Vegan Paleo BBQ Meatballs
Delicious paleo vegan bbq meatballs are an easy comfort food that is perfect as an appetizer or a main dish! No tofu, soy, or grains- just lots of veggies and whole foods!
Servings: 6
Calories: 181kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp grapeseed oil
- 1 bell pepper any color, diced
- 1 eggplant skin on, diced
- 1 zucchini diced
- ½ cup walnuts diced very fine
- ½ cup paleo BBQ sauce
Instructions
- Set a baking sheet out with parchment paper and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large pan, heat grapeseed oil until shimmery.
- Add in diced bell pepper, eggplant, walnuts, and zucchini.
- Sautee until browned, about 15 minutes - stirring regularly to prevent burning.
- Remove from heat and let cool about 5 minutes.
- Add to vitamix blender with tamper and grind until soft- making sure to use tamper to stir mixture. It should be a small, soft texture but not liquified.
- Remove mixture from blender and put into a large bowl.
- Take 1/4 cup mixture and roll into a tightly packed ball.
- Place on parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Continue rolling balls until you've made them all.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, until a deep brown. This step helps the meatballs "set", so don't skip it!
- At this point, you can remove your meatballs and freeze them for another use.
- If eating immediately, place meatballs in a pan with a drizzle of grapeseed oil over medium heat.
- Brown on all sides, about 8 minutes.
- Add bbq sauce, stir well.
- Let sauce heat up- about 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat and serve immediately!
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 181kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Sodium: 244mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 12g