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Lunch/Brunch: Baked plant based meatballs and veggies with pesto sauce. ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ˜‹โค๏ธ

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Hello everyone, hope you have a great midweek so far! ๐Ÿค—

Iโ€™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. Iโ€™m glad we can find great quality and tasty vegan products for our meals. ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‘

As always, be inspired, be joyful, take a picture and Enjoy it! ๐Ÿ˜‹โค๏ธ

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That looks really beautiful Koko, its making me very hungry indeed ๐Ÿ™ƒ

I have not seen any in the shops here that taste nice yet but they look lovely and what a nice size ๐Ÿค—

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GreatMindfulnessStar in reply to Kitten-whiskers

Awe thank you very much Debs for saying that! ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ™

It is called Beyond Meat in Whole Food Market over here but i am not sure if they have in UK. ๐Ÿค”

I purchased their hamburger also and itโ€™s very nice size, texture and flavor. ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‘

Iโ€™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 ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ‘

Hope you had a great dinner and a good night rest whenever you are ready for bed ๐Ÿ›Œ ๐Ÿ˜ด๐Ÿ’ค

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Kitten-whiskersAdministrator in reply to GreatMindfulness

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 ๐Ÿ˜Š

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

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GreatMindfulnessStar in reply to Kitten-whiskers

Iโ€™m so glad they have in the UK, definitely give it a try Debs. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘ One package comes with 12 meatballs, to some they feel not so many though. Thank you Debs for thinking Iโ€™m a good cook because I just started getting into cooking since I changed to non-animal products diet. ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™

Thatโ€™s wonderful you got gifted freshly delicious tomatoes ๐Ÿ… and Iโ€™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 wonโ€™t waste produce for sure. ๐Ÿ™…โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘.

Take care Debs. ๐Ÿค—

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Kitten-whiskersAdministrator in reply to GreatMindfulness

Thats brilliant Koko, I hope you reap the health benefits of your delicious cooking ๐Ÿ˜Š

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 ๐Ÿ˜Š but I will give tomato juice a try ๐Ÿ˜Š

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GreatMindfulnessStar in reply to Kitten-whiskers

Awe thank you Debs youโ€™re so supportive and kind! ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ™

I am very happy with vegan diet now, inspired by your wonderful food creation posts and your kind nature being. โค๏ธ

Tomato and basil soup sounds so delicious and your vegan omelette is great to eat at any time ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‘ I am a great fan of soup, I usually have soup for dinner as I find itโ€™s light and soothing. Right now itโ€™s summer, the weather is back to so hot and I donโ€™t cook soup much but during winter time, I have soup all the time. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘

I hope you enjoy your tomato juice if you make it and have peaceful rest of the night! ๐Ÿค—

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Kitten-whiskersAdministrator in reply to GreatMindfulness

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 ๐Ÿ˜Š

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GreatMindfulnessStar in reply to Kitten-whiskers

Thatโ€™s brilliant to bring soup to work in a flask Debs, I love that idea better than my glass container as it can spill. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘

Thank you Debs, Iโ€™m happy to be on vegan diet and I see rapid changes especially for my hormone. ๐Ÿ˜Š

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Thats fantastic news Koko ๐Ÿ™ƒ

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GreatMindfulnessStar in reply to Kitten-whiskers

Thank you Debs, Iโ€™m happy about all these positive changes. ๐Ÿค—

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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 ๐Ÿ‘

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GreatMindfulnessStar in reply to Kainan

Hi Kainan, thank you very much for saying that about my lunch, itโ€™s tasty and quick putting together too. ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‘

Itโ€™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 itโ€™s not meat ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘

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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 sauce๐Ÿ˜‹. Glad you found a vegan GF meatball you really enjoy๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜. ..This would make a nice meal for me too. Have a good night ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿค—.

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GreatMindfulnessStar in reply to ZazenRiver345

Thank you Zazen for saying that! ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ™

I know you zoomed in the meatballs ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ‘

Yes they are great with tomato sauce too. There are 12, I ate 2, 1 for Sonya and Lucy๐Ÿ˜ธ๐Ÿ˜ป and for you prob 4 so you can make 3 meals out of it. ๐Ÿ˜

This is one of the easiest and quickest meals I can make, straight from freezer to the oven. ๐Ÿ˜‹

You enjoy the rest of your evening also! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘

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ZazenRiver345 in reply to GreatMindfulness

I'm sure sonya n lucy loved it too as they are enjoying the vegan life as well๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ‘. I'm sure they will give you plenty of cuddles tonight๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘

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GreatMindfulnessStar in reply to ZazenRiver345

You know it! Daz how I bribe them to let me cuddle with ๐Ÿ˜‚. Just FYI, I did rinse one meatball with warm water before I gave them half n half ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘

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...๐Ÿ˜

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Hi Jerry, thank you very much for saying that about my dish! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ™

They taste great and opportunity for us to add our veggies into the dish. ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‘

Have a great rest of your evening Jerry! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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GreatMindfulnessStar

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.

Letโ€™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 itโ€™s so true we donโ€™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! ๐Ÿค—

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This looks amazingly tasty ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ˜ 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.

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GreatMindfulnessStar in reply to SydneyWaters

Thank you very much for saying that! ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™

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! ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‘

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Nessie87

That looks tasty. What brand are the meatballs?

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Nessie87

Just seen your reply to someone else. We have โ€˜Kirstyโ€™s and Linda McCartneys here, not sure that Iโ€™ve seen meatballs though

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GreatMindfulnessStar in reply to Nessie87

Thank you very much Nessie87 for saying that!๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™

I did look it up they introduced their brand to UK I think in 2019 if Iโ€™m not mistaken. Iโ€™m not sure if they carry meatballs in the UK besides the burger. Iโ€™m from the US and I havenโ€™t seen Kirstyโ€™s and Linda McCartneys, I will look it up. Thank you for sharing with me. ๐Ÿ˜

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Nessie87 in reply to GreatMindfulness

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

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GreatMindfulnessStar in reply to Nessie87

Youโ€™re welcome! Hope you can find them. ๐Ÿค—

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