Recipe by: May I Have That RecipeFrom football parties to holiday cocktail hors d’oeuvres, these little guys are the perfect small bites that are packed with flavor! Serve with a tangy barbecue sauce to bring out the sweetpotatoes and they’re sure to disappear faster than any other appetizer.
1large sweetpotatopeeled, shredded thin, using the small blade of the box grater (about 2 cups shredded)
½cupchopped pecans
⅓cupvital gluten
2tablespoonwater
1tablespooncoconut oilmelted
1clovegarlic
1teaspoonpaprika
½teaspoonsalt
¼teaspooncinnamon
1cupyour favorite BBQ Sauce
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350° F. Coat a mini muffin tin generously with cooking spray.
Shred the sweetpotato and squeeze the excess water out of it. Place it in a large bowl and set aside.
Combine the pecans, gluten, water, melted coconut oil, garlic, paprika, salt and cinnamon in the food processor, and pulse until all the ingredients come together to form a paste. Add it to the sweetpotatoes and mix well, using your hands
Working with one tablespoon and a half of mixture at a time, form 15 balls (we like to use a small ice cream scoop so they are all even in size). Place them in the mini muffin tin and bake them for 45 minutes.
Right before serving, heat BBQ sauce in low heat. Add the veggie meatballs and cook until warm and coated with the BBQ sauce.
Alternatively, if you don’t want to shred the sweetpotatoes by hand you can cut the sweetpotato in 8 pieces, place in the food processor and chop it until really fine, add the rest of the ingredients, except for the BBQ sauce and process until you get a smooth “dough”
Notes
Nutrition Facts
Sweetpotato Veggie Meatballs
Serving Size
1
Amount per Serving
Calories
1339
% Daily Value*
Fat
56
g
86
%
Saturated Fat
16
g
100
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
13
g
Monounsaturated Fat
23
g
Sodium
4238
mg
184
%
Potassium
1713
mg
49
%
Carbohydrates
177
g
59
%
Fiber
15
g
63
%
Sugar
107
g
119
%
Protein
41
g
82
%
Vitamin A
32890
IU
658
%
Vitamin C
15
mg
18
%
Calcium
270
mg
27
%
Iron
7
mg
39
%
Net Carbohydrates
162
g
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.