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Spinach, Rice and Mushroom Recipe

One-Pot Spinach, Rice and Mushroom Recipe

Written by Published on Updated on April 21, 2020 in Main dishes, Mediterranean cuisine, Vegetarian

Hiii,

(This was meant to be posted last Friday, but I have been out of it lately).  🙁

Greek Orthodox Easter is usually a week later so, today is Good Friday for us.  And of course, this coming Sunday is Easter 🙂  Easter celebration in Greece is very important even more so than Christmas, so this really has shocked us all as I can imagine it did for everyone who did celebrate Easter last week.  My brother lives about 2 hours away and I haven’t seen him in over a month.  We do talk on the phone and keep up on what’s going on but it really isn’t the same thing, don’t you agree? This is definitely one Easter we will never forget.

In Greece, on Good Friday we do not eat any meat, butter or basically anything that comes from an animal.  So, my dish/recipe for today is a traditional Greek Spinach and Rice dish called “Spanakorizo” but of course with a twist.  I added Mushrooms…and I did not use Olive Oil but Vegetable Oil.   And some of the ingredients like Dill, and fresh Scallions come from my little garden. 🙂  I planted Dill and Scallions about a month ago and I was so happy to see that I can use them for this recipe. 

I prepared this recipe very early this morning because I started work a bit later today.  So, I started taking my photos, while I was preparing the recipe.  I always check my shots once I am done, but I did it again this time I forgot to place in the memory card…geeezzzz!!!  This is what you get when you start cooking at 6 am.  Does anyone know if there is an emoji that rolls its eyes because that’s exactly what I did!!!  I only have one shot….and basically it has all the ingredients in One-Pot. 🙂

Spinach, Rice and Mushroom Recipe

One-Pot Spinach, Rice and Mushroom Recipe

A healthy traditional Greek Recipe that most love. This recipe calls for Spinach and Rice, but the added Mushrooms gives this recipe a new twist.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mediterranean
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 1 package Fresh or Frozen Spinach
  • ½ cup White Long Grain Rice
  • ½ cup Olive Oil
  • 1 Leek chopped
  • 3 tbsp Tomato Paste
  • ½ cup Dill
  • 1 cup Mushrooms
  • ½ litre Water

Instructions
 

  • In a large post add first the Spinach and Olive Oil. Continue by adding the rest of the ingredients. Cook for 20 minutes
Keyword Easy recipe, One-Pot

KALI MAS OREXI!! 🙂

Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

8 Comments

  1. Invisibly Me
    April 21, 2020 at 7:50 am  ·  Reply

    Aw Sophie, it must be hard not being able to see your brother. I’m glad we have technology to keep in touch with friends, family and the wider world, but no, it’s not quite the same as seeing people in person, especially when you’re close. Happy (belated) Easter! I like the sound of this. Spanakorizo is a good name for a dish, though I first read it as “SPANKorizo”, which I think I preferred 😂
    There is a rolling-eyes emoji. I don’t get emojis on my laptop so I have to copy/paste a select few when I comment on blogs. These are the closest I could find to a rolling-eye dude on my Facebook Emoji list – 🙄🥴- you might want to save them for the next time you forget to put in the memory card! 😉

    Stay safe lovely xx

    • foodzesty
      April 22, 2020 at 11:07 am  ·  Reply

      hahahhahahaha Thanks for the emojiii but I have been trying to copy paste them and I can’t seem to do it hahahahahahhahahahha. This is where I rolled my eyes hahahahhahah

  2. America On Coffee
    April 21, 2020 at 11:00 am  ·  Reply

    A delicious notable share! Catholics in the US also refrain from eating meat during the Paschal season. And the season counties as Christ’s has risen and appears to many for 40 days before ascending into Heaven. May praising His Name, fill Our hearts… each day!

  3. dtills
    April 22, 2020 at 12:31 am  ·  Reply

    This looks delicious Sophie! I do hope you had a wonderful Easter (even though I know it was kinda weird this year😳) ❤️

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