{Recipe} Perfect Veggie Bean Balls

I've always eaten pre-made veggie meatballs but never found a foolproof recipe to make them... 

Until now!   I used this recipe from Hummusapien and followed it pretty closely.

 Ingredients:

1 TBS ground flax seed/3 TBS water

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

8 oz sliced mushrooms  (I used baby bellas)

3 large cloves garlic

1/2 medium onion, sliced

15 oz can pinto beans or chickpeas, drained and rinsed (I used pinto)

1TBS Italian seasoning

2TBS nutritional yeast

3/4 tsp salt

freshly ground black pepper to taste

3/4 breadcrumbs (I used plain panko)

To make:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. Place walnuts and mushrooms on lined baking sheet, bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and leave oven on.

• Combine flax seed and water in small bowl, set aside. 

• Place onion and garlic in food processor, pulse a few times until chopped.

• Add beans, Italian seasoning, nutritional yeast, salt, pepper, cooked mushrooms and walnuts (it's ok that they are still hot). 

•  Pulse a few times until everything is chopped and mixture holds together. 

• There should be some texture and not totally pureed. 

• Put mixture into a large bowl and stir in flax mixture and breadcrumbs. 

• Roll mixture into 20 balls. Place on lined baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes. 

• Flip and bake another 20 minutes. 

• I topped ours with homemade marinara sauce and some vegan parmesan. 

• So good!  They would be great in a sub too.

I also tried the mixture as a meatloaf and it was good but the bean balls are better.

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