Dry out 8-10 slices of whole grain bread or you can use store-bought.
In a food processor place dried bread and add a dash oregano, basil, parsley, garlic for seasoning.
pulse until very fine.
In a mixing bowl stir these ingredients,
Ingredients:
3/4 cup egg beaters
1 egg white
1cup grated cheddar cheese
1/2 cup small curd 4% cottage cheese
1 Tblsp worchestire sauce
In a food processor pulse
onion for 1/2 cup onion w/2 cloves garlic finely chopped
wipe down bowl and pulse pecans whole for 1 cup raw pecans
measure out 1 3/4 cups fine bread crumbs
1/4 cup parmesan-romano sprinkle cheese
set aside
1 Tblsp oregano
1 Tblsp basil
1 Tblsp parsley
1 tsp black pepper
pinch of sage
Mix all dry ingredients and onion then mix liquid ingredients.
The mix should be gloppy and sticky but not loose. If it is add a dash more bread crumbs but you still want the mix to be a bit runny, if too dry add a dash more egg beaters until you reach a meatloaf mix tacky consistency.
Pour 4 Tbsp of extra virgin olive oil into a 9 x 13" baking pan and cover bottom evenly.
Spray hands with cooking spray and roll out balls in 1 1/2" rounds.
Place evenly in baking dish cover with tin foil and bake for 35-40 minutes.
Halfway through (20 min.) uncover and flip the balls and leave off the tin foil.
When you take out of the oven they may seem a little soft, don't worry as they cool they firm up great.
Now the fun part, you can add to pasta sauce for spaghetti and meatballs or you can make dipping sauces to serve on the side.
One really good way to serve is to mix,
In a saucepan combine
1cup grape jelly
1 bottle of chili sauce
2 Tblsp prepared mustard,
bring to a boil and whisk until candy glaze thick.
Pour over meatballs that are cooked at room temp or place in a crock pot on low with meatballs if they are frozen for about an hour.
These make great appetizers so experiment with sauces like ranch, blue cheese, sweet and sour, marinara, etc and have fun.
These meatless meatballs are really good and healthy too.
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