After making that great batch of seitan the other week (see previous post), I was excited to try another seitan recipe on the following weekend. My absolute favorite dish when I was a child, was spaghetti and meatballs. Every year on my birthday, I would choose that without hesitation, for my birthday meal. To this day, it is the ultimate comfort food! Of course, red meat was the first thing I cut out, when I began to go vegetarian eight years ago. When I became vegan, I didn't ever want to eat anything that even resembled meat! Well, I thought I would give these a try anyway, and prove to my husband :) that I could make something that didn't involve what he considers "exotic ingredients" (such as coconut milk, curry paste, ginger, or seaweed).



I was so pleased with the way that these came out! They were very delicate, but the taste was heaven! It was even a little creepy, how much the seitan looked like ground beef when I crumbled it in my food processor. It actually made me a little sad, so I had to remind myself that I wasn't hurting any animals with THESE meatballs! :) I didn't have any whole wheat spaghetti on hand, so I used spelt rotini. I sprinkled them with some nutritional yeast mixed with gomashio (a sesame seed/seaweed mixture). Along with some good jarred tomato sauce, a rose wine, and my latest issue of Farm Sanctuary magazine, I was set to go! What a nice, winter meal.