Smokey No-Meat-balls | Gestational Diabetes UK
This simple and delicious family-friendly meal is a midweek winner. Here are my Smokey No-Meat-balls! Perfect for the whole family; even wee ones will get stuck into these!
If you have fussy eaters, you can blitz the sauce so that it is silky and smooth before adding the vegan meatballs.
You can also increase the number of vegetables used in this sauce by adding lower-carb vegetables such as mushrooms, courgettes, celery, peppers and aubergine! It’s a great way to pack lots of veggies into a dish and they can be hidden so that no one will ever know!!
Smokey No-Meat-balls
Smokey No-Meat-balls | Gestational Diabetes UK
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Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 234kcal
Ingredients
- 400 grams vegan meatballs
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 400 grams tinned chopped tomatoes
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 vegetable stock cube
- 1 teaspoon yeast extract
- 1 tablespoon Worcester sauce
- 1 tablespoon tomato purée
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon onion salt
- 400 ml water plus more as needed
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh flat leaf parsley chopped
Instructions
- Prepare your pasta of choice as per the packet instructions
- Add half of the olive oil to a pan on medium to high heat. Add the finely chopped onion and cook until softened
- In a frying pan, add the rest of the olive oil and the vegan meatballs. Fry on medium, stirring as needed whilst preparing the sauce
- Add the garlic to onions and cook for a minute or so until fragrant
- Pour in the tinned tomatoes, Worcester sauce, yeast extract and the water. Stir, then add the tomato purée, smoked paprika, dried oregano, onion salt and crumble in the stock cube. Stir well, bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to a simmer
- While the vegan meatballs and pasta cook, continue stirring the sauce and add more water as needed
- When the vegan meatballs are browned slightly all over, add them to the sauce and stir to evenly coat
- Once the pasta is cooked, drain for serving
- Stir some fresh basil and parsley into the sauce at the end (reserving some for garnishing) and serve over 4 tablespoons of pasta. Top with grated vegan cheese and a sprinkle of the reserved herbs
Notes
The nutritional value of this meal will vary depending on the type of vegan meatballs being used and the type of pasta. If brown wheat pasta is not tolerated very well, then chickpea, black bean, or lentil pasta may be a better alternative.
The nutritional values below are based on using ASDA Plant-based Meat-Free Meatballs.
Nutrition
Calories: 234kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 11g | of which saturates: 2g | Fibre: 8g | of which sugars: 6g