Mighty Meat(less) Balls
Recipe Ingredients
2-3 Servings
For the ‘meatballs’
1 x 400 g tinned black beans (drained and rinsed)
1/2 red onion roughly chopped
2 garlic cloves or 2 tsp garlic paste
35 g oats
30 g walnuts
4 tbsp nutritional yeast
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp pepper
small handful of fresh basil
For the sauce
1/2 red onion sliced
1 carrot diced
120 ml vegetable stock
300 g jar of organic low sugar tomato & basil sauce
Dish Preparation
25 Minutes
- Preheat the oven to 200°C and line a baking tray with greaseproof paper unless you’re using a non-stick tray.
- Add the meatball ingredients to a food processor and process the ingredients together until the mixture reaches a rough consistency, ensuring some larger pieces remain. It’s really important you avoid processing the ingredients for too long; otherwise the meatballs will turn into a mush!
- Take roughly a tbsp of the mixture in your hand and roll it into a ball, then place it on the baking tray. Repeat until all the mixture has been used up and you’re left with 12 balls.
- Transfer the baking tray to the oven and bake the balls for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare the sauce by first adding a little of the vegetable stock to a frying pan on a medium heat. When the stock is hot and bubbling add the red onion and steam fry for 3 minutes. Then add the carrot and fry for a further 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Next, add the remaining stock to the pan and simmer on a low heat for 5 minutes.
- Then add the tomato & basil sauce, and finally add the meatballs to the pan. Simmer for 10-12 minutes, or until the sauce has started to thicken. Avoid stirring the sauce, otherwise the balls might lose their shape.
- Remove the pan from the hob and serve with pasta of your choice.
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Breakfast Porridge
This Breakfast porridge is a delicious start to the day – easy and cheap to make, it offers a great substitute to a regular low-fat breakfast.
Recipe Ingredients
One Serving
400ml milk of choice or water (or 50/50% mix of both)
1 cup organic jumbo oats
1 tbsp chia seeds
1 tbsp ground flaxseeds
Optional additions:
Pumpkin seeds / sunflower seeds / flaxseeds
Frozen or fresh berries, chopped dates and nuts; dried berries (sultanas, cranberries, goji, currants)
Cinnamon, vanilla extract, fresh fruit, cacao nibs, protein powder of choice, maple syrup drizzle
Dish Preparation
25 Minutes
Gently heat milk/water in a saucepan until just about to boil
Add oats, groundflaxseed andchia seeds
Stir in added flavourings and chosen additions
Simmer for a few minutes, serve with toppings of choice.
Allergens
Sometimes we use some ingredients which could potentially cause allergies in some people.
When a recipe has allergens, we list them here.
Water
When we use purified water in our recipes we use Berkey Water filters.
Please use this link to purchase yours!
