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At first, the spinach will seem to overflow in the skillet, but keep stirring–as it begins to wilt, it reduces in volume. Serve this creamy dip with crudités or hearty wheat crackers. 
Yield: 2 cups (serving size: 1/4 cup)
Ingredients
* 1 teaspoon olive oil
* 3 garlic cloves, chopped
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1 (10-ounce) package fresh spinach
* 1/2 cup basil leaves, loosely packed
* 1/3 cup (about 3 ounces) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened
* 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
* 1/3 cup plain fat-free yogurt
* 1/4 cup (1 ounce) grated fresh Parmesan cheese
Preparation
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic; sauté 1 minute. Add salt and spinach; sauté 3 minutes or until the spinach wilts. Place spinach mixture in a colander, pressing until mixture is barely moist.
Place spinach mixture, basil, cream cheese, and pepper in a food processor; process until smooth. Spoon spinach mixture into a medium bowl. Add yogurt and Parmesan; stir to combine. Chill.
Nutritional Information
- Calories: 63 (60% from fat)
- Fat: 4.2g (sat 2.3g,mono 1.4g,poly 0.2g)
- Protein: 4.1g
- Carbohydrate: 3g
- Fiber: 0.9g
- Cholesterol: 11mg
- Iron: 1.1mg
- Sodium: 209mg
- Calcium: 112mg
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Sweet Potato Pie, thanks for this opportunity to share. I noticed your recipes contain dairy and garlic. Have you ever considered replacing these non-alkaline ingredients with healthier ones? How about almond milk or almond cheese? Have you ever used onion sea salt and onion powder as replacements for garlic? Would love to see recipes with these ingredients.
Since March is Women’s History Month, I was wondering what our conversations will be about our health.
Will we talk about how to reduce or eliminate fibroid tumors in our sisters, mothers, daughters?
Will we ask why more and more African American women are eating yogurt at a time when cutting back on dairy is the advice of the day?
Will we have conversations about why women of child-bearing age should stop eating black pepper?
Will we talk about how to make soul food, comfort food and southern cooking healthier and compatible with our immune system?
Let’s have these conversations in Women’s History Month and beyond. For answers to these questions and to get the conversations rolling, let’s read Sojourn to Honduras Sojourn to Healing: Why An Herbalist’s View Matters More Today Than Ever Before.