Vegetables \ Spinach \ Spinach Galilee (Sbanach) Reviews

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Canadian grower’s opinion: This year, Green Harvest sent to me seeds of their new open-pollinated variety – ’Galilee’, and it has performed very well in our conditions. ’Galilee’ was developed in Israel and is more tolerant of warm conditions than other varieties of winter spinach. It has produced a lot more foliage than the other variety we grow (’Winter Giant’) and its mid green leaves have the same flavor as other spinach varieties. It is a great variety for gardeners who have struggled to grow winter spinach.

To freeze winter spinach: I wash the spinach thoroughly, roughly chop the leaves and stems, then put it in a steamer and blanch it with boiling water, before plunging the steamer into icy water. Then drain, and pack into ice cube trays or zip lock bags for freezing. Spinach in zip lock bags is pressed out to a flat sheet on a baking tray for freezing. This makes it easier to break off sections for adding to recipes.

Vegetables \ Spinach \ Spinach Galilee (Sbanach) Reviews