What I love about this side dish is that it’s so easy to prepare that you can easily do it with very limited time (think: after you come home late from work and have no idea what veggies to add to your meal). I usually buy fresh, organic spinach and have not tried to make this with frozen spinach yet, but let me know if you decide to give that a try.

Ingredients

1 bag of fresh baby spinach
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
A handful of raisins, soaked in water
Salt to taste

Directions

1. Soak a handful of raisins in water, so they can plump and get all nice and juicy.

2. Put a large frying pan on medium heat and toast the pine nuts until they just start to get some color. You do not want them to turn very brown, so if they start to get slightly brown spots, they’re probably toasted enough to take them off the heat.

3. Once you’ve taken out the pine nuts, add the olive oil to the same pan and saute the spinach until it just starts to wilt.

4. Add salt, then the raisins, and then the pine nuts. Sauté for another 2 minutes and serve warm!