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Grandma’s Kohlrabi-Carrot-Vegetables with Plant-Based Meatballs and Potatoes
Today I'm taking you back to my grandma's garden. I also spent most of my childhood in this garden - morning to night. So, of course, we also ate there. Cooked on the two small portable hotplates in the gazebo and, above all, things we had previously harvested from various beds. For me, this meal triggers a real flashback, and I can see myself sitting on the garden bench under the large parasol, hearing a lawnmower in the distance, smelling the fresh air and waiting for the ice cream van to drive past. But let's go back to the actual recipe and the individual components.
The vegan meatballs: Supposedly, meat is often seen as the main component of a meal, but here and now, they play more of a supporting role for me. That's why I didn't make it too complicated for myself and almost gave the vegan 1:1 translation of meatballs in the bowl. In other words, instead of minced meat, I used vegan minced meat - and to make sure it's easy to shape, it's best to use „fresh“ vegan minced meat. If you can't find it or don't like it, we have another recipe for vegan meatballs made from soy granules on our blog and you can also easily make our vegan kidney bean-based meatballs in meatball form.
The potatoes: Today, I really wanted to serve good old boiled potatoes as a side dish, but if you’re really wild, you could toss them in some melted vegan butter and chopped parsley after cooking. I wanted to keep it as simple as possible, as it also gives the buttery granny vegetables something to neutralize. Instead of boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes would also go really well with this dish.
The famous grandma vegetables: I talk about my grandma and my childhood all the time, but I know that many of you have eaten exactly these kinds of vegetables, and the buttery smell alone triggers so many memories. Grandma’s must have had a good understanding and even kids who didn’t like vegetables loved these. Let’s not kid ourselves: The butter is the „secret ingredient“, and that’s why there’s plenty of it in my recipe.
However, the base in the pot is kohlrabi, carrot and onion. I would have loved to use turnips, but unfortunately, I couldn't find them anywhere. But if you see them, go for it - they're basically like a milder version of radishes or radishes. To be honest, my grandma didn't have vegan cream - it was dominated by butter. However, I like it because it makes the vegetables a little more saucy and we don't have any other sauce in the recipe.
Of course, you can also add parsley to the vegetables, and it's probably even more classic, but I was always in charge of the chives in my grandma's garden and had to make sure that the flowers were cut off. Today, I honestly don't know why exactly, but you can still eat flowering chives (even including the blossom). However, I still feel very attached to chives today, which is why they end up in my pot.
If you also have memories of „eating like grandma used to“, please tell us about them in the comments.
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Grandma’s Kohlrabi-Carrot-Vegetables with Plant-Based Meatballs and Potatoes
Ingredients
For the potatoes:
- 1 kg (35.33 oz) mainly waxy potatoes
- salt
For the vegetables:
- 3 kohlrabi (or turnips)
- 1 carrot
- 1 onion
- 10 g (0.33 oz) chives
- 2 tbsp vegan butter
- 100 ml (0.4 cup) vegan cooking cream
- salt
- pepper
- nutmeg
For the plant-based meatballs:
- 500 g (17.66 oz) vegan (fresh) mince
- 2 onions
- 10 g (0.33 oz) fresh parsley
- 2 tbsp mustard
- 1 tsp sweet paprika powder
- salt
- pepper
- vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
Peel the potatoes, cut into wedges and place in a pan. Cover with cold water, season with salt and bring to a boil once. Then cook over medium heat for approximately 20 minutes until they are done. Drain them.
In the meantime, peel the kohlrabi (or turnips), halve and slice. Peel the carrot and also cut into slices. Finely dice the onions for the vegetables and meatballs and chop the chives and parsley.
Melt the vegan butter in a small pan and sauté the diced onions for the vegetables until translucent. Add the kohlrabi and carrot, season with salt and pepper. Add the vegan cream and steam the covered vegetables for approximately 10 minutes until they are softer but still slightly firm to the bite. Then, add the remaining tablespoon of vegan butter and the finely chopped chives. Season again with salt and pepper and keep the vegetables warm over a low heat.
While the vegetables and potatoes are simmering, prepare the vegan meatballs. To do this, mix the vegan mince with the remaining diced onion, chopped parsley, mustard, paprika powder, salt and pepper in a bowl.Shape the mixture into four to six vegan meatballs.
Heat the vegetable oil in a pan and fry the vegan meatballs until they are well browned on both sides.
Serve the meatballs with the granny vegetables and boiled potatoes and sprinkle with fresh chives or parsley, if desired.
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