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vegan gluten free spaghetti and meatballs

Vegan Lentil Meatballs

High protein vegan "meatballs" made with lentils. Use them to make a meatball sub, spaghetti and meatballs, or enjoy on their own.
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Main Course

Ingredients
  

  • ¾ cups of dry red lentils
  • 1 cup of corn meal
  • ½ cup vegetable broth
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • ½ onion
  • olive oil
  • ½ cup ground hemp seeds
  • 2 flax eggs
  • 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
  • 2 tablespoon Italian herbs
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Cook the lentils until they are soft and mushy.
  • Chop your onions and garlic. In a pan, add your olive oil, garlic, and onions and cook them over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
  • In the meantime, make your flax eggs by combining 2 tablespoon of ground flax and 6 tablespoon water. Set aside.
  • Also ground your hemp seeds in a high speed blender.
  • Once the lentils are cooked, blend them in a blender along with your vegetable broth, onions, and garlic.
  • Add the lentil mixture to a large bowl. Add the flax egg, ground hemp, Italian herbs, nutritional yeast, and corn meal.
  • Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Line a pan with foil.
  • Create 1.5 inch balls from your "ground meat" mixture and place them on the pan.
  • Bake for 20 minutes at 450*F.
Keyword vegan meatballs
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