Vegan Creamed Spinach. Simple Creamy Delicious Spinach baked with non dairy cream and topped with herbed cheesy biscuit topping. Vegan Recipe. Can be Soy-free, Nut-free, Gluten-free. Jump to Recipe
Creamed Spinach makes for a delicious side in the holiday season. Spinach, kale or other greens cooked with herebs, garlic and cheesy cream and served as is or with cheesy biscuit topping! Lets raise that bar on Vegan Creamed Spinach.
This Creamy Spinach Gratin comes together really quickly with just 7 ingredients. Once the mixture is slightly thickened, top with the quick cheesy biscuit topping and bake!
Ingredients for Vegan Creamed Spinach
- For Creamed Spinach you need a good lot of spinach, onion, garlic, pepper flakes, black pepper and herbs such as oregano. For the cream part, you need either cashew cream, silken tofu cream or other non dairy cream option. Add some nutritional yeast or miso for cheesier flavor.
- For the biscuit topping, you need flour, almond flour, dried herbs, salt, nutritional yeast and non dairy milk.
How to Make Vegan Creamed Spinach with Biscuit topping
Heat the cast iron skillet over medium heat. Add oil. Add oregano, peppers and mix for a few seconds. Or use 2 tbsp broth for oil-free.
Add onion and garlic and 1/8 tsp salt. Cook until translucent.
Add the thawed spinach and continue to cook until the water is almost gone. Add the non dairy cream and salt and mix in. Take off heat.
Make the Biscuit topping: Mix the flours and dry ingredients in a bowl.
Add 1/2 cup milk and mix in. Add milk 1 tbsp at a time to make a thick muffin like mixture. Drop spoonfuls over the creamy spinach.
Bake at 400 deg F for 25 mins. Broil for a minute to crisp the top if needed.
Can I make this gluten-free?
Yes, Omit the biscuit topping and serve the creamed spinach after it has thickened in the skillet.
Or use a mix of 3/4 cup almond flour, 1/4 cup oat flour and 1/4 cup starch mix for the biscuits.
Can I make this ahead of time?
Yes, Make the spinach mixture and refrigerate for upto 1 day. Make the biscuit topping and bake on the day to serve.
You can also refrigerate baked creamed spinach and reheat in the oven for 10 mins to serve.
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Vegan Creamed Spinach with Biscuit topping
Ingredients
Creamed Spinach:
- 1 tsp oil or broth to saute
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 3 cloves of garlic , finely chopped
- 1 cup (160 g) chopped or sliced onion
- 1/2 tsp salt , divided
- 16 oz frozen spinach , thawed for 10 mins, or use chopped fresh spinach
- 1 cup (236.59 ml) cashew milk (1/3 cup cashews blended with 1 cup water), or or silken tofu cream (1/2 cup silken tofu blended with 1 cup water), or other non dairy cream
Biscuit topping:
- 3/4 cup (93.75 g) all purpose flour , see not for gluten-free
- 1/4 cup (28 g) almond flour
- 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp dried herbs (I use rosemary and oregano)
- 2 tsp nutritional yeast
- 1/2 cup (118.29 ml) + 2 tbsp non dairy milk ,such as light coconut milk, soy milk or unsweetened almond milk
Instructions
- Heat the cast iron skillet over medium heat. Add oil. Add oregano, black pepper and pepper flakes and mix for a few seconds.
- Add onion and garlic and 1/8 tsp salt. Cook until translucent. (3 to 5 mins)
- Add the thawed spinach and continue to cook until the water is almost gone. (If using other hardly greens or a mix, cook the hardy greens to wilt and then add spinach)
- Add the non dairy cream and salt and mix in. Take off heat. You can add 1 tbsp nutritional yeast or 1/2 tsp miso and mix in, for cheesier creamed spinach. (You can refrigerate this creamy spinach for upto a day)
- Make the topping: Mix the flours and dry ingredients in a bowl.
- Add 1/2 cup non dairy milk and mix in. Add milk 1 tbsp at a time to make a thick muffin like mixture. Drop spoonfuls over the spinach.
- Bake at 400 deg F (205 C) for 25 mins. Broil for a minute to crisp up the biscuits if needed. Serve hot!Store the leftovers in the refrigerator for upto 2 days. Reheat in the oven for 10 mins or so.
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Dylan
How could this be made gf? I assume subbing regular flouur for all purpose gf would work. If i don’t have all purpose gf, what other options you think?
Richa
See recipe notes just below recipe
… Gluten-free: Omit the biscuit topping and serve the creamed spinach after it has thickened in the skillet.
Or use a mix of 3/4 cup almond flour, 1/4 cup oat flour and 1/4 cup starch mix for the biscuits.
Dylan
What’s starch mix? And Sorry i am usually better at reading the notes
Richa
A mix of atleast 2 starches such as potato starch , corn or tapioca starch. (Half half )
Dylan Schwarz
Thanks!
Sydney
I have been making this recipe for a few years now. It’s my favorite during the summer when I have a bunch of extra greens to use up. I love it so much!
Vegan Richa Support
wow!
Jasmine
I used kale for this and it was delicious! This was a fantastic way to use up a bunch of kale I got in my CSA this week.
Richa
Awesome
Amanda
Thanks for sharing such wonderful recipes! This looks great, and I’ve been looking for a while creamed spinach recipe. ^^ If using fresh spinach (it’s not easy to get frozen where i live), about how much is needed?
Richa
The same amount. 16 ounces or 450 g
Sharon
This has fast become my favourite breakfast/brunch recipe.
I add a heaping tablespoon of nutritional yeast to the broth and make my own cashew milk using your suggestions. I also swap the flour for whole grain gluten free, and add a tbsp of flax seeds.
Delicious!!!!
Thank you
Katie O'Brien
This was so delicious and simple to make. Even my 4 and 6 year old kiddos were begging for seconds. We served it as our main dish so I’ll definitely be doubling the recipe next time.
We didn’t have a cast iron so I just popped it in a casserole dish and it worked perfectly.
Adding to our weekly rotation!
Richa
yay!!!
Jenya
We slurped this down immediately. It is so delicious! Thank you!
Richa
awesome!!
Sheldon
I also made this last night, it had great flavor and the leftovers were just as good today. Thanks for another great recipe!
Richa
Thanks!
Bev
I made this last night and we LOVED it! It will go into our meal rotation. I had some other greens I needed to use up (a bok choy, kale and chard mix). Cooked those first till almost done, then added a ton of fresh spinach. YUM!!!
Richa
yay!
Bobbi
One more dish for Thanksgiving! Thank you.😍
Richa
yes! its easy and also hides some of the greens!