Why Do We Celebrate National Spinach Day?

National Spinach Day Activities

1. Try a new spinach dish

   We’ve talked about a lot of different ways to enjoy spinach, but we bet you’ve only tried a couple of them. If you usually enjoy cooked spinach, make a spinach salad for your next meal. If you love you some raw-spinach-y goodness, try it cooked! It’s always nice to expand your palette, and to get a couple new recipes under your belt. You go, Master Chef.

2. Grow some spinach

   If you have a green thumb, embark on a fun project and grow some spinach on your windowsill or your backyard. There are a couple bonuses to this plan. It will save you money, because you’re not buying spinach from the store. It will provide you with a challenge—keeping a plant alive is no walk in the park. And it will put you on the path to sustainability. Maybe you’ll grow a whole garden one day!

3. Watch or read Popeye

   Open an old comic book or go troll Youtube for some old shows where Popeye was featured. Then, enjoy the tale of the salty sailor who has an on and off fling with Olive Oil! Everyone’s favorite spinach-eating hunk definitely deserves a little extra love this National Spinach Day. Do you think spinach would be as popular as it is now without him? We don’t.

Why We Love National Spinach Day

1. It’s healthy

   Spinach is one of the healthiest vegetables, and it’s delicious to boot! It’s rich in water-soluble vitamins, fat-soluble vitamins, iron, calcium, cancer-fighting antioxidants, phytonutrients … we could go on, but we’d run out of space. When it’s raw, spinach is basically a super-food. And, although it loses some of its nutrients when it’s cooked, it still maintains enough of them to be incredibly healthy. A bit of spinach a day keeps the doctor away!

2. It’s adaptable

   There are so many different, yet iconic ways to cook spinach. And they all go way beyond boiling it into mush like your mother. The classic unhealthy way to cook spinach is to boil it and add heavy cream – voila, creamed spinach! You can also use it completely raw to make a salad. Just add vinaigrette and craisins. Sprinkle some spinach leaves into your next stir-fry or add them into your homemade burrito for a quick calorie and nutrient boost. Spinach is useful, and delicious, in all of these different forms.

3. It reduces like crazy

   To us, one of the world’s most amazing sights is how much spinach reduces in size when it’s cooked. Have you ever added an entire bag of baby spinach to a pan until it was overflowing? Have you questioned how you were going to add any of the other ingredients in your recipe? And then have you watched it reduce at least six times in size until it barely took up any space in the pan? Spinach constantly reminds us of how amazing science is, and we love it.

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Remember this?

“I’m Popeye the Sailor Man

I’m Popeye the Sailor Man

I’m strong to the finich

‘Cause I eats me spinach…”

We’re quoting the world’s best-loved animated sailor since it’s National Spinach Day on March 26! Not only does spinach provide iron, it’s also an excellent source of vitamin K, vitamin A, and vitamin C — not to mention manganese and magnesium. Join us as we cook up some delicious ways to enjoy.

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