The One Thing You Don't (Always) Have to Do with Frozen Spinach — Tips from The Kitchn

I have vivid childhood memories of my mom standing over the kitchen sink on Christmas day squeezing the water out of defrosted packs of spinach to make her famous spinach casserole. Later my sister took over the task and she'd be shuddering from the semi-thawed clumps in her hands. It always seemed like such a nuisance — and so cold!

So as an adult, I sort of tried to avoid frozen spinach all together. Only recently, however, I found out, thanks to my colleague Kelli, that you don't always have to bother defrosting and draining it. It turns out there are a handful of instances that you can use spinach straight from the freezer without an ill effect on the dish you're making.

Here's when you don't have to bother defrosting frozen spinach.

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