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Broccoli Bites Recipe

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Broccoli bites double as a crowd-pleasing appetizer or a kid-friendly lunch. Really, they’re quite clever. Who doesn’t love broccoli surrounded by melted cheese? Broccoli bites serve up both broccoli and cheese, but packaged as a finger food! Paired with a maple-dijon dipping sauce, they quickly become a favorite.

Inspired by the popularity of a similar appetizer served at Bennigan’s restaurants, I wanted to adapt it to be 1)actually healthy, and 2)easy. The Bennigan’s version contains bacon and onions and is served up fried in nasty vegetable oil. While I’d normally be all over adding bacon and onions to just about anything, I also wanted to keep this simple so that I could throw it together quickly.

So, this recipe for Broccoli Bites was born.

Broccoli Bites Recipe

(adapted from Stacey Snacks)

Broccoli Bites: The Players

Broccoli Bites: The How-To
Preheat oven to 375F. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl.

Use your hands to roll the mixture into 1 inch, bite-sized balls. Place balls on lightly greased parchment paper.

Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until brown. Serve with the Maple-Dijon Dipping Sauce.

Maple-Dijon Dipping Sauce

Maple-Dijon Dipping Sauce: The Players

Maple-Dijon Dipping Sauce: The How-To
Simply stir all ingredients together and serve! YUMMILICIOUS!

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(photo by staceysnacks)

Comments

  6. Heavens….I am envisioning all KINDS of adaptations to this! Cauliflower! Well drained cooked spinach! I can hardly wait to race home and make some!

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    • I know! Bacon and onions do really well in it, and different kinds of cheese make for interesting takes on it as well. I’ve even stirred in some sun dried tomatoes!

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    • Yes, but not in the same quantities. Coconut flour absorbs a lot of liquid, so you’d want to use a lot less of it. I’d start experimenting with 1/4c. instead of a full cup and transition from there.

      Also, you’ll probably need to add more eggs if you use coconut flour.

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      • Yes!! Success!! Thanks for tips on getting the flour and eggs right. I used 1/3 C. coconut flour and 6 eggs. Plus I think I had closer to a pound and a half of broccoli. These were the surprise hit at dinner time with my hubs and 4 and 2 year olds!! Thank you!

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    • You could use any kind of sprouted grain flour. They’d have a slightly different texture, but would be basically the same.

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  11. They sound wonderful. How are they at room temperature. Sounds like they would be a nice lunch box treat to take on my traveling job.

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  13. Well, after watching my 4 1/2 year old look like I served him Drano tonight when I put two pieces of broccoli on his plate, this looks like a good bridge for him as I try to work more veggies into his diet.

    Thanks for sharing!

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  14. Sounds awesome! Stupid question: Do I cook the broccoli first or not? I’m guessing not, but I’d hate to ruin them! Gonna try this asap with sprouted wheat flour. My kids actually love broccoli, so they might love these too. Thanks!

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  16. Ok, so I thought what a wonderful way for me to get my fat % up and still get a vegie! LOL…I didn’t have almond flour so used coconut flour. Dry and odd and I don’t know…didn’t turn out well…they look so good in the picture!

    Also, any chance someone knows the calories/fat/carb dietary info on them???

    Thanks!

    PS, my husband liked them oddly enough!!! LOL

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    • Did you do what I suggested to Carolina above for adapting the recipe to use coconut flour? Because coconut flour is so dry, you need to radically reduce the amount of flour used AND increase your eggs.

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      • nope! LOL…I didn’t see this til today rats!
        So I didn’t use as much flour..but still used 3/4 cup…and next time will use more eggs! I also noted that in the Stacy site, she used Mozzarella…so that is why the picts look different. Any particular reason you chose cheddar instead???
        I’m new to all this eat more fat idea…really good with the eat whole food, the way it was created and get away from all the grains and processed food! I’m so happy to have found this site!

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  19. Just made these and WOW! They are great! I really like the maple Dijon sauce. It would be excellent on chicken!

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  20. Mmmmm! Just made these tonight for my husband and I. I think even broccoli haters will like them; they also would be good to serve to lacto-ovo vegetarians, as they are rather “meaty” in texture. My husband said these were very much like falafel, but much, much better. The sauce pairing was perfect, too.

    I probably didn’t chop the broccoli quite fine enough on this first attempt, so next time I’ll cut the stems and florets coarsely, then pulse them in the food processor. And for those wondering, no, the broccoli isn’t cooked first. Rolling the semi-crumbly/sticky mixture into balls didn’t work well for me, but gently squeezing them into ball shapes worked fine as long as I placed them very gently on the baking pan. Next time I might use a cookie dough scoop to make sure they are more uniformly sized. They can be spaced rather close together, too – almost touching. I baked them in a large convection toaster oven and they fit perfectly on a 12″ square baking pan.

    I’m also thinking this mixture would be very good pressed into a buttered casserole or loaf pan.

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  23. Could these be made in advance, frozen, and then baked just prior to serving? If not, maybe made & baked and then frozen? Looking for crative and fun ways to have a healthy lunch, but don’t always feel like doing much work mid day. TIA!

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  26. If you were here in front of me I would kiss you! Thank you for this recipe! Before they shut down, my husband and I loved the broccoli bites from Bennigans. I’ll surprise him with this recipe this week. He’ll be so happy.

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  30. I simply must do this. this also sounds like it would be good as sort of a casserole instead of bites, layered in a pan.

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  39. YUMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!! It only took me 2 days to eat all of these (okay, so I shared 2 with my daughter), they are so good and so addicting. Thank you for this and all your other great recipes. We have just eliminated a lot of foods in our house, and these recipes are making my life so much easier.

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  40. Parmesan cheese in this recipe is not sold on the website. Where can we find the raw Parmesan cheese?
    Thanks

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