CREAMY CURRIED SPINACH

If you are like me and find there just isn't room for one more thing in your oven or on your stop top when you prepare large family or holiday meals, take advantage of your slow cooker or crock-pot and make a side dish in it. Here is a recipe for a yummy spinach dish you can make in your crock-pot/slow cooker in 2 to 4 hours depending on the temperature setting.

3 pkgs (10-oz each) frozen spinach, thawed

1 large onion, chopped

4 garlic cloves, minced

2 tbsp curry powder

2 tbsp butter, melted

1/4 cup chicken stock or vegetable broth

1/4 cup heavy cream

1 tsp lemon juice

Combine the spinach, onion, garlic, curry powder, melted butter, and stock or broth in the cooker.  Cover and cook on low 3 to 4 hours or on high 2 hours. A half-hour before cooking time ends, add the cream and lemon juice; mix to combine.  Replace lid on cooker and finish cooking.

Yield: 8 servings

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