10-Minute Vegetarian: Pan-Cooked Pierogies and Spinach

Make a quick and tasty vegetarian dish in less than 10 minutes. Each uses frozen Pierogies, although you can make your own and freeze them ahead of time if you want. Frozen pieorgies are a common sale item in my local grocery store. Sometimes the deal is too good to pass up (buy two, get three free). So what can you make with those frozen Pierogies? In less than 10 minutes, you'll have a tasty meal without any meat!

10-Minute Vegetarian: 5 Recipes for Frozen Pierogies

Tips and Notes

- Some pieorgies tend to be salty, so skip the salt when cooking. If you need some for flavor, add Kosher salt or sea salt after you've tasted the food.

- This is not a vegan recipe.

Pan-Cooked Pierogies and Spinach

Make a quick and tasty vegetarian dish in less than 10 minutes. Each uses frozen pierogies, although you can make your own and freeze them ahead of time if you want. Frozen pieorgies are a common sale item in my local grocery store. Sometimes the deal is too good to pass up (buy two, get three free). So what can you make with those frozen pierogies? In less than 10 minutes, you'll have a tasty meal without any meat!

10-Minute Vegetarian: 5 Recipes for Frozen Pierogies

Tips and Notes

- Some pieorgis tend to be salty, so skip the salt when cooking. If you need some for flavor, add Kosher salt or sea salt after you've tasted the food.

- This is not a vegan recipe.

Pan-Cooked Pierogies and Spinach

1. Melt butter or a butter substitute in a pan.

2. Place each pieorgi flat in the pan and set the timer for four minutes.

3. Sprinkle with garlic powder and freshly ground pepper.

4. Cook on a low-medium heat (between four and five if the dial goes up to 10).

5. Prepare fresh spinach by washing it, removing large stems and patting it dry. You don't need to cut it or tear it, as it will shrink down. You can use a little bit of spinach or a lot, just remember that it will shrink when cooked.

6. Turn each Pierogi over with a spatula after four minutes.The bottoms should be golden brown.

7. Place the spinach on top of the cooking pierogies. The spinach will cook down. Add more pepper and garlic powder if you want. Set the timer to four minutes. When the timer goes off, turn over one pierogi to see if it's golden brown.

8. Plate and eat immediately or remove from heat, top with a cover and eat wtihin five to 10 minutes. This dish can really be cooked in 10 minutes, so if are serving it with other dishes which take longer, save this for the last 10 minutes of cooking.

Nutrition of Pan-Cooked Pierogies and Spinach

The nutritional content of the Pan-Cooked Pierogies and Spinach will depend on the type of pieorgi you bought or your homemade recipe. Spinach adds Vitamin K, iron, Vitamin K, manganese and Vitamin B12 to the dish according to World's Healthiest Foods without adding a lot of calories.

Calories

One cup of fresh spinach contains seven calories according to the USDA's National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference .

One serving of frozen pierogies, typically three, is between 160 and 220 calories, depending on the fillings. Pieorgies with cheese tend to have a higher calorie count.

A teaspoon of butter or butter substitute will add between 50 and 100 calories, but adds a lot of flavor. You can lessen the calories by using a non-stick spray. Even if you use a full tablespoon of real butter, the dish with three pieorgies and a cup of spinach will come in, at most, at about 330 calories , or as few as 270 (again, it depends on the pierogi fillings).