Vegan power-balls with courgetti and cashew cheese

As regular readers know, this blog brings a variety of articles, studies, thoughts, music and recipes! It is presented in a magazine style - we hope something for everyone. Our main focus is about the Low Carb Higher (Healthy) Fat lifestyle, LCHF for short, and you can read/find out more about that here 

In recent months we have seen that more and more we have regular readers, and followers, who choose to eat vegetarian or vegan.

With that in mind I am passing on this recipe suggestion from "Sainsbury's it's a vegan spaghetti and mushroom power-ball recipe, is totally raw and utterly delicious. This 25-minute recipe uses ready-made courgetti,(or make your own), a tangy no-cook tomato sauce and juicy 'meatballs' made with mushrooms, sundried tomatoes and sticky dates. Top it off with a sprinkling of decadent cashew vegan cheese for an easy pasta dish that's sure to impress …"

This recipe works out at 31.9g carbs per serving so may not/will not be suitable for all!

Ingredients:

Serves Four

For the power-balls
250g pine nuts
30g dried mushrooms, soaked and drained
8 sundried tomatoes, soaked and chopped
4 dates, soaked until softened
7g fresh basil, shredded
2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
2 tsp dried thyme
2 tsp olive oil
2 x 300g courgetti
For the cashew vegan cheese
75g cashews
1 tsp garlic powder
1½ tsp mustard powder
For the tomato sauce
150g fresh tomatoes, chopped
4 sundried tomatoes, roughly chopped
5 basil leaves
75ml water
2 garlic cloves
1 date, soaked and chopped
1 tbsp. soy sauce

1 tbsp. olive oil 

Method: 
1. Place all the power-ball ingredients together in a food processor with plenty of seasoning and pulse until just combined. If the mixture seems a little dry, add 1-2 tbsp. water. Using wet hands, form 24 balls. Transfer to a plate and refrigerate until needed.

2. Blitz together the cashew cheese ingredients until just finely ground.

3. Blitz the tomato sauce ingredients together with plenty of seasoning. Serve with the courgetti and power-balls and sprinkle over the cashew cheese.

looking for similar courgette/courgetti recipes, here are a couple

Porcini and green lentil Bolognese with courgetti

It's a veggie Bolognese and has heaps of flavour from the porcini mushrooms,

it works out at 5.8 grams of carbohydrate per serving.

So if you are living the LCHF lifestyle this could fit nicely into your meal plans!

see more here

Spinach and ricotta lasagne with courgette pasta

Some say this dish is just "perfect for eating on an evening in springtime", 
The recipe per serving works out at 19.3 g carbs,

if you'd like to know more see here

We bring a variety of recipe ideas to this blog, and not all may be suitable for you. If you may have any food allergies, or underlying health issues these must always be taken into account. If you are a diabetic and not sure how certain foods may affect your blood sugars, test is best, i.e. use your meter.

All the best Jan