Meatless meatballs

 

You will be surprised how close these are to "the real thing".  The secret ingredient is pecans...opps, I guess it's not a secret anymore! 

You will need:

• 3/4 cup pecans, ground
• 1 tin pizza sauce
• 1 egg
• 1 to 1 1/2 cups gluten free bread crumbs
• 3 tbsp. Parmesan cheese
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1 tsp. oregano
• 1/2 tsp. pepper
• 1/2 cup TVP
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 onion, chopped
• Vegetable Oil
• 1/2 a recipe of Homemade Tomato Sauce

Preheat oven to 350F.   Rehydrate TVP in 1/2 cup of water. Mix pecans, TVP, Parmesan, garlic, pepper and oregano,  Saute onion in vegetable oil until soft.  Stir into pecan mixture.

Spray a rectangular glass baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.  Form pecan mixture into ball shapes.

 

Cover "meatballs" with pasta sauce and cover dish with foil.  Bake for approx 45 minutes.  You have to be careful as these will burn easier than normal meatballs.