baby spinach

Young leafy vegetable

Baby spinach is spinach harvested young, when the leaves are small, tender, and mild-flavored.

Unlike mature spinach, it requires no cooking and appears most often in salads: a bag of baby spinach, She topped the sandwich with baby spinach.

The term follows the pattern of other "baby" vegetables picked before full size.

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fresh · arugula · kale · lettuce · smoothie · wilted · sautéed · raw · topped with · crisp · mild · delicate · organic · bunch · stems · bowl · olive oil · vinaigrette

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tenderness/texture

baby spinachcollard greens

Sturdy leafy vegetable

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baby, spinach, babies, babied, babying, babyish, babyhood

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G