Popeye's Girl

It was time to work on some greens - get that iron in! So we moved on to spinach.  The first night I just tried steaming the baby spinach in our convenient little microwave steamer.  It came out reasonably tender, but I think it was still hard to process without teeth.  She grabbed it and put it in alright, but it was mostly gumming and drooling, and eventually getting just a smidge of it down. The stems always stuck out a bit and never really got swallowed.

The puree was much easier!! The second night I tried sauteeing it with a little olive oil and that broke it down a little more, but still wasn't terribly appetizing I guess.  The puree was a little easier to get through and she seemed to like it just as much as anything else.  Perhaps we will try spinach again when we get to eggs or something we can chop and mix it into...

Recommendations

Spinach: Use baby spinach and perhaps even chop it up a little bit.  Saute it with Olive oil until soft.  Serve in little piles for little hands to grab.

Pureed Spinach: Saute bunch of spinach with a little bit of olive oil.  If some liquid is retained in the pan, add that to the mix and puree with a blender.