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Vegetarian Meatballs?

Started by Jessica Provencher on December 10, 2009

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Jessica Provencher said #1 Dec 10, 2009 at 8:21am

I want to make wedding soup,which had meatballs in it, for my girlfriend who eats meat but obviously I do not want to buy or touch meat myself. I was wondering if anyone has a good recipe for a vegetarian meatball I could use to make the soup? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks guys! :)

catgirl said #2 Dec 10, 2009 at 9:08am

I've never made them but the frozen vegetarian meatballs are pretty good in my opinion.

Karen Singer said #3 Dec 10, 2009 at 9:47am

Hi! I brought home TJ's meatless meatballs all excited to make sweet and sour meatballs like I've always loved as a kid - with the chili sauce and grape jam and all, you know? I must've not done something right because they just wouldn't hold together - LOL! Tasted ok for sure, but the texture just wasn't there - I'll bet you anything that their simmering in a soup would make all the positive difference in the world...or I need to just find a different' meatless meatball!

Evie said #4 Dec 10, 2009 at 8:03pm

Hello! "Vegan Dad" offers two great meatball recipes. I made the Italian "meat"balls, and they were seriously delicious!
http://vegandad.blogspot.com/2008/10/italian-meatballs.html

and
http://vegandad.blogspot.com/2009/03/maple-garlic-tempeh-balls.html

This man knows what he is doing! I would check out Vegan Dad for more great recipes as well :). Good luck with your soup. These are also great in spaghetti sauce.

angela leever said #5 Dec 10, 2009 at 8:29pm

I have a recipe from the urban vegan for making your own seitan, you can shape it into balls, nuggets or whatever. It actually seems really easy, all you need is wheat gluten and oil (I think) anyway, I would give that a try.

Karen Singer said #6 Dec 11, 2009 at 8:40am

Thank you sooo much, ladies. :) Wow, Evie (hi!) those vegandad recipes sound AWESOME, and thanks Angela, easy and simple is always a real plus, and it sounds like look could go almost anywhere with a good basic recipe like that!

Jessica Provencher said #7 Dec 13, 2009 at 5:33am

YUM I am definitely going to try those italian meatballs! Thanks so much everyone! :)

Trishkie said #8 Dec 28, 2009 at 9:27pm

Yes Evie, thanks for sharing the vegandad site!
I'm still flirting with just going vegetarian but trying to work vegetarian and vegan stuff into my family's menu (while reducing meat and dairy) and this will help out a ton. I'm nearly salivating looking at some of the pics on his site. Yummy!

Katie Balogh said #9 Jan 12, 2010 at 12:44pm

Italian Wedding Soup with Vegan Meatballsvisit wholefoodsmarket.com- they have a really good recipie for Italian Wedding Soup with Vegan Meatballs! Bon appétit!

Jessica Provencher said #10 Feb 16, 2010 at 8:29am

Thanks Katie! I can't wait to check this recipe out. Have you tried it?

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