Nope, you put the spinach in raw!
I love using my rice cooker for more than just rice! Another thing you can do is substitute veggie broth for water when you're making rice, in addition to throwing fresh or frozen chopped veggies in there. I'm a real fan of adding garbanzo beans, too.
Hey, tonight I just discovered that I was taking probably 10 times too long to chop my own heads of romaine. I used to pull each leaf off, wash it, cut it, then do the next one. Duh, all you have to do is chop the bottom of the head off, slice the entire thing up, wash it really well in a strainer under the sink, and spin it dry in the salad spinner. I'm going to be eating a lot of salad this week!
Oh, by the way -- if you add spinach to smoothies, you probably want to put the spinach on the bottom, the slightly heavier banana in the middle, and the heavy frozen berries on top (and throw in 1/4 a cup of water or juice). I put the spinach on top last time, and had to force the spinach onto the blades with a wooden spoon... which I got a little too close to the blades, resulting in a fruit-veggie-splinters smoothie! LOL. That stomper thing the VitaMixes come with is awesome. I wonder if I can order one by itself?