Recipe Directions

1. Chop the mushrooms and transfer to a bowl.

2. Grind your fresh herbs. Add the ground herbs, onion powder, 3 cloves of minced garlic, soy sauce, and olive oil to the chopped up mushrooms. Stir together and set aside for about an hour to marinate.

3. Place walnuts in a pint jar or small dish and cover with cold water. Set aside to soak for an hour and then drain.

4. Now put the mushroom mixture, the walnuts (drained), and the remaining ingredients in a food processor and pulse until ingredients resemble a raw meatball sort of texture.

5. Roll into 1-inch meatballs and cook in a dehydrator at 110 degrees for 5-6 hours. This recipe will yield about 28-30 meatballs and can be frozen for future use.

*Note - In my opinion, fresh herbs are essential to the success of this recipe. Enjoy!

 

TheBajan's Thoughts

By TheBajan

Long before I became a raw Foodist, I loved grilling portabella mushrooms with seasonings in place of steak. I smothered them with grilled onions and the flavor and texture where just wonderful substitutes for meat when my family wanted steaks for dinner. When I began converting to a mostly raw food diet, I started looking for ways to replace some of my old favorites. Spaghetti and Meatballs is one of my favorite comfort foods. Something about sharing a good Italian meal makes everyone you're sharing it with feel like family. Searching the internet for raw vegan meatballs was met with disappointment on my part. I found most recipes where not much more than ground nuts with spices. I wanted something heartier, more 'meaty'. This recipe incorporates the use of portabella to give it that 'meaty' texture I was looking for the same way I used to use portabella's in place of steak. I came up with this recipe based on ideas from several sites I searched through Google but I can't give credit to any one in particular, nor can I take complete credit myself. Cheers!

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Rizzo,

When I freeze mine and then thaw them later to use, they don't come out sticky... a little softer than when they are fresh but I solve that by popping back into the dehydrator for an hour and they are good to go. It sounds like you may need to dehydrate longer than I do if stickiness is a problem. I'm honored that you tried them!

Cheers ;)

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Marvelous "Meatballs"
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oh wow i will have to try this soon i love mushroom "meat" ! I had the most amazing raw baby portabella burger that was very similar to this recipe so i am very excited to see how this one turns out! thanks!

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Marvelous "Meatballs"
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I made these. Next time I am going to dehydrate them for longer. When you say freeze them, how do they taste when they thaw? Mine were "sticky" I did nto realy like that texture.

My blog: http://eatingcleanpictureguide.blogspot.com/

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Rizzo,

When I freeze mine and then thaw them later to use, they don't come out sticky... a little softer than when they are fresh but I solve that by popping back into the dehydrator for an hour and they are good to go. It sounds like you may need to dehydrate longer than I do if stickiness is a problem. I'm honored that you tried them!

Cheers ;)

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Marvelous "Meatballs"
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I made these. Next time I am going to dehydrate them for longer. When you say freeze them, how do they taste when they thaw? Mine were "sticky" I did nto realy like that texture.

My blog: http://eatingcleanpictureguide.blogspot.com/

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Wild and Free's Review

Marvelous "Meatballs"
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oh wow i will have to try this soon i love mushroom "meat" ! I had the most amazing raw baby portabella burger that was very similar to this recipe so i am very excited to see how this one turns out! thanks!

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