Ever look in the fridge and realize you basically have nothing to eat? This is an amazing spinach cake recipe I grew up with, and never really appreciated until I got to college, and realized this is one of the easiest, cheapest, and quickest snacks to make when your fridge is approaching its bare bones.
Spinach Cakes
- Prep Time:5 mins
- Cook Time:8 mins
- Total Time:13 mins
- Servings:6
- Easy
- 1 package frozen spinach
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup flavored breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
Ingredients
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Step 1
Once your spinach is cooked and strained of water you will add in the rest of the ingredients; cheese, breadcrumbs, and egg.
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Step 2
Next you will take a fork and mix everything together.
If you find your spinach was too damp you could always add more breadcrumbs to soak up some of the water. -
Step 3
Next comes rolling. You'll take your mixture and roll it into a ball, just as if you were making meatball.
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Step 4
Once you have your spinach balls you'll grab a decent sized pan, add EVOO, put the burner on medium to high heat and place them on the pan.
Once you give them a second to sizzle, you'll take a spatula and press down on the ball to make it into a flat cake. -
Step 5
You'll leave them on each side for about 3 to 4 minutes until they get golden brown.
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Step 6
Lastly, you'll take them off the heat and onto a plate with paper towel underneath to absorb some of the grease.
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Step 7
Last step is to dig in!