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Well, I didn’t learn anything from the spinach literally, but I did learn a bit while biting on a bit of bitter … uhm … ran out of b’s. Oh well, you get the idea.
How do I know?
Uh, cause I said so.
Yup.
Anyway, back to the spinach. Funny how easy it is to get distracted when you trying to avoid something unpleasant, isn’t it? And if anything is unpleasant, it is spinach.
At least that is what I thought for many years.
Then I tasted fresh spinach leaves in a salad. I think the secret to learning to like the stuff is that I had no idea what I was eating the first several times I ate it. I just assumed it was little pieces of romaine lettuce. Plus it was served with oranges in it. I love oranges.
Well by the time I found out what I was eating, I was hooked.
A few years later we started mixing frozen spinach in with scrambled eggs. We call them green eggs – like in the book Green Eggs and Ham. It was another way to get dark leafy greans into our diet. That is particular for me and a few others in the family that are allergic to milk. Dark leafy greans are high in iron, calcium, and other nutrients that you miss when you can’t drink milk.
Just like Sam’s friend in Green Eggs and Ham, I learned to go ahead and try new things. I still do not like boiled spinach. That texture is really tough to swallow, but I have found two ways that I like spinach and also found that I like smoked asparagus, and several other veggies I despised as a kid.
I do like green eggs, Sam I Am. I do. 
NOTE: This is my entry in the current What I Learned From… project. The topic this month is the World of Plants, and there’s still time for you to join in, just follow that link, but you better hurry – it is over tomorrow night, August 9!
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Hi Luke, Your post made me hungry (although I don’t know about oranges in my salad; I believe fruit and vegetables were created to be separate but equal). Anyway, spinach and I became well acquainted when I was on the Atkins diet – it’s a staple. If you want to take your breakfast up a notch, try an omelet with spinach and feta cheese, and if you really want to live on the edge, toss in a bit of green onion.
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@Luke – I dunno, Luke; I tried spinach when I was a kid, and to my knowledge, nobody but Popeye ever benefited from it! I mean, c’mon!
I’ll leave you and Brad to the greens while I take the burgers, ‘K?
Hey, a tip o’ the hat for the WILF entry, though!
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We also put onions, or more often onion power, in our eggs too, but cheese does not work so well for me – mildly allergic. I love the taste but I feel absolutely horrible after eating milk products even when they are lactose free.
You are certainly free to eat what you like, but in the interest of keeping you healthy enough to keep sponsoring WILF as long as possible…. I will put in a plug for the green veggies. Sure they have a tendency to taste like dirt, but they are loaded with nutrients your body needs – to the point where veggies are the only food group you can live on by itself (see Daniel 1). The challenge with veggies is to find the right way to prepare each one. Sometimes combining them with something you like that has a strong flavor (like onions or peppers) will really help. You could also use fresh spinach instead of lettuce on that burger.
That said, if you cannot enjoy life, you are less likely to care about living longer and defeat my purpose anyway.
- Dr. Luke
Hello Sir Luke,
Spinach is really valuable and gives extra minerals to our body (as far as I know), and I also love to mix up spinach with other menu or dishes we make.