We often hear of apple pies being a big hit with children. But this is a pie with a difference.It has great nutritional value and is healthy and delicious to eat. In today’s world we are always looking out for quick and easy recipes. This is then the one for you.

Take at least five bundles of spinach and clean it very well and De stalk it. Steam it with a little water in a covered pot for at least twenty minutes. Drain the water and keep it aside allowing it to cool. Once it has cooled squeeze out all the water from it using your hands. Chop it very finely and add an pinch of salt. To this add one hundred grams of grated cheese and two hundred and fifty grams of crumbled cottage cheese.Keep this mixture aside.

For the pie base you will need one cup of whole wheat flour and one cup of white flour and sieve. Mix both the flours together and add cold butter which is chopped finely and not melted. Mix the flour with the butter using a steel spoon and not your fingers as it should remain cold.If you use your fingers the butter will melt and it will become a dough. It needs to resemble breadcrumbs. This process needs to be done very quickly.Slowly add water using a tablespoon adding only little by little and now with your hands make the dough by kneading it.

Divide the dough into two equal portions ;one slightly larger than the other. Roll out the larger portion first on a floured surface into a large enough round so as to overlap the edge of the pie tin.Now place the spinach and cottage cheese mixture into the pie shell . Roll out the remaining dough and place it on top of the mixture, pinching the edges between the thumb and forefinger so as to seal the edges.This becomes the top of the pie.

Poke the surface with a fork so as to let the steam escape.Preheat the oven to one hundred and seventy degrees Celsius and bake till the crust is golden brown. This is best eaten straight from the oven. It looses its freshness if it is reheated and also will not remain crisp.