{"id":2099,"slug":"meatballs-vegetarian","title":"Meatballs (Vegetarian)","description":"This recipe for Vegetarian Meatballs is delicious and easy to prepare. The meatballs don't come out spherical; they are more of squished hemispheres, flat on one side.","ingredients_raw":["1 large onion, chopped","1 package (340 g) Yves \"Veggie Ground Round\" ground beef substitute","3 Tbsp hickory smoked barbecue sauce (recommended) OR barbecue sauce OR tomato sauce OR ketchup","2 eggs","3 Tbsp breadcrumbs","⅛ tsp dried paprika","Low-sodium soy sauce to taste (optional)"],"ingredients_norm":["onion","yves \"veggie ground round\" ground beef substitute","hickory smoked barbecue sauce or barbecue sauce or tomato sauce or ketchup","egg","breadcrumb","dried paprika","low sodium soy sauce"],"steps":["Preheat oven to 350°F.","Sauté onion; pour off oil and set aside.","In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add the ground beef substitute, and break up well with fork.","Add all remaining ingredients and mix well.","Grease a large 12 x 18-inch (31 x 45 cm) baking tray.","Drop mixture onto the tray in tablespoonfuls. You should get 30–40 meatballs. Don't worry if the mixture falls apart a little on tray.","Bake at 350°F for 22 minutes.","Flip meatballs over.","Bake for an additional 9 minutes."],"categories":["North American recipes","Recipes using barbecue sauce","Vegetarian recipes","Inexpensive recipes","Main course recipes","Recipes using meat substitutes","Recipes using egg","Recipes using bread crumb"],"prep_time_minutes":20,"cook_time_minutes":31,"total_time_minutes":51,"servings":null,"yield_text":"30–40 tiny meatballs","difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Meatballs_(Vegetarian)","source_ref":"4513728","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Meatballs_(Vegetarian)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"37a03d72b6119ea8ac85b0d8abd7c104e2084954557fcc563fa26765777969ef","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:09Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/meatballs-vegetarian"}