Bean Balls (vegan "meat" Balls)

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 onion, quartered
• 8 medium button mushrooms, halfed
• 19 ounces dark red kidney beans
• 3/4 cup oats
• 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
• 1 cup textured vegetable protein
• 4 tablespoons nutritional yeast
• 1 bay leaf, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 in a food processor add the garlic, when roughly minced add in the onion and process until it is diced. move this mixture into a large mixing bowl.
• 2 finely dice the mushrooms in the food processor and add those to the mixing bowl as well.
• 3 put the kidney beans (i used canned) into the food processor and blend until roughly mashed (not pureed). put this into the mixing bowl as well.
• 4 in the food processor again, blend the oats and sunflower seeds until the consistency of bread crumbs. add to the mixing bowl.
• 5 finally, add the tvp, nutritional yeast, bay leaf, and salt to the mixing bowl. mix all of the ingredients together until incorporated.
• 6 let this mixture sit in the fridge for 30 minutes to an hour, then divide and roll into 1 inch balls. bake for 15 minutes or until browned.