Stove Top Spinach Balls

Spinach Balls (slightly adapted from KraftRecipes, Total Time: 35 min., Servings: 30 – 2 each)

Ingredients

·         1pkg.  (6 oz.) STOVE TOP Stuffing Mix for Pork

·         1-2/3 cups  hot water

·         ¼ cup (1/2 stick) margarine

·         2 pkg.  (10 oz. each) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, well drained and patted dry

·         1cup  Grated Parmesan Cheese

·         1cup  chopped fresh mushrooms

·         ½ small  onion, finely chopped

·         4  eggs

Directions

1.       Heat oven to 400ºF.

2.       Mix stuffing mix, hot water and margarine in large bowl until well blended.

3.       Add remaining ingredients; mix lightly. Shape into 60 (1-inch) balls. Place in single layer in 2 (15x10x1-inch) pans sprayed with cooking spray.

4.       Bake 15 to 20 min. or until lightly browned.

Stove Top Pork stuffing is the only one that is vegetarian – no chicken fat or stock on the ingredient list, so I use this for all recipes calling for stuffing.  There are some other brands that are vegetarian, just be careful to check what’s included.

Our oven was having some issues, so these burnt a little on the bottoms, but they were still really a tasty.  I like that the recipe incorporates spinach and mushrooms – a nice way to include some veggies in the appetizer.  The balls held together well and tasted superb.  I also made these another time for a party and a neighbor liked them so much that she asked for the recipe!

P.S. – these are good reheated and somebody at work said that they smelled like Thanksgiving :-)