Spinach Stuffed Flounder
Spinach Stuffed Flounder- this deliciously healthy fish dinner is stuffed with a cottage cheese and spinach filling, rolled up and baked.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ cup finely diced onion
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 4 cups baby spinach leaves
- salt and pepper
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- ½ cup cottage cheese
- ⅓ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- ⅓ cup sun-dried tomatoes in oil diced or cut into slivers
- 4 skinless flounder fillets
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- juice from half a lemon
- ½ to 1 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
Instructions
- Heat the oil over medium heat in a skillet. Add onion and cook for 2 minutes.Add garlic and cook 30 seconds.Add spinach and cook until wilted.Season to taste with salt and pepper and add red pepper flakes. Let cool.
- Once cooled, mix cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, and sun-dried tomatoes into spinach mixture.Season both sides of flounder lightly with salt and pepper.
- Divide the spinach mixture evenly between the flounder fillets, placing it in a mound. Roll flounder around spinach mixture and place in prepared baking dish seam side down.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees and spray a baking dish with cooking spray.Mix together melted butter and lemon juice.
- Drizzle butter over flounder and sprinkle with old bay seasoning.
- Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until the fish is cooked all the way through.
Notes
I like to blot the sun-dried tomatoes with paper towels to get rid of excess oil.
Nutrition
Calories: 297kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 102mg | Sodium: 450mg | Potassium: 661mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 3315IU | Vitamin C: 20mg | Calcium: 205mg | Iron: 2mg