This spicy wilted spinach with yellow pepper recipe is a nice change from your everyday spinach. It is colorful, the yellow or orange pepper in thin slices are very pretty on a serving dish. The bonus is that it is delicious.
Ingredients
1-1/2 lb fresh spinach, torn into medium pieces
1 Small yellow or orange bell pepper, cored and thinly sliced
2 Tspn Guldens Spicy Brown mustard
1 Large clove garlic, finely minced
1/4 Tspn hot pepper sauce
1 Tspn fresh lemon juice
Vegetable oil
Hot pepper flakes to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
1. Pour small amount of vegetable oil into large pan and heat until oil shimmers.
2. Place garlic in pan, stir and cook for 1 minute, garlic will lose its raw flavor, add sliced pepper and continue cooking until peppers are soft.
3. Add spinach to pan, stir to mix vegetables. Cook until spinach starts to become limp and wilted.
4. Mix hot pepper sauce, mustard and lemon juice. Add to vegetable mixture, stir and remove from heat.
Taste and (optional) add hot pepper flakes, salt and pepper. Serve hot with fried or sauteed fish and hot buttered corn bread.
Makes 5 small servings
*Hint
Good with Sweetened iced tea or lemonade. Mix tea and lemonade to make an "Uptown", an old Southern favorite. Serve in tall glass with lots of ice, garnished with a mint sprig.

