creamed spinach/spinach casserole

[eks]

I am looking for a spinach side dish to serve tommorrow night. A spinach casserole would be good because I would like to prepare it ahead of time. Any recipe suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

[little_bopeep]

This recipe made spinach-eaters out of my boys. You may need to play with the salt some. :cool:


Boston Market Creamed Spinach

Ease of Cooking: Medium Difficulty
Serving Size: 4-6

Notes:
This is a Copykat Recipe Original. With this dish you might even win over a few people to spinach :-)

Ingredients:
1 20oz Package Chopped Spinach Frozen
1 C. White Sauce (Thick)
1/2 C. Sour Cream
1 tsp. Salt
2 Tbsp. Butter
2 Tbsp Finely Chopped Onion
1/4 C. Water
White Sauce
3 Tbsp. Butter
4 Tbsp. Flour
1/4 tsp. Salt
1 C. Whole Milk



Preparation:
Prepare the white sauce using a medium low setting. Melt butter in a saucepan; add flour and 1/4 teaspoon of salt until creamed together. Add milk a little at a time on medium heat. Constantly stir with a whisk until mixture becomes thick and smooth.
Place butter in a 2-quart saucepan on medium heat, add onions. Cook until the onions are transparent. Add spinach and water to pan, lower the heat and place lid on pan. Stir several times until the spinach is almost completely cooked. Add 1 teaspoon of salt. When spinach is almost done add white sauce and sour cream, stir well and simmer until completely blended.

[newtricks]

This is good too. It's a BC recipe that I got off Recipe Bazaar. I didn't use the gruyere for lowfat reasons (as if that would help!) and it was still very very creamy and cheezy.

Spinach Gratin - Barefoot Contessa Parties Cookbook

4T unsalted butter
4C chopped yellow onions (2 large)
1/4 cup flour
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 Cup heavy cream
2 Cups milk
3 lbs frozen chopped spinach, defrosted 5, 10oz packages
1 cup parmesan cheese
1T kosher salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 Cup gruyere cheese

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Melt butter in a heavy bottom skillet over medium heat. Add onion and saute until transparent about 15 minutes, add flour, nutmeg and cook stirring for 2 more minutes. Now add cream and milk and cook until thickened. Squeeze water out of spinach and add to sauce with 1/2 cup parmesan. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer spinach to baking dish and sprinkle with remaining parmesan and gruyere. Bake 20 mins or until bubbly - Serve immediately.