An excellent source of antioxidants, spinach is a delicious superfood with a starring role in many great soup, salad, vegetarian lasagna, omelet, and spinach dip recipes.

Alas, the old Popeye the Sailor Man cartoons had it wrong when it implied that spinach was an especially high iron food. However, even terrible old Bluto would have to admit that spinach is high in Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and many other nutrients.

(If not, then perhaps Popeye could serve him some spinach salad with a nice Olive Oyl…er—olive oil dressing to help him see the light.)

Below are 12 wonderful spinach recipes that show just how easy it is to empower your life with spinach.

Also, here’s a Youtube video showing Popeye, the man with arms as big as canned hams, indulging in a little of the leafy green stuff.

Enjoy!

• Spinach and Orzo Salad with Cranberries and Almonds Recipe

• Cream of Spinach Soup Recipe Made With Fresh Spinach

• Tequila Lime Crab Salad Recipe

• Easy Winter Miso Slaw Salad Recipe

• Italian Wedding Soup Recipe

• Dr. Seuss Inspired Recipe (and Silly Food Poem): Green Eggs and Ham Salad Recipe

• Scallops Florentine Casserole Recipe

• Crispy Fish with Mango Slaw

• Cucumber, Apple, and Spinach Salad With Curried Pecans and Lemony Coriander Dressing

• Pan-Seared Scallops Recipe

• Lasagna Soup Recipe

• Romeritos With Shrimp Cakes Recipe

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(Photo Credit: A Pound of Spinach by RobPlusJessie.)

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