Easy, Tasty Vegetarian Swedish Meatballs

When I was a kid, my popular food in the whole world was Stouffer's frozen Swedish meatballs. Finally I started to feel bad about all the meat I was eating and have now been a pescetarian (fish-eating vegetarian) for about ten years. In the time that I have been eating vegetarian, there have been vast improvements in the potential of soy-based and mycoprotein-based meat substitutes -- and there are a number of clubs that make potential meatless meatballs. Using these, I advanced the following formula to fill that craving I used to have for the old Stouffer's meatballs -- this formula would also work just as well with real meatballs, of course!

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Vegetarian Dishes

Ingredients:

1 bag egg noodles
1 bag meatless meatballs (your popular brand)
1/4 mushrooms, finely chopped
1 shallot Or 1/2 a small onion, chopped
1.5 c vegetable stock (made from boullion cubes or vegebase) -- prepare beforehand, keep hot
3 T butter
3 T flour
1/4 t salt
1/8 t nutmeg
1/8 t allspice

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To make the sauce:

Start by manufacture a simple roux: on low heat, melt butter in a large saucepan and stir in flour one tablespoon at a time, manufacture sure to stir out all the lumps. Add shallots and cook until the compound begins to bubble. Add the mushrooms, then remove the compound from heat and stir in vegetable stock and seasonings. Return to heat and let boil for one minute, stirring until the sauce thickens. At this point you can stir in your sour cream and add your meatballs, and just let simmer on low heat until the meatballs are cooked straight through (if from frozen, about 15 minutes).

While the meatballs are heating up, put a pot of water to boil and effect the instructions on the box of egg noodles. Drain once cooked, and add noodles to sauce compound (I hope you used a large sufficient pan! -- if you didn't, you can of course keep the noodles and meatballs/sauce separate for guests to serve themselves).

That's it! Enjoy -- this formula serves 4-6.

Easy, Tasty Vegetarian Swedish Meatballs

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