Spinach Falafel Balls

Submitted by Jamie Renee

"A tasty finger food appetizer recipe. Great for holiday parties, and different than a traditional "spinach dip" or tradition "sausage ball" recipe."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 72 balls

ingredients

• 2 boxes frozen chopped spinach
• 2 cups herb stuffing mix
• 2 small onions, chopped fine
• 6 eggs, beaten
• 3⁄4 cup melted butter
• 1⁄2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon garlic salt
• 2⁄3 teaspoon thyme
• 1⁄2 tablespoon black pepper

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cook and drain spinach according to package directions.
3. Mix in remaining ingredients.
4. Make into bite sized balls.
5. Bake on cookie sheet about 20 minutes until lightly browned.
6. Can be then frozen and thawed out one hour before serving.

Reviews

[Denise J]

Tasted great- however, I needed to add alot more stuffing mix to make them dry enough to make into balls- and I drained the spinach very well. I almost doubled the amount of stuffing. I will make these again!

 

[sconehead]

OMG!!! THESE ARE SOOOOOOOOO GOOD!! Made them today to freeze and take for appetizers on Thanksgiving. Had to try to see how they tasted and I have to quick get them in the freezer before I eat too many! I did make a few changes to original recipe. I only used 3 eggs, I only used 1/4 cup melted butter and sprayed the balls with a little cooking spray before putting them in the oven, I also added 5 grated cloves of garlic and only 1/2 tsp salt. I also used 2 16oz packages frozen spinach so I used 3 cups stuffing mix. SO DELICIOUS!!! LOVE EM!!! Can't wait to share!

 

[didyb]

Very good- will make again. I don't think it's the liquid in the spinach (squeezed well). I think it's the amount of eggs. Next time I'll use 3 eggs instead of 6. I had to double the amount of stuffing this first time. 1-1-10-- I made again last night and cut in 1/2-- started with 1 egg, but added another after everything was mixed together. Yummy, and there were none left to bring home when the party was over.

 

[mistydisa]

I am SOOO glad I didn't rate these when I first made them. I HATED them when they first came out of the oven, so much so that I almost threw them out! However, I decided to put them in the refrigerator and take them with me to visit my parents in a couple days so they could try them. I microwaved a couple, let them take a bite, and prepared for the "Ewww!"s I figured were coming. HOWEVER, they LOVED them! They raved and raved over them, as did my uncle. I tried one...Yep, MUCH better! Straight out of the oven, the texture was weird...crunchy on the outside. And they were SOOO salty-tasting. But, 2 days later, delish! My family has already requested these for Thanksgiving. Thank you! **Update** I forgot to add that I also had to add quite a bit more stuffing than called for, even though I decreased the number of eggs to 4. Next time, I'll be sure to drain the spinach a little better.

 

[georgi]

I love these! They are sort of strange looking, but not 1 person could eat just one. They went over well. I did however use only 2 eggs and substituted lots of chopped garlic for the salt. Will make again!