Title: How to Avoid Bitter Cooked Spinach | Healthy Eating | SF Gate
Headings: How to Avoid Bitter Cooked Spinach
How to Avoid Bitter Cooked Spinach
Go for Baby Spinach
Avoid Overcooking
Season It Right
Try Blanching

Content: a little goes a long way to cover up the bitter taste of spinach. One of the healthiest and simplest ways to cover it up is with citrus. Choose between lemon, lime and orange, based on the flavor of the dish. Drizzle fresh juice over the leaves as soon as they’re done cooking. Toss the leaves with a bit of zest from the peel if the juice isn’t a strong enough flavor. Alternately, toss the spinach with crushed garlic or grated ginger root. Try Blanching
If you plan to use the spinach in a salad or need the leaves un-wilted for some other reason, blanch them to remove bitterness. Blanching refers to the process of submerging food in boiling water and then transferring it to a bowl of ice water. A 15-second dip in boiling water is enough. To remove them from the boiling water as soon as they’re done, keep the spinach leaves in a strainer for the whole process.