Spinach Balls

An easy, crowd-pleasing appetizer recipe using spinach, parmesan cheese and herb stuffing.

A year or two ago I asked on the facebook page what some of your favorite appetizer recipes were because I was looking for new ideas. Y’all gave me tons of ideas but the one that really stuck in my mind was one my friend, Meg, suggested: Spinach Balls!

Yes, I’ve had that tucked in my gourd all this time. This is why I can’t remember to pay the water bill on time… I’ve got random things like “must try spinach balls because Meg loves them and she has excellent taste so they must be great” floating around in my head.

For over a year.

I’d never even heard of them. A quick google search yielded tons of recipes. Do you ever wonder how a gozillion people know about something and you’ve never even heard of it?? I looked at several recipes to get a concept of the basic structure then came up with this recipe.

Most recipes either called for seasoned bread crumbs or dry herb stuffing. After glancing at enough recipes I figured one box of Stove Top would yield about the right amount so I went with that.

Then I wouldn’t have to throw away any unused bagged stuffing that went stale and I thought I’d enjoy the heartier texture of the Stove Top more than the finer meal of the bread crumbs.
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