This recipe can be used to make meat balls or a meat loaf. I often use the meat balls in pasta dishes, made with gravy to go with mashed potatoes, or as slices on an open-faced sandwich. T

Ingredients

• 1 cup non-dairy milk (almond, almond coconut)
• 1 small onion chopped fine
• 2 small carrots grated
• 1 cup cooked steel-cut oats
• 1 cup cooked brown rice
• ¼ cup nuts (e.g., pecans, walnuts) chopped fine
• 2 Tbsp egg substitute to help bind ingredients together or eggbeater equivalent
• 2 Tbsp chicken-like seasoning
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 2 Tbsp parsley flakes 
• 2 Tbsp chia seeds
• 1 tsp sage
• ¼ tsp marjoram
• ¼ tsp thyme
• ¼ tsp sage
• ¼ tsp Himalayan salt
• ¼ tsp ground pepper

Preparation

Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl and mix well.

Add all remaining ingredients and mix well.

Baking

Option #1: spray miniature muffin pans with coconut oil. Place mixture in each up and pat down until almost full.

Place in oven preheated to 350 degrees F and bake for about 30 minutes. Remove and cool on a rack. Remove 'meat balls' and use in recipes as desired.

Option #2: spray loaf pans or square cake pans with coconut oil. Place mixture in desired container and pat down.

Place in oven preheated to 350 degrees F and bake for about 30 minutes. Remove and cool on a rack.

Serving

Cut into squares (if used cake pans) and serve. Or slice from loaf pans and serve with gravy. Or place slices on bread for an open-faced sandwich.