Recipe : Vegan Apple Sage Seitan Meatballs

Ingredients

• 8 cups water (or vegetable broth)
• 1 tbsp vegetable broth paste (omit this if you're using vegetable broth)
• 2 onions, peeled and quartered
• 3 carrots, cut into 2 inch chunks
• 3 ribs celery, cut into 2 inch chunks
• 1/4 cup tamari
• 1 tsp ground sage
• 1 tsp whole black peppercorns
• 2/3 cup TVP (texturized vegetable protein)
• 2 small (about 1 cup) Ontario Empire apples*
• 1 tbsp tamari
• 1 tsp marmite (if you don't have this, you could also use dark miso)
• 1 tbsp vegetable broth paste (or vegetable broth powder + 2 tsp little water)
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 1/2 cups vital wheat gluten (gluten flour)
• 2 medium onion, finely diced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1/2 tsp chili flakes
• 1 tsp sage
• 2 tbsp ketchup
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 2 Ontario Empire Apples* (about 1 cup diced apples)
• 2 cups of the simmering broth (after meatballs have been cooked in it)