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Frozen spinach helps build a healthy menu

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Spinach gives a healthy boost to ground beef and Italian sausage meatballs.

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Spinach, even when purchased in its frozen state, is one healthy food. It's an excellent source of calcium, folate, iron, magnesium and vitamins A, B6, C, E and K.

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Made with spinach, artichokes and Greek yogurt, this slimmed down dip boasts a fraction of the fat and calories found in restaurant versions.

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With the constant attention on eating local and home preserving, many people have been avoiding the freezer aisles at the grocery store. But there, among the bags of tater tots, boxes of jelly-filled breakfast pastries and tubs of premium ice cream lies a nutritional power house — frozen spinach.