Lunch/Brunch: Baked plant based meatballs and veggies with pesto sauce. 🌱😋❤️

Hello everyone, hope you have a great midweek so far! 🤗

I’m happy to finally found a great plant based meatballs that is certified vegan, gluten-free, soy-free and they taste absolutely delicious. So today i just baked these with asparagus, spinach, broccoli and baby tomatoes in my homemade pesto sauce for a quick lunch. I’m glad we can find great quality and tasty vegan products for our meals. 😋👍

As always, be inspired, be joyful, take a picture and Enjoy it! 😋❤️

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator]

That looks really beautiful Koko, its making me very hungry indeed 🙃

I have not seen any in the shops here that taste nice yet but they look lovely and what a nice size 🤗

[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

Awe thank you very much Debs for saying that! 🤗🙏

It is called Beyond Meat in Whole Food Market over here but i am not sure if they have in UK. 🤔

I purchased their hamburger also and it’s very nice size, texture and flavor. 😋👍

I’m planning on making spaghetti meatballs this weekend for my parents and say I bought from restaurants, will see if they can tell any difference 😂👍

Hope you had a great dinner and a good night rest whenever you are ready for bed 🛌 😴💤

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Hidden]

I am sure we have Beyond Meat here but I have never seen those - I will keep my eyes peeled as they look lovely, I love all your baked veggies as well - it looks perfect.

It will be interesting to see if your parents can tell the difference - although it would be heard to tell as your such a good cook 😊

A friends Mum gave me a big bag of home grown tomatoes, they look and smell lovely - I will have to whip something up, can't let those go to waste

Hope you have a lovely day

Best wishes

Debs

[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

I’m so glad they have in the UK, definitely give it a try Debs. 😁👍 One package comes with 12 meatballs, to some they feel not so many though. Thank you Debs for thinking I’m a good cook because I just started getting into cooking since I changed to non-animal products diet. 😊🙏

That’s wonderful you got gifted freshly delicious tomatoes 🍅 and I’m sure you will come up with some wonderful dish to put them in good use. Can your stomach handle tomato juice? Sometimes I blend with celeries, carrots, other veggies and orange juice so delicious too. Definitely we won’t waste produce for sure. 🙅‍♀️😁👍.

Take care Debs. 🤗

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Hidden]

Thats brilliant Koko, I hope you reap the health benefits of your delicious cooking 😊

Thats a good thought - thank you, I hadn't thought of making tomato juice, I was going to make tomato and basil soup and what was remaining I was going to pop them in a vegan omelette 😊 but I will give tomato juice a try 😊

[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

Awe thank you Debs you’re so supportive and kind! 🤗🙏

I am very happy with vegan diet now, inspired by your wonderful food creation posts and your kind nature being. ❤️

Tomato and basil soup sounds so delicious and your vegan omelette is great to eat at any time 😋👍 I am a great fan of soup, I usually have soup for dinner as I find it’s light and soothing. Right now it’s summer, the weather is back to so hot and I don’t cook soup much but during winter time, I have soup all the time. 😁👍

I hope you enjoy your tomato juice if you make it and have peaceful rest of the night! 🤗

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Hidden]

I love soup as well in the winter - I take homemade soup to work in my flask, an easy way of boosting your veggie intake. I am so glad you are happy being vegan 😊

[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

That’s brilliant to bring soup to work in a flask Debs, I love that idea better than my glass container as it can spill. 😁👍

Thank you Debs, I’m happy to be on vegan diet and I see rapid changes especially for my hormone. 😊

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Hidden]

Thats fantastic news Koko 🙃

[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

Thank you Debs, I’m happy about all these positive changes. 🤗

[Kainan Guest]

That looks super tasty Koko! I know it says plant based meatballs, but it certainly doesn't look like it. I'm sure your parents will enjoy them 👍

[Hidden in reply to Kainan]

Hi Kainan, thank you very much for saying that about my lunch, it’s tasty and quick putting together too. 😋👍

It’s the same brand you bought for your meatless hamburger so you can try these and make some spaghetti with tomato sauce.

I think they will enjoy it but can they tell it’s not meat 😁👍

[ZazenRiver345]

Looks like your meal is packed with nutrition and the vegan GF meatballs added some nice extra flavor along with your dairy free pesto sauce😋. Glad you found a vegan GF meatball you really enjoy👍😁. ..This would make a nice meal for me too. Have a good night 🙏🤗.

[Hidden in reply to ZazenRiver345]

Thank you Zazen for saying that! 🤗🙏

I know you zoomed in the meatballs 😂👍

Yes they are great with tomato sauce too. There are 12, I ate 2, 1 for Sonya and Lucy😸😻 and for you prob 4 so you can make 3 meals out of it. 😁

This is one of the easiest and quickest meals I can make, straight from freezer to the oven. 😋

You enjoy the rest of your evening also! 😁👍

[ZazenRiver345 in reply to Hidden]

I'm sure sonya n lucy loved it too as they are enjoying the vegan life as well😻👍. I'm sure they will give you plenty of cuddles tonight😊👍

[Hidden in reply to ZazenRiver345]

You know it! Daz how I bribe them to let me cuddle with 😂. Just FYI, I did rinse one meatball with warm water before I gave them half n half 😁👍

[Hidden]

Hi Koko your plant based meat balls look delicious especially with the accompaniments as its beautifully presented as always. And I'd love some of that...😁

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Hi Jerry, thank you very much for saying that about my dish! 😁🙏

They taste great and opportunity for us to add our veggies into the dish. 😋👍

Have a great rest of your evening Jerry! 😊

[Hidden]

Hi Happyman4,

That is really interesting reading you found. It is true that organic, plant based food are at high price and we do have to manage our budget accordingly.

Let’s look at groceries: at sales price, 5 dollars for 3 small avocados versus 3 pounds worth of packaged bacons on sales for 3 dollars.

So according to Ethan Brown, his suggestion was taxing on negative impacts makes sense to me and it’s so true we don’t know how to work out the details but our government should have a solution for that so people can consume more healthy food.

We do what we can at the moment and I see you home cook your meals with variety of veggies always in every meal you have is wonderful to me and your family is benefiting from that. Happy cooking, happy eating, that is true joy I find! 🤗

[SydneyWaters]

This looks amazingly tasty 😋😍 I have tried several vegan recipes and one of my favorites is the Tangy Tex-Mex Salad. I found it on iahas.com and it was very healthy and easy to make. Forgot to take a pic but next time I make it I would surely click.

🤗🙏

[Hidden in reply to SydneyWaters]

Thank you very much for saying that! 😊🙏

Your favorite Tangy Tex-Max Salad sounds like a wonderful vegan dish. I am looking forward to to see your food creations come to life! 😋👍

[Nessie87]

That looks tasty. What brand are the meatballs?

[Nessie87]

Just seen your reply to someone else. We have ‘Kirsty’s and Linda McCartneys here, not sure that I’ve seen meatballs though

[Hidden in reply to Nessie87]

Thank you very much Nessie87 for saying that!😊🙏

I did look it up they introduced their brand to UK I think in 2019 if I’m not mistaken. I’m not sure if they carry meatballs in the UK besides the burger. I’m from the US and I haven’t seen Kirsty’s and Linda McCartneys, I will look it up. Thank you for sharing with me. 😁

[Nessie87 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for coming back to me. I shall keep a lookout for those.x

[Hidden in reply to Nessie87]

You’re welcome! Hope you can find them. 🤗