Ingredients
Scale
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, finely minced
- 1/2 lb frozen spinach, thawed then squeeze out excess water
- 3/4 C crumbled feta cheese
- 1 lb ground chicken or turkey
- 1 Tb McCormick Montreal Grill Seasoning
- Olive oil
Dipping Sauce
- 1 C plain Greek yogurt
- 1/3 cucumber, peeled, seeded and grated
- 1 1/2 Tb fresh dill
- 1 Tb fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, add all the ingredients for the meatballs, being sure to separate the spinach into small pieces as you add it. Add a liberal drizzle (2-3 Tb) of olive oil over the top, then mix it all together using your hands. Form the mixture into 18 – 1 1/2 inch meatballs and place them on a cookie sheet. Bake for 13-16 minutes until the juices run clear.
- While the meatballs are cooking, mix together all the ingredients for the tzatziki sauce and serve on the side with the hot meatballs.
Notes
***For a freezer meal, follow the recipe up through forming the meatballs. Place the cookie sheet in the freezer until the raw meatballs are frozen. Toss them in a freezer bag and mark with the cooking directions. Thaw them on a cookie sheet before baking, so you don’t end up with a one big meatball in your freezer bag 🙂
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 meatballs
- Calories: 116
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 385mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 5g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 15g
- Cholesterol: 49mg
15 comments
LOL, this brings back memories. I used to cook for my husband’s apartment. They paid for the food, and I cooked and ate for free. You notice he is my husband now, right? 🙂
Hi Carole,
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Love this! Sadly I think my husband cooked more for me when dating at the Y than I for him 🙂 It can work both ways. Hope she gets in!
I followed a pin trying to find another of your recipes (it was incorrectly pinned) but found this one and a few others. Bonus! Oh mommy this one sounds delicious, I can’t wait to try it.
Please refrain from using spanakopita or tzatziki in your recipes if you are not sure exactly what they are. This recipe grossly misrepresents what those words really mean.
Well Elizabeth, you’ll have to give Rachel Ray a call since she created the recipe and the title. I only posted my results and opinion of her recipe.
What an incredible recipe!
I cooked this tonight for dinner using ground turkey. I didn’t have the McCormick’s seasoning the recipe called for, so I improvised using salt, black pepper, a sprinkle of Lawry’s, and crushed fennel seeds because they taste so lovely with turkey meat. This took practically no time at all to whip up. I did find that my meatballs took about 25 – 30 minutes to bake up. I cheated and used Trader Joe’s tzatziki dip. Excellent recipe 🙂 Thank you!!
Made these for the second time this week. Doubled it this time. These are fantastic!!!! I eat them without the sauce. Thank you for this awesome recipe, love your blog!!!!
Nancy
Made these for dinner tonight and they were both quick and delicious. All prepped and cooked in about 30 minutes. By delicious I mean absolutely fabulous, super juicy and completely gone. Thank you for the best Pinterest recipe I’ve ever made.
So glad they turned out so well for you Yusra! I appreciate when my readers come back to share how a recipe went for them.
Wow, so easy and healthy! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for coming back Ellie and letting me know how you liked them