Cocktails with Baby spinach
Baby spinach is the young, tender leaves of spinach, a leafy green vegetable.
How it's used
Blended or hard-shaken, it turns a drink green and adds body with little flavor of its own, unlike kale or herbs.
Substitutes for Baby spinach
Mature spinach
Swap exactly by weight, stripping the tough stems and tearing the leaves. Expect a slightly greener taste.
Kale
Strip the tough stems, start with a smaller amount and taste as you go. It is tougher and more bitter than spinach, with a stronger grassy flavor.
Storage
A few days chilled in the bag it came in. Wilted leaves are past it: they blend to a duller green and taste of the fridge.
