Walnut Tofu "meat" Balls
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
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1 pan
- Serves:
- 10-20
ingredients
- 2 cups coarsely ground walnuts (you can use pecans or any nut you prefer)
- 2 cups whole wheat bread crumbs (I use 6 or 8 slices of whole wheat bread cut into small cubes, but it you prefer the store bought cr)
- 1 liter extra firm tofu, that has been drained well and the excess water squeezed out
- 2 celery ribs, diced
- 1⁄4 cup soy sauce, unfermented
- 3 tablespoons onion flakes
- 3 tablespoons dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon sea salt (you can use regular salt if you prefer)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon sage
- 1⁄4 teaspoon marjoram
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast flakes
- beef gravy or spaghetti sauce, to top when they come out of oven
directions
- Mash tofu with fork or potato masher until crumbly and as small as you can get it.
- Add seasonings and soy sauce to tofu and mix very well.
- Add bread crumbs, walnuts, celery and onion flakes. Mix well.
- Mix and knead with hands in bowl to incorporate everything well until the right consistency to form into "meat balls." Make them any size you want.
- Place in baking dish that has been sprayed with non-stick spray. Bake at 400 until nicely browned. Cover in brown gravy or spaghetti sauce when they come out of the oven and serve hot.
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Reviews
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Used 1 -14 oz package extra firm tofu (the liter measure is wrong - checked with chef!) I have to admit that I used my own spice mixture to better suite my sauce recipe (and my usual Italian "meatballs") I was very happy with the results! And very surprised I have to say. They're a little soft (with fresh crumbled bread) Next time I'll use store bought crumbs which are denser :) And DO NOT throw them into your sauce to simmer, they don't hold up that way. All and all I think we'll be making these babies again! Thanks a lot OceanLuvinGranny!
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Thank you OceanLuvinGranny for a great recipe! my husband and i could not believe how delicious the flavor was - they really tasted like italian meatballs. we made a simple tomato sauce and we ate a whole tray of these for dinner! i substituted ground rice cakes for the bread crumbs to make it gluten free. i love the fact that there is no extra added oil - the nuts do all the work. this will now replace our weekly pasta dinner. thanks again for a great recipe!
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These were good. I'm really glad that Nikoma mentioned what size container of tofu to use for the recipe. Next time I would grind the nuts pretty fine and use lots less soy sauce, they were pretty salty and the soy sauce was pretty pronounced, at least it was for me. I love how they looked and kept there shape. I want to try and tweak the recipe to get the flavor just right for me. Thanks so much for posting the recipe.
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Thank you OceanLuvinGranny for a great recipe! my husband and i could not believe how delicious the flavor was - they really tasted like italian meatballs. we made a simple tomato sauce and we ate a whole tray of these for dinner! i substituted ground rice cakes for the bread crumbs to make it gluten free. i love the fact that there is no extra added oil - the nuts do all the work. this will now replace our weekly pasta dinner. thanks again for a great recipe!
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