Mushroom Walnut 'Meatballs'

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By Joe Yonan

With an earthy spirit and steadfast but moist texture, these are not your emblematic vegan "meatballs." Eat them stewed successful marinara condiment implicit pasta oregon zucchini noodles, implicit a salad, successful wraps and connected sandwiches, oregon by themselves arsenic a grab-and-go snack.

Using atom flour besides makes these gluten-free and makes for bully texture; erstwhile we tested with all-purpose flour, they were gummy.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 4-6 (makes 18 meatballs)

1 tablespoonful chia seeds
3 tablespoons water
4 ounces shiitake mushrooms (stemmed), caps chopped
4 ounces cremini mushrooms, trimmed and chopped
1 cupful walnuts, toasted (see NOTE)
1/3 cupful chopped yellowish bulb (from 1/4 mean onion)
1/4 cupful lightly packed chopped caller parsley
1 tablespoonful balsamic vinegar
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 spoon kosher salt
1/4 spoon freshly crushed achromatic pepper
1 cupful brownish atom flour (may substitute achromatic atom flour)
1 tablespoonful extra-virgin olive oil

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 6)

Calories
250
Fat
17 g
Saturated Fat
2 g
Carbohydrates
24 g
Sodium
190 mg
Protein
6 g
Fiber
3 g
Sugar
2 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "The Living Kitchen: Healing Recipes to Support Your Body During Cancer Treatment and Recovery," by Tamara Green and Sarah Grossman (Appetite by Random House, 2019).

Tested by Joe Yonan.

Published January 5, 2019

Updated March 16, 2026