Baby spinach
Tender young spinach leaves. Eat raw in salads or wilt in seconds in a hot pan.
Used for
- salads
- pasta
- curries
- eggs
In the kitchen
- Wilt.
- Eat raw.
- Sauté.
Picking it at the store
- Deep, uniform green. No yellow or brown edges.
- Leaves should be perky; avoid bags with wet, clumped, or slimy leaves at the bottom.
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