients, and here’s why: Dairy contains saturated fat, a fat that we won’t want too much of for heart health.

But before you go totally non-fat, know that some fat is helpful to increase your fullness and satiety as well as to help you absorb all those great vitamins and minerals from the spinach. So, for these reasons, I often recommend reduced-fat foods.

Unless it’s dessert. Just go all the way on that. Or try something like this divine carrot cake, then thank me later.

Sometimes having the real deal satisfies you like nothing else, so you’re better off having a smaller portion of something that’s incredibly satisfying than too much of something that’s not. But with this dish, the difference isn’t noticeable enough, so I think you’re safe with the reduced-fat options.

I’ll take my sat fat in the form of dessert any day.🍪

 

Passionately,

Alyssa