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Submitted by Enjolinfam
"A very healthy alternative to meatballs. I'm always looking for yummy vegan food and I'm especially looking forward to trying this one. Many of my favorite vegan recipes come from the Micheff Sisters, Brenda Walsh, Cinda Sanders and Linda Johnson, on 3ABN. This is one of Brenda's recipes. Suggestions: These walnut balls can be made ahead of time and frozen. Can also use them in other sauces such as spaghetti sauce. Try making them a little smaller and using them for an appetizer. For “crispier” texture, fry them in a little canola oil instead of baking them.UPDATE: We finally tried this and were not disappointed! Made this with my Quick Vegan Pesto Alfredo Sauce (Recipe #246616) and Onion Herb Foccacia Bread (Recipe #246431)and it tasted terrific! I could see how frying them in a little oil would make them taste better plain, but I couldn't tell that much of a difference with them in the sauce and it's so much healthier having them baked. I'm going to try to make these again this weekend with a vegan gravy and hope it turns out just as good! I've had it now with sweeet and sour sauce and it tasted really nice."
photo by magpie diner
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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32 1-inch balls
- Serves:
- 32
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ingredients
- 1 medium onion
- 4 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, finely minced
- 2 teaspoons chicken-flavored vegetarian seasoning (I use McKay's chicken seasoning, this is a vegetarian seasoning that tastes like a Chicken bouillon )
- 2 garlic cloves, finely minced
- 1 1⁄2 cups saltine crackers, finely crushed
- 1 cup walnut pieces (walnuts chopped)
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 (7 ounce) package extra firm tofu
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directions
- In food processor, purée the water and onion until smooth. Pour into large mixing bowl. Add all the remaining ingredients, mixing well until mixture holds together.
- Coat hands with nonstick cooking spray.
- Shape mixture into 1-inch balls.
- Place on a baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes at 375 degrees.
- Remove from oven and place meatballs on a platter. Garnish with fresh parsley. Serve hot with a variety of dipping sauces, such as Sweet and Sour, Marinara, or your favorite.
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Reviews
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I think this is a really inventive recipe, more of a 4 1/2 star for me. It's easy to put together with your food processor and my kids liked them. I thought the seasonings were a little lacking, (altho I love the fresh garlic & onion), I added some extra herbs and a little braggs. It's great that they're baked - what I found is that they were pretty mushy inside, the tofu didn't firm up as well as I would have liked. But that could be due to my specific ingredients, maybe my tofu wasn't firm enough....I'd just adjust next time to use less water. I think the leftovers that I'm about to freeze will be firmer. Really versatile recipe, I served over noodles & broccoli with Recipe #418644. Thanks!!
magpie diner
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Excellent. This was my first attempt at making vegan meatballs. They did fall apart after simmering in sauce in the crock-pot, but we enjoyed them anyway. Next time will probably take them from the oven and top with spaghetti sauce on our plates.
SonoGirl
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These are very good. Used them in #403282 over fettuccine noodles. I agree that they would work in a lot of different recipes. I followed the recipe to a "t". Next time I will use my food processor to crumble the crackers, etc. Thanks so much for sharing!! :O)
susanratz
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Delicious! I whipped these up to throw in my spaghetti sauce. I added some Italian seasoning and used Recipe #202044 instead of chicken-flavored seasoning. My 6 yo DD had a blast helping roll these, and everyone at the table thought they rocked--the baby included. We ate half and threw the rest in the freezer for next time. I could see these being great with many different sauces; I'd like to try them as a Swedish meatball type dish, for example.
Serah B.
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Tweaks
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Delicious "meatballs": great texture and flavour! And I loved the fact that they were baked in the oven and so low in fat. I used 1/2 lemon juice and 1/2 chicken stock instead of the water - which of course rendered them no longer Vegan. Since I was unfamiliar with the chicken-flavoured vegetarian seasoning listed in the ingredients, I simply omitted that, but I did add some cumin. I wasn't sure what to make of the reference to "8232" in step one, so I ignored that. We enjoyed these with tzatziki and a green salad, and they were equally good next day, at room temperature, in a pita bread wrap, again with tzatziki and salad greens. Thanks, Enjolinfam, for sharing this yummy recipe.
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