These Air Fryer Spinach and Feta Turkey Meatballs are packed with savory flavor and ready in about 15 minutes. Spinach keeps the meatballs tender, while crumbled feta adds a delicious salty bite. Each meatball has approximately 45 calories and 6 grams of protein, making these high-protein turkey meatballs perfect for an appetizer, light dinner, or game-day snack.
Serve them with cool tzatziki sauce for dipping. They’re easy to pick up, full of flavor, and a delicious addition to any game-day spread. These meatballs are also great during the summer when you want a homemade meal without heating the kitchen. The air fryer cooks them quickly, giving them a lightly browned outside and a tender center. Add pita bread or a fresh salad for an easy Mediterranean-inspired meal.
Key Takeaways
- These spinach and feta turkey meatballs cook in the air fryer in about 14 minutes.
- Frozen spinach makes preparation quick and easy, but fresh cooked spinach can also be used.
- Feta, cumin, garlic, and spinach add plenty of flavor to lean ground turkey.
- Each meatball has approximately 45 calories and 6 grams of protein, so four meatballs provide about 180 calories and 24 grams of protein.
- Serve them with tzatziki sauce for a cool, refreshing contrast to the warm meatballs.
Spinach and Feta Turkey Meatballs
These meatballs are quick to prepare with only a handful of simple ingredients. We recommend using frozen spinach because it saves time and is easy to keep on hand. Fresh spinach will also work, but you’ll need quite a bit of it to equal eight ounces of cooked spinach.
Whichever type you use, cook the spinach first and drain it thoroughly. Removing the excess moisture helps the meatballs hold their shape and prevents them from becoming too soft.
How to Make Spinach and Feta Meatballs
Combine the ground turkey, drained spinach, crumbled feta, cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Mix just until everything is evenly combined. Overmixing ground turkey can make the meatballs firm rather than tender.
Form the mixture into approximately one-inch meatballs. You should have around 20 meatballs, depending on their exact size.
Lightly spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray. Arrange the air fryer turkey meatballs in a single layer, leaving a little space between each one so the hot air can circulate. Cook them in batches if necessary.
Air fry at 400°F for seven minutes. Flip the meatballs and cook for another seven minutes, or until they reach an internal temperature of at least 165°F. Air fryers can cook differently, so always check the temperature with a meat thermometer.
How to Serve Spinach and Feta Meatballs
We love serving these high-protein turkey meatballs warm with homemade tzatziki sauce. The cool cucumber, Greek yogurt, garlic, lemon, and dill perfectly complement the savory turkey and feta.
For game day, arrange them on a platter with toothpicks and a bowl of tzatziki for dipping. You can also tuck them into pita bread, serve them over a Mediterranean salad, or enjoy four meatballs for approximately 180 calories and 24 grams of protein.
Try our quick homemade tzatziki sauce.
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A Few Things We Use
Ingredients
- 1 Pound Ground Turkey is 99% fat-free
- 1 teaspoon Cumin
- 5 Ounces Feta
- 8 Ounces Spinach
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Pepper
- 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
Instructions
- Cook the spinach according to the package directions. Allow it to cool slightly, then squeeze out as much excess moisture as possible.
- Add the ground turkey, drained spinach, feta, cumin, garlic powder, salt, and pepper to a large bowl. Gently mix until evenly combined.
- Lightly spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray.
- Form the mixture into approximately 20 one-inch meatballs.
- Arrange the meatballs in a single layer in the air fryer basket, leaving a little space between each one. Cook in batches if necessary.
- Air fry at 400°F for 7 minutes. Flip the meatballs and cook for another 7 minutes, or until the centers reach an internal temperature of at least 165°F.
- Serve with tzatziki sauce or your favorite dipping sauce.
- Enjoy!!!!
Notes
- Chop a cucumber
- Sprinkle ½ teaspoon of salt on chopped cucumber and stir well.
- Squeeze the cucumber with your hands to remove the excess moisture and drain
- Stir in 1 and ½ cups of fat-free plain Greek yogurt with the cucumbers
- Add the juice of half a lemon (add more to taste)
- Stir in 2 cloves of finely chopped garlic
- Add 1 TBS olive oil
- Stir in 2 Tbs chopped fresh dill (optional)
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Stir well
- Taste to see if you need more lemon or salt. Remember, you can always add more seasoning... you can't take it out!!! So it's better to start with less, taste, and add more if needed.
- Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
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