Lenten Meatball Submarine Sandwich-Sans the Meat

40 Days-40 Days of Lenten Recipes

Well, not everything I make is a success. 

Trust me... I have no pictures of the attempt of homemade fruit roll ups. EPIC FAIL!

But when it came to a Lenten Sub Sandwich it tasted pretty good. I haven't made my own Veggie burgers in a super long time. So decided on making a Beanballs. Yup you read it right, "BeanBalls."

Ingredients

2 cups black beans

2 cups cannellini beans

1 cup quinoa

1-2 cups breadcrumbs

1/2 cup roasted sweet pepper

4 tsp garlic powder

salt and pepper

tomato sauce

dash garlic powder

dash cinnamon

I blended the beans and roasted pepper in the food processor and then into a bowl to incorporate the quinoa and breadcrumbs. Then I formed them into balls and patties. 

I was going to bake them but decided to give my family the best chance of liking something different I would fry them. So with a tablespoon of olive oil I went to town.  I removed them and used the same pan to heat up the sauce, use the marinara of your choice.  I didn't make it from scratch. Some days there is no time or inclination.  I believe everyone just does the best they can, and that has to be good enough.  I like my store brand of tomato basil sauce, and using add a little more garlic powder and a dash of cinnamon. Once heated I added the beanballs back and we spooned them into our heated rolls. 

They tasted good and hearty.  The only problem I will warn you ahead of time. Don't put too many in the sandwich and don't eat too many, they are made primarily of beans afterall, if you get my drift?

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