These appetizers really have a meaty texture and a wonderful taste. Non-vegetarians may not even realize that they're not made of meat! And for vegetarians it's a refreshing and delicious alternative to soy-based meat substitutes. If you want them to taste more "sausagey" try doubling the amount of sage and add a hearty dash of dried basil. When I made this recipe for a holiday party I coated a pan with non-stick spray put the meatballs on it without the sauce and baked for 30 minutes at 325 degrees F in order to brown and firm them up nicely. Then I tossed them into a crockpot and covered them in homemade barbecue sauce (there are several fine recipes on this website). DELICIOUS party appetizer! I'll also consider making them in a white sauce and serving them over egg noodles a la Swedish "meatballs". Thank you Janet for posting this recipe! It's definitely on my "keeper" list!
These are the best "fake" meatballs I have ever tasted. It was almost scary how much they looked and tasted like "real" meatballs. I had to keep reminding myself that I had not actually put any hamburger into the recipe! The sweet and sour sauce was very good too. I also plan to make the meatballs again with Italian seasonings and parmesan cheese and use them in spaghetti.
This recipe makes a lot but it was so tasty that we didn't have any problems finishing them. A great alternative to greasy real meatballs.
Easy and quick to make. Very yummy and filllng. Made with brown rice.
The meatballs are pretty good for other purposes (like spaghetti & meatballs) but we really didn't think they went with this sauce very well at all. I'd give the meatballs 4 stars but the combination of the meatballs & sauce only 2.
My family loved these. I used fat free cheddar and cottage cheese. Really good but the texture is more like stuffing than a real meatball. We had these with mashed potatoes and a vegetable for dinner.
Edible but I don't think it's a keeper. Had too much of a bready flavor so if I were to do it again I would probably cut down on the bread crumbs. The sauce was really good though. I think I will use that again with regular meatballs. In spite of being vegetarian DO NOT mistake this for being healthy. I got 18 meatballs using a 2 tbsp scoop out of this recipe. Once I added up JUST the caloric stuff that worked out to 205 calories per meatball. Yikes! BTW: this is the same recipe as Vegetarian Sweet and Sour Meatballs except with one more egg.
This sauce was OK... I used it on regular frozen "meat" balls but it was too tart. I would add sugar or reduce the amount of vinegar to improve the flavor. I won't make these again.
These were awesome. I cut the sweetness in a double recipe by making only one recipe worth of sweet-sour sauce and making up the difference with canned tomato sauce. It worked very well.
