The Perfect No Meat Meatball

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The Perfect No Meat Meatball.  Or as it’s known around here – The meatball that took FOREVER, drove me insane and gave me food-mares (you know, nightmares about food, what?  you don’t get them????)  After countless attempts (and I do mean countless as I don’t even know anymore how many times I’ve tweaked this recipe) I’ve created the perfect no meatball.  My goal was to create a meatball that could fool even the biggest meat eater, was moist, flavorful and delicious.  Mission accomplished!

~Sarah

Ingredients:

• 1 cup vital wheat gluten
• 1 cup almond flour
• 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 2 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
• 1/2 tsp ground fennel
• 1 cup low sodium vegetable broth
• 1 jar (7 ounces) no salt added tomato paste
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp coconut aminos (if you don’t have coconut aminos you can use worcestershire sauce)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp finely minced onion
• 2 tbsp fresh minced parsley

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl combine the wheat gluten, almond flour, nutritional yeast, basil, oregano, salt, pepper and fennel.
3. In a small bowl combine the remaining ingredients.
4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and stir until completely mixed. The mixture should be similar to cookie dough.
5. Roll into balls using about 2 tbsp each of the mixture. Place in a non-stick baking pan (or lightly oiled pan if not non-stick). *Be sure to use a pan that will fit into a slightly larger pan that will contain water during baking.
   

   Place the meatballs into a pan, cover tightly with foil and then place into a slightly larger pan filled with approximately 1/2 inch of water.

6. Fill a slightly larger pan than the one with the meatballs with about 1/2 inch water. Cover the pan with the meatballs tightly with foil and place into the larger pan with water.
7. Bake 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and let sit 10-15 minutes before removing the foil.

Nutritional Info:

Makes approximately 32 meatballs.

Serving size 4 meatballs.

Nutrients per serving:  Calories: 207.5, Cal. from Fat: 93.5, Total Fat: 11g, Sat. Fat: 1g, Carbs: 12.5g, Fiber: 3g, Sugars: 3.5g, Protein: 17g, Sodium: 80.5mg, Chol: 0mg

Notes:

Leftover meatballs can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week.