If you loved Spaghetti & Meatballs as a kid, you'll love these Vegan Seitan Meatballs made from whole food plant based ingredients. We enjoyed every mouthful. (If gluten intolerant, skip the meatballs as they are made from wheat gluten, Seitan.)
Spaghetti & (Seitan) Meatballs (Serves 4)
- 1 large potato, diced
- ½ cup cooked white beans
- 1¼ cups seitan, 227 grams (8 oz.)
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 large onion (¾ for meatballs in large chunks and ¼ diced fine for Marinara Sauce)
- 4 cloves of garlic (3 cut in large chunks, 1 minced for Marinara Sauce)
- ¼ cup nutritional yeast
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon Mrs. Dash Extra Spicy or red pepper flakes
- Green olives for garnish (optional)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Boil potato until soft, mash and set aside.
In a food processor combine beans, seitan, soy sauce, ¾ onion and 3 cloves of garlic. Process until onions and garlic are in small pieces.
In a bowl combine mashed potatoes, nutritional yeast, paprika, basil, oregano, Mrs. Dash Extra Spicy. Add ingredients from processor and mix well with your hands. Shape into balls.
Place the balls on parchment paper on a baking tray and bake 25 minutes, turning the balls over after 13 minutes.
Let the balls cool if you want them to firm up. Add to Marinara Sauce to heat through and serve over spaghetti.
Marinara Sauce
- ¼ onion, finely diced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 large fresh tomatoes, diced
- 1 red pepper, diced
- 1 28 ounce can Fire Roasted Tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon No Salt Seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Add onion, garlic and diced fresh tomatoes to a large pan. Cook until onions are soft.
Add red pepper and Fire Roasted tomatoes. Cook on low until red peppers are soft.
Add No Salt Seasoning and black pepper and stir well.
Add seitan meatballs and warm through.
While meatballs are warming, cook spaghetti as per package direction. Drain and dish. Add meatballs and sauce to spaghetti.
Garnish with cut green olives if you wish.