Vegan Swedish Meatballs

Super flavorful Vegan Swedish Meatballs that are also gluten-free, oil-free and nut-free.

Vegan Swedish Meatballs

Ultimate comfort food, at your service. But this comfort food is also healthy, so it’s a total guilt-free win.

I HAD to make a vegan recipe for Swedish meatballs – the gravy alone is just so good. The meatballs are made from lentils, mushrooms, oat flour, soy sauce, and more seasoning. For the accompanying gravy, we’ll achieve that luscious gravy using a combination of coconut milk and soy (or almond) milk.

Perfectly Luscious Vegan Gravy

Yes, you can totally achieve creamy and rich gravy without using butter or oil. The “secret” is canned coconut milk – you can use full-fat, but I used light coconut milk for this recipe. To dull down the coconut flavor, we’ll thin it out with some almond milk or soy milk. The seasonings for the gravy include dijon mustard, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, onion powder, and pepper.

After you bring the gravy to simmer, remove it from the heat and whisk in a cornstarch slurry. Making a cornstarch slurry is as simple as mixing cornstarch with water. You can also use arrowroot powder.

I love serving these vegan Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes. Sometimes I make just the gravy to go over potatoes. Yum!

Ingredients

Meatballs

• 3 tbsp water
• 1/2 yellow onion - chopped
• 4 cloves garlic - minced
• 1/2 cup dry lentils - green or brown
• 1.5 cup water
• 1.5 cup mushrooms - roughly chopped
• 3 tbsp water
• 3/4 cup rolled oats
• 2 tsp dried parsley
• 1/4 tsp allspice
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 2-3 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce - make sure its vegan

Gravy

• 1 cup unsweetened, plain soy or almond milk
• 1 can (13.5oz) low-fat/light coconut milk
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp dijon mustard
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• pepper to taste
• 1 tbsp cornstarch or arrowroot powder
• 2 tbsp cold water

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